Stephen Ames

Stephen Ames ( born April 28, 1964 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a professional golfer of the North American PGA TOUR, both the Canadian, as also keep you from birth the citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago.

Career

Ames, however, was 1987 professional golfer who initially failed to qualify for the PGA TOUR, not least because of a neck injury. He turned to the second lined up Ben Hogan Tour, where in 1991 he won his first tournament.

In autumn 1992, Ames became eligible to play for the European Tour, where he spent five seasons long been operating successfully on the Tour School. He recorded two tournament victories and reached in 1996 with the 13th place his best finish in the money list.

The end of 1997 it managed Ames third in Q- School to qualify for the PGA TOUR and played six seasons constant but without tournament victory. In July 2004 he made ​​his breakthrough and won his first title, the Western Open, where he was a world class III field with Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Davis Love behind. Winning the highly doped Players Championship in 2006 with the record margin of six strokes helped him finally to the rise in the world's elite. His career prize money exceeded so that the $ 10 million mark and in the World Golf Rankings Ames is among the top 50 as a caddy he has his brother at his side.

Stephen Ames with his wife Jodi, a former stewardess, married. Because of them he took in 2004 to the Canadian citizenship and now lives in Calgary.

Tournament Win

Participation in team competitions

• World Cup ( Trinidad and Tobago ): 2000, 2002, 2003

Results in Major Championships

DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10