Steve Lowery

Steve Lowery
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brent Lowery
Born (1960-10-12) October 12, 1960 (age 64)
Birmingham, Alabama
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s)Champions Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Ben Hogan Tour
U.S. Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking32 (October 6, 2002)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT40: 2001, 2002
PGA Championship3rd: 2001
U.S. OpenT16: 1994
The Open ChampionshipT36: 2004

Stephen Brent Lowery (born October 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer.

Early life

Lowery was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Lowery won the Birmingham Golf Association Junior and State Junior in the late 1970s.

Amateur career

Lowery attended the University of Alabama. He played for coach Conrad Rehling from 1979-1983 on the Alabama Crimson Tide golf team.

Professional career

Lowery earned PGA Tour membership through 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School. His best season on the PGA Tour was in 1994, when he finished 12th on the money list and won his first tournament.

He played one of the most memorable stretches in PGA Tour history at The International in 2002. The event was played under the Stableford Points format. On the 14th hole, Lowery went up and down from the water on a "splash" shot, leading to a birdie earning two points. On the following hole, he holed out a wedge from the fairway for an eagle earning five points. Two holes later, on the par-5 17th, Lowery holed out a shot from over 200 yards for a rare double eagle (or albatross) to earn eight more points and suddenly pull within one point. His double eagle was one of the most dramatic in PGA Tour history since Gene Sarazen's at the 1935 Masters Tournament. Lowery ultimately lost by the same margin after missing a birdie putt on the last hole.[2]

Lowery missed most of 2007 with a wrist injury. The PGA Tour granted him a partial exemption for the 2008 season. He needed to win more than $250,000 during his first eight starts in 2008 in order to re-gain his full exemption on the PGA Tour, but that became a moot point when he won the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The victory gave him a full two-year exemption.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Aug 21, 1994 Sprint International 35 pts (7-14-5-9=35) Playoff United States Rick Fehr
2 Nov 5, 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic −22 (64-67-65-70=266) Playoff United States Skip Kendall
3 Feb 10, 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am −10 (69-71-70-68=278) Playoff Fiji Vijay Singh

PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1994 Sprint International United States Rick Fehr Won with par on first extra hole
2 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic United States Skip Kendall Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Fiji Vijay Singh Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Aug 23, 1992 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open −3 (70-70-73=213) Playoff United States Jeff Coston

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1992 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open United States Jeff Coston Won with birdie on second extra hole

U.S. Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Apr 30, 1989 Wedgewood Tournament −17 (66-67-65-65=263) 1 stroke Canada Philip Jonas, United States Brian Kamm

Source:[3]

Space Coast Tour wins (2)

  • 1987 Wedgewood tournament[4]
  • 1990 Wedgewood tournament[5]

Results in major championships

Tournament 1988 1989
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament CUT T41
U.S. Open T33 T16 T56 T60 CUT
The Open Championship T79
PGA Championship CUT T8 CUT T58 T44
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Masters Tournament T40 T40 CUT CUT
U.S. Open T24 CUT T42 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T36
PGA Championship T51 3 T10 CUT CUT T60 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 6
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 3 3 13 7
Totals 0 0 1 1 3 5 32 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T6 DQ T46 T65 CUT CUT T66 CUT T22 WD CUT T12 T56 T28 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Match Play R64 R32 R32
Championship NT1 T15
Invitational 8 T20

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 40 2002 Ending 6 Oct 2002" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Craziest final round ever? 2002 International | Rich Beem and Steve Lowery". YouTube. August 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Fay, Bill (May 1, 1989). "Lowery shoots 65, earns 1-shot victory in USGT tourney". The Tampa Tribune. p. 8-C. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Scoreboard | Golf | Space Coast Tour". The Orlando Sentinel. January 21, 1987. p. D-8. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Scoreboard | Golf | Space Coast Tour". The Tampa Tribune. February 7, 1990. p. 2-C. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.