name | Stephen Ames |
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fullname | Stephen Michael Ames |
birth date | April 28, 1964 |
birth place | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
death date | |
height | |
weight | |
nationality | |
residence | Calgary, Alberta |
college | College of Boca Raton |
yearpro | 1987 |
retired | |
tour | PGA Tour |
extour | |
prowins | 11 |
pgawins | 4 |
eurowins | 2 |
japwins | |
asiawins | |
sunwins | |
auswins | |
nwidewins | 1 |
chalwins | |
champwins | |
seneurowins | |
otherwins | |
majorwins | |
masters | T11: 2006 |
usopen | T9: 2004 |
open | T5: 1997 |
pga | T9: 2004 |
wghofid | |
wghofyear | |
award1 | Chaconia Medal |
year1 | 2004 |
awardssection | }} |
Ames was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago and is of English/Trinidadian Portuguese descent, and much of his family resides in the Caribbean nation. His grandmother was Trinidad and Tobago Champion 20 times. He grew up in Pointe-à-Pierre and learned to play at the Petrotrin Pointe-à-Pierre Golf Club.
Ames's golfing talent developed early in life, assisted by support and discipline from his father, Michael. In his Hoerman Cup debut at the age of 16 in 1980, he smashed the course record at Sandy Lane, Barbados with a six-under-par total of 66.
In 1992, Ames tried his luck at European Tour Qualifying School and was successful. He spent five seasons on the European Tour and performed consistently, making the top eighty on the Order of Merit each time, with a best of thirteenth in 1996. He won the 1994 Open V33 Grand Lyon in France and the 1996 Benson & Hedges International Open in England.
In 1997, Ames finished third at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1998 season. In his first six seasons he performed solidly but didn't break into the top 40 of the money list. He found a new level in his game in 2004. Until this year his main claim to fame in the U.S. had been his runner-up placing to Craig Perks at the 2002 The Players Championship, however Stephen enjoyed his first PGA Tour victory in July 2004 winning the Cialis Western Open among a field that included many of the best professionals in the world, including Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Davis Love III. Later that year he reached the top twenty in the Official World Golf Rankings.
He was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold), the nation's second highest honour, in 2004. His Canadian wife is a former air hostess and he took Canadian citizenship in 2003. They have two sons.
In 2005, Ames initiated an international Ryder Cup style competition entitled the Stephen Ames Cup. The event pits CJGA Team Canada against Team Trinidad & Tobago. He co-hosts, with MP Jim Prentice, an annual charity golf tournament for kids and owns a steakhouse in Calgary called the Vintage Chophouse.
In February 2006, after provoking world No. 1 Tiger Woods with the comment: "Anything can happen, especially where [Tiger's] hitting the ball," Ames was soundly defeated by Woods at the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at La Costa, losing 9 and 8, the largest amount a player can possibly lose by in an eighteen-hole match play event is 10 and 8. However, on March 26, Ames overcame the record defeat by taking The Players Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass. Playing against 48 of the top 50 golfers in the world (including Woods), Ames emerged victorious, with a record-equaling six stroke margin over World No. 3 Retief Goosen, becoming the second-oldest champion in championship history. With the win, Ames surpassed the US$10 million career earnings barrier and climbed 37 places to 27th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
In 2006 Ames was awarded the Trinidad and Tobago First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year Award.
At the 2007 PGA Championship, Ames was in the final pairing with Tiger Woods in the final round but put himself out of contention after shooting a 76, finishing T-12. In November 2007, he picked up his third PGA Tour victory at the Children's Miracle Network Classic. He has featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Ames won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in 2009, again at the Children's Miracle Network Classic, shooting a final round -8 64. He won in a three-way playoff over George McNeill and Justin Leonard.
Driver: Nike SasQuatch 460 Tour 9.5° Fairway Woods: Nike SasQuatch 3 Irons: Nike Forged Pro Combo 3-PW Wedges: Nike Forged 55° & 60° Putter: TaylorMade Rossa Siena AGSI Ball: Nike One Platinum
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning Score!!Margin of Victory!!Runner(s)-up | |||||
1 | Cialis Western Open | 2 strokes | Steve Lowery | ||
2 | The Players Championship | 6 strokes | Retief Goosen | ||
3 | Children's Miracle Network Classic | 1 stroke | |||
4 | Children's Miracle Network Classic | Playoff | Justin Leonard, George McNeill |
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning Score!!Margin of Victory!!Runner(s)-up | |||||
1 | Apr 17, 1994 | Open V33 Grand Lyon | 2 strokes | Gabriel Hjertstedt, Pedro Linhart | |
2 | May 19, 1996 | Benson & Hedges International Open | 1 stroke | Jon Robson |
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning Score!!Margin of Victory!!Runner-up | |||||
1 | Apr 21, 1991 | Ben Hogan Pensacola Open | 1 stroke | Jerry Foltz |
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DNP = Did not play WD = Withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10
!Tournament!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008 | |||||
align="left" | DNP | R64 | R64 | R64 | |
align="left" | T36 | WD | T28 | T15 | |
align="left" | T22 | T36 | T18 | T22 | T48 |
!Tournament!!2009!!2010 | ||
align="left" | R32 | R64 |
align="left" | T40 | DNP |
align="left" | DNP | DNP |
align="left" | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play WD = withdrew QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
!Year!!Wins!!Earnings ($)!!Rank | |||
1998 | 0| | 357,869 | 83 |
1999 | 0| | 460,760 | 84 |
2000 | 0| | 747,312 | 63 |
2001 | 0| | 574,451 | 89 |
2002 | 0| | 1,278,037 | 46 |
2003 | 0| | 1,005,959 | 72 |
2004 | 1| | 3,303,205 | 19 |
2005 | 0| | 959,665 | 51 |
2006 | 1| | 2,395,155 | 43 |
2007 | 1| | 2,103,426 | 33 |
2008 | 0| | 2,285,707 | 27 |
2009 | 1| | 2,131,538 | 37 |
2010 | 0| | 916,527 | 107 |
!Career*!! 4 !! 18,639,142 !! 36 |
* Complete through the 2010 season
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