Steve Lowery

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Steve Lowery
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Brent Lowery
Born	(1960-10-12) October 12, 1960 (age 61) Birmingham, Alabama
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Alabama
Turned professional	1983
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Ben Hogan Tour
Professional wins	4
Highest ranking	32 (October 6, 2002)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T40: 2001, 2002
PGA Championship	3rd: 2001
U.S. Open	T16: 1994
The Open Championship	T36: 2004

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

Lowery was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He has PGA Tour victories in 1994, 2000 and 2008. All three of his victories on the PGA Tour have come in playoffs.

Lowery has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. His best season on the PGA Tour was in 1994, when he finished 12th on the money list. He 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.

Lowery also won the Birmingham Golf Association Junior and State Junior in the late 1970s, before embarking on his four years of college at the University of Alabama. He played for coach Conrad Rehling from 1979-1983, on the Alabama Crimson Tide golf team.

Though it was in a losing effort, Lowery played a memorable stretch of golf at The International in 2002. He holed out a shot from over 200 yards for a rare double eagle (or albatross) on the 71st hole to pull within one point, ultimately losing by the same margin after missing a birdie putt on the last hole. Coming near the very end of the tournament and creating such a close finish, Lowery's double eagle was one of the most dramatic in PGA Tour history since Gene Sarazen made a double eagle at 15 in the final round of the 1935 Masters Tournament. Two holes before his double eagle, Lowery also holed out a wedge from the fairway for an eagle.

Amateur wins[]

this list may be incomplete

• 1982 Southern Amateur

Professional wins (4)[]

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	Rick Fehr
2	Nov 5, 2000	Southern Farm Bureau Classic	−22 (64-67-65-70=266)	Playoff	Skip Kendall
3	Feb 10, 2008	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	−10 (69-71-70-68=278)	Playoff	Vijay Singh

PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)

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

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

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

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

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

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

See also[]

• 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 1992 Ben Hogan Tour graduates

References[]

External links[]

• Steve Lowery at the PGA Tour official site
• Steve Lowery at the Official World Golf Ranking official site