Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She now plays on the Legends Tour.

Early life and amateur career In 1962, Steinhauer was born in Madison, Wisconsin. She attended The University of Texas at Austin.

Professional career In 1985, she turned pro. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour during her career, including two major championships, the 1992 du Maurier Classic and 2006 Women's British Open (she also has two, 1998 and 1999, titles recognized by the Ladies European Tour as majors but not by the LPGA Tour).

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.

Senior career 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.

During this era she began competing on the Legends Tour. In 2009, she won the Legends Tour Open Championship. In 2013, she won the Wendy's Charity Challenge.

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 was 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) LegendLPGA Tour major championships (2)Other LPGA Tour (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Aug 16, 1992du Maurier Classic−11 (67-73-67-70=277)3 strokes Judy Dickinson2May 1, 1994Sprint Championship−15 (68-68-67-70=273)1 stroke Kelly Robbins3Aug 16, 1998Women's British Open +4 (81-72-70-69=292)1 stroke Brandie Burton Sophie Gustafson4Jul 18, 1999Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic−11 (68-66-72=273)Playoff Lorie Kane5Aug 12, 1999Women's British Open−9 (70-72-68-73=283)1 stroke Annika Sörenstam6Mar 23, 2004Sybase Classic−12 (67-70-66-69=272)2 strokes Grace Park 7Aug 6, 2006Women's British Open−7 (73-70-66-72=281)3 strokes Sophie Gustafson Cristie Kerr8Sep 2, 2007LPGA State Farm Classic−17 (67-66-71-67=271)1 stroke Christina Kim Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11999Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Carin Koch Kelli Kuehne Mardi Lunn Se Ri Pak Karrie WebbPak won with birdie on first extra hole 21999 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic Lori KaneWon with birdie on fifth extra hole

Legends Tour wins (2) 2009 Legends Tour Open Championship 2013 Wendy's Charity Challenge

Major championships Wins (2) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up 1992 du Maurier Classic −11 (67-73-67-70=277) 2 strokes Judy Dickinson 2006 Women's British Open −7 (73-70-66-72=281) 3 strokes Sophie Gustafson, Cristie Kerr

Results timeline Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCUTT36LPGA ChampionshipCUTT50CUTT51U.S. Women's OpenT40LACUTCUTdu Maurier Classic CUTT31T13CUT Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT17T6T31T32T16CUTT48T9T10T17LPGA ChampionshipT36T11T44CUTT7CUTT18T4T37T19T40U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT36T13T22CUTT36CUTCUTT25CUTdu Maurier Classic T19T441T10T11WDT24T9T34CUT Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCUTT36CUTT48T23T35T20CUTLPGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT23CUTT16T56T46U.S. Women's OpenT50T51CUTT32CUTT24T25T38Women's British Open ^CUTCUTCUTT42T391T23T64 Tournament 2010 2011 2012Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT67CUTCUTLPGA ChampionshipT54T75U.S. Women's OpenT5270Women's British OpenT50CUT ^ 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 Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeKraft Nabisco Championship 0 0 0 0 3 8 23 16LPGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 7 25 17U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 14du Maurier Classic 1 0 0 1 3 7 14 9Women's British Open 1 0 0 1 1 2 10 6Totals 2 0 0 3 9 29 96 62 Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2005 British – 2007 British) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1998 du Maurier Classic – 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore)

Team appearances 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)

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