Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional

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er who plays on the

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. She retired from the

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in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in

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and attended

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. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major championships, the 1992 du Maurier Classic and 2006

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(she also has two, 1998 and 1999, titles recognized by the Ladies European Tour as majors but not by the LPGA Tour). Steinhauer finished as high as seventh on the money list twice. The first time came in 1994 where Steinhauer won the

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in addition to having seven other top 10 finishes. Steinhauer also qualified for the

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for the first time in 1994. She would also make the team in 1998, 2000, and 2007. With wins at the Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic and the

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, Steinhauer finished seventh on the money list again in 1999. She also took part that year in a six player sudden playoff at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic in which

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defeated Steinhauer,

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. It was the largest playoff in LPGA Tour history. Steinhauer was a student of golf instructor

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. On March 31, 2009, Steinhauer announced that she would not compete in 2009 while recovering from surgery in mid-February on one hip and preparing for similar surgery on the other hip to be performed in May. She returned to the Tour in 2010. Steinhauer announced her retirement from the regular tour after missing the cut at the 2011

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LPGA veteran Sherri Steinhauer retires
August 27, 2011. Accessed March 30, 2012. She returned in 2012 at the

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and also played that year in the

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Sherri Steinhauer Profile
Accessed March 30, 2012. She was eligible to participate in the 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open on account of her major wins. Steinhauer was one of two assistant captains for the United States 2011 Solheim Cup team.Inkster, Steinhauer named U.S. Solheim Cup Assistant Captains
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Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

^ Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Legends Tour wins (2)

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Legends Tour Open Championship *

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Wendy's Charity Challenge

Major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001. LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Starts – 96 *Wins – 2 *2nd-place finishes – 0 *3rd-place finishes – 0 *Top 3 finishes – 2 *Top 5 finishes – 3 *Top 10 finishes – 9 *Top 25 finishes – 28 *Missed cuts – 32 *Most consecutive cuts made – 9 *Longest streak of top-10s – 2

Team appearances

Professional *

(representing the United States):

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(winners), 1998 (winners),

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, 2007 (winners) *

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

(representing International team):

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Handa Cup The Handa Cup is a series of senior women's golf matches between a United States team and a World Team drawn from players from the rest of the world. It was founded in 2006 and is an event on the LPGA Legends Tour. Since 2013 it has been officially ...

(representing the United States): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2014 (winners)

References

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