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Steve Stricker

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Steve Stricker

Power 100 rank: 100
Rank last year: 59
Sport: Golf
Age: 44
Most recent notable achievement: Won 2012 Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, Hawaii
Earnings: $9,000,000
Key sponsors: NYSE, Titleist, Allianz Life, FootJoy

Why he’s on the list: Stricker is widely considered one of the most skillful putters on the PGA Tour, and his short game kept him in contention in several tournaments he nearly lost in 2011. Stricker won the John Deere Classic in July 2011 by sinking a 25-foot birdie putt.

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