Steve Garner is a professional

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player. Garner finished second in the World Championship in 2007 and has won 10

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

. He lives in Chicago.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

Fishbein Trophy The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Trophy was donated by the ACBL in memo ...

(1) 1997 * Goren Trophy (1) 2010 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 2019

Wins

15th World Bridge Series Senior Championships (1) 2018 *

(12) **

Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ...

(1) 1997 **

Nail Life Master Open Pairs The Nail Life Master Open Pairs is a North American bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The championship is a Matchpoints pairs event restricted to players with a ...

(2) 2000, 2006 **

Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ...

(2) 1991, 1995 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1996 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2012 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2015 ** Reisinger (2) 1997, 2001 ** Vanderbilt (2) 2019, 2023

Runners-up

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 2007 *

Buffett Cup The Buffett Cup is a bridge trophy which is awarded biennially in an event between teams from Europe and the United States. The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby lo ...

(1) 2008 *

(11) **

Rockwell Mixed Pairs The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a national bridge championship held regularly at the Spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1946, is presented to the w ...

(1) 1985 **

(1) 1988 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2002, 2014 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1987, 2002 ** Reisinger (2) 2008, 2010 **

Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. T ...

(1) 2008 ** Von Zedtwitz Life Masters Pairs (1) 2016

Notes

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