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

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er who plays on the Legends Tour. 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

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and 2006

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(she also has two, 1998 and 1999, titles recognized by the

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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 Sprint Championship in addition to having seven other top 10 finishes. Steinhauer also qualified for the Solheim Cup for the first time in 1994. She would also make the team in 1998, 2000, and 2007. With wins at the

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and the Weetabix Women's British Open, 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, Karrie Webb, Carin Koch,

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, and Kelli Kuehne. 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 Canadian Women's Open.ESPN.com
LPGA veteran Sherri Steinhauer retires
August 27, 2011. Accessed March 30, 2012. She returned in 2012 at the Kia Classic and also played that year in the Kraft Nabisco Championship.LPGA.com
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 * Solheim Cup (representing the United States):

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(winners),

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

(winners),

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

(winners) * Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006 * Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2014 (winners)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinhauer, Sherri American female golfers Texas Longhorns women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Wisconsin Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin 1962 births Living people