Now Alker has put a major with his other three victories. Nineteen starts across his first two seasons, with four wins and a career-worst finish of T20.
“I don’t know if it’s the golden age of Steves, but it sure is the golden age of Steven Alker,” said Woody Austin, a four-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions who’s currently 20th in the Schwab Cup standings. “I don’t know what potion he’s on or what have you, but he hasn’t played one bad round in eight months. He might have nine holes where he shoots even, but then he shoots 3, 4, 5 under on the other nine.”
Stricker, 55, also won a major this year, a runaway victory at the Regions tradition.
“Stricker just doesn’t make mistakes,” Flesch said. “Around that course in Birmingham (Greystone G&CC), he played so well. That’s a course, to me, I can make bogeys and doubles left and right. There are all kinds of holes there where you can end up in a funny place.
“I think he had two rounds (of four) where he didn’t have a bogey. Going around there without a bogey. … He’s straight and in control of his ball. And then of course he makes every putt he looks at, which is kind of annoying.”
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