Curtis Strange

Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Personal information
Full name Curtis Northrup Strange
Born January 30, 1955 (1955-01-30) (age 56)
Norfolk, Virginia
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality  United States
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional 1976
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 28
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 17
Japan Golf Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament T2: 1985
U.S. Open Won: 1988, 1989
The Open Championship T13: 1988
PGA Championship T2: 1989
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2007 (member page)
PGA Tour
leading money winner
1985, 1987, 1988
PGA Player of the Year 1988

Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.[1]

Contents

Early years through college

Strange and his identical twin brother, Allan,[2] were born in Norfolk, Virginia.[3] His father, a local country club owner, started him in golf at age 7.[2] Strange is a graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team with Jay Haas and Bob Byman that Golf World has labeled "the greatest of all time".[4]

PGA Tour career

Strange is considered one of the leading golfers of the 1980s as 16 of his 17 PGA Tour victories took place in that decade. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1985 and 1987 and in 1988, when he became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the Tour in a season. His two majors were the 1988 and 1989 U.S. Opens.

Strange never won on the PGA Tour again after his 2nd U.S. Open victory. He played on five Ryder Cup teams (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1995) and captained the team in 2002.[2]

Later career and honors

After reaching the age of 50 in January 2005, Strange began play on the Champions Tour, remarking, "I was getting worse and said, 'To hell with it.'"[5] His best finishes thus far are a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic and a T-5 in the 2005 FedEx Kinko's Classic.[2]

From 1997 to 2005 he served as the lead analyst for golf coverage on ABC television, and in recent years he has broadcast for ABC, NBC, and ESPN.

On April 18, 2007, Strange was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was inducted on November 12, 2007 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida.

In May 2009, he was named to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors athletes, coaches and administrators who contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia.

Amateur wins (5)

Professional wins (28)

PGA Tour wins (17)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (15)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Oct 21, 1979 Pensacola Open -17 (69-71-62-69=271) 1 stroke United States Billy Kratzert
2 May 4, 1980 Michelob-Houston Open -22 (66-63-66-71=266) Playoff United States Lee Trevino
3 Aug 17, 1980 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic -15 (69-65-70-69=273) 2 strokes United States Gibby Gilbert
4 Aug 21, 1983 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open -20 (67-62-69-68=268) 1 stroke United States Jay Haas, United States Jack Renner
5 Sep 30, 1984 LaJet Golf Classic -15 (68-67-67-71=273) 2 strokes United States Mark O'Meara
6 Mar 3, 1985 Honda Classic -13 (67-64-70-74=275) Playoff United States Peter Jacobsen
7 Mar 24, 1985 Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational -22 (69-73-64-66-66=338) 1 stroke United States Mike Smith
8 Jul 7, 1985 Canadian Open -9 (69-69-68-73=279) 2 strokes United States Jack Nicklaus, Australia Greg Norman
9 Apr 27, 1986 Houston Open -14 (72-68-68-66=274) Playoff United States Calvin Peete
10 Jul 5, 1987 Canadian Open -12 (71-70-66-69=276) 3 strokes South Africa David Frost
11 Aug 2, 1987 Federal Express St. Jude Classic -13 (70-68-68-69=275) 1 stroke United States Russ Cochran, United States Mike Donald,
United States Tom Kite, Zimbabwe Denis Watson
12 Aug 30, 1987 NEC World Series of Golf -13 (68-68-68-71=275) 3 strokes South Africa Fulton Allem
13 May 1, 1988 Independent Insurance Agent Open -18 (69-68-66-67=270) Playoff Australia Greg Norman
14 May 29, 1988 Memorial Tournament -14 (73-70-64-67=274) 2 strokes South Africa David Frost, United States Hale Irwin
15 Jun 19, 1988 U.S. Open -6 (70-67-69-72=278) Playoff England Nick Faldo
16 Nov 13, 1988 Nabisco Championship -9 (64-71-70-74=279) Playoff United States Tom Kite
17 Jun 18, 1989 U.S. Open -2 (71-64-73-70=278) 1 stroke United States Chip Beck, United States Mark McCumber,
Wales Ian Woosnam

Other wins (11)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1988 U.S. Open 1 shot lead -6 (70-67-69-72=278) Playoff1 England Nick Faldo
1989 U.S. Open (2) 3 shot deficit -2 (71-64-73-70=278) 1 stroke United States Chip Beck, United States Mark McCumber, Wales Ian Woosnam

1Defeated Nick Faldo in an 18 hole playoff - Strange 71 (E), Faldo 75 (+4).

Results timeline

Tournament 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters CUT T15 LA CUT DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T58 CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters CUT T19 T7 CUT T46 T2 T21 T12 T21 T18
U.S. Open T16 T17 T39 T26 3 T31 CUT T4 1 1
The Open Championship DNP DNP T15 T29 DNP DNP T14 DNP T13 T61
PGA Championship T5 T27 T14 86 CUT CUT CUT 9 T31 T2
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters T7 T42 T31 WD T27 9 CUT DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T21 CUT T23 T25 4 T36 T27 CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT T38 CUT DNP DNP CUT T72 T44 T19 DNP
PGA Championship CUT WD CUT CUT T19 T17 T26 CUT DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002
The Masters DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T58 CUT CUT

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • Ryder Cup: 1983 (winners), 1985, 1987, 1989 (tied), 1995, 2002 (non-playing captain)

See also

References

External links


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