Alker joint second as Stricker wins again
Steve Alker – file photo courtesy of USGA
Last year it was New Zealand’s Steve Alker who was the dominant force on the PGA Tour Champions, in 2023 it is Steve Stricker who has taken that role but Alker is hanging in there, producing one victory and now three runner-up finishes in eight stars this season.
Today, Alker again finished runner-up (this time in a share with England’s Paul Broadhurst) albeit five shots behind Stricker at the American Family Insurance Championship in Stricker’s home state of Wisconsin
Alker will add another US$191,000 for his week’s work, moving him to US$1,154,000 and to 3rd place on the Charles Schwab Cup table for the season behind only Stricker and Canada’s Stephen Ames.
Stricker, who now owns four victories along with four runner-up finishes in ten starts this season, is a massive US$1.4 million ahead of Ames.
Rod Pampling was the next best of the Australasians this week when he finished tied for 22nd.
