Background
Steinhauer, Sherri was born on December 27, 1962 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Steinhauer, Sherri was born on December 27, 1962 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
Steinhauer finished as high as seventh on the money list twice. 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 retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. Steinhauer also qualified for the Solheim Cup for the first time in 1994.
She would also make the team in 1998, 2000, and 2007.
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. lieutenant 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 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. Steinhauer was one of two assistant captains for the United States 2011 Solheim Cup team
LPGA Tour wins (8) 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 DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut. "T" = tied Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
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 Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1994 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2007 (winners) Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006 Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2014 (winners).