Sherri Steinhauer


Sherri Steinhauer is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. 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 Women's British Open.
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 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic 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 Se Ri Pak defeated Steinhauer, Karrie Webb, Carin Koch, Mardi Lunn, and Kelli Kuehne. It was the largest playoff in LPGA Tour history.
Steinhauer was a student of golf instructor Manuel de la Torre.
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. She returned in 2012 at the Kia Classic and also played that year in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She is 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.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 16, 1992du Maurier Classic−11 3 strokes Judy Dickinson
2May 1, 1994Sprint Championship−15 1 stroke Kelly Robbins
3Aug 16, 1998Weetabix Women's British Open+4 1 stroke Brandie Burton
Sophie Gustafson
4Jul 18, 1999Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic−11 Playoff Lorie Kane
5Aug 12, 1999Weetabix Women's British Open−9 1 stroke Annika Sörenstam
6Mar 23, 2004Sybase Classic−12 2 strokes Grace Park
7Aug 6, 2006Weetabix Women's British Open−7 3 strokes Sophie Gustafson
Cristie Kerr
8Sep 2, 2007LPGA State Farm Classic−17 1 stroke Christina Kim

LPGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11999Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Carin Koch
Kelli Kuehne
Mardi Lunn
Se Ri Pak
Karrie Webb		Pak won with birdie on first extra hole
21999Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic Lori KaneWon with birdie on fifth extra hole

Legends Tour wins (2)

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

Professional