Andrew Stewart North (born March 9, 1950) is an American professional golfer.

North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin where he was a graduate of Monona Grove High School in 1968. North went on to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a 3-time All American. He turned professional in 1972. North had a moderately successful career on the PGA Tour made remarkable by the fact that two of his three wins on the Tour came on the biggest stage in men’s professional golf, the U.S. Open.

The first PGA Tour win of North’s career came at the 1977 American Express Westchester Classic. He was twenty-eight years old when he won the 1978 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. He moved into the lead after the second round, and was three shots ahead going into Sunday, but an erratic final round left him needing to make a five on the last hole to take the championship. He struggled up the eighteenth, finding the rough twice and then landing in a greenside bunker, but he nailed a four foot putt to win by one stroke over J. C. Snead and Dave Stockton.

At the 1985 U.S. Open, North found himself two shots behind Taiwan’s Tze-Chung Chen going into the final round, but three shots clear of the rest of the field. Chen moved into a four shot lead early on, but threw the tournament wide open by shooting a “double-par” eight on the fifth hole. The lead swung between North, Chen and Dave Barr, who had surged into contention, but North went into the last hole with a two shot lead, and his bogey five was enough to give him a second major championship.

North played on the 1985 Ryder Cup team. In 1990, he won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Since turning fifty in 2000 North has played intermittently on the Champions Tour. His best finish at this level is second in the 2001 Emerald Coast Classic. The improbability of North’s career is illustrated by the fact that the only other post World War II golfer to win two U.S. Opens without reaching double figures in individual professional titles is Lee Janzen, and he accumulated eight to North’s three.

As of 1993, North serves as a golf analyst for ESPN.

Amateur wins (2)
1969 Wisconsin Amateur
1971 Western Amateur

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (3)
1977 American Express Westchester Classic
1978 U.S. Open
1985 U.S. Open
Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins (3)
1978 World Cup (with John Mahaffey)
1979 PGA Grand Slam of Golf (tie with Gary Player)
1990 PGA Grand Slam of Golf

Other senior wins (6)
2000 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jim Colbert)
2001 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Jim Colbert)
2005 ING Par-3 Shootout, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)
2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)
2007 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Tom Watson)

Major Championships
Wins (2)
Year Championship
1978 U.S. Open
1985 U.S. Open

Steven Charles Stricker (born February 23, 1967) is an American professional golfer.

Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin. A 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois, Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won four times on the PGA Tour. His most successful season on tour came in 1996, when Stricker notched two victories (Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open) and seven top ten finishes on his way to finishing fourth on the 1996 PGA Tour money list. Stricker’s third and most impressive win came at the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, where he defeated Pierre Fulke 2 and 1 to earn the $1,000,000 prize. His most recent victory came at The Barclays tournament on 26 August 2007 ending an 11 year span for a win on American soil.

In 1998, Steve Stricker played himself into contention in the final round of the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington. Thanks to a back-nine surge, PGA Tour veteran Vijay Singh bested Stricker down the stretch and claimed a two-stroke victory. The runner-up finish remains Stricker’s best result in a major championship.

Stricker has six times finished inside the Top 20 at the U.S. Open, his best finish a fifth-place score at the 1999 U.S. Open played at Pinehurst No. 2.

Largely due to his seven top-10 finishes, Stricker was voted PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2006. His renewed form continued throughout 2007, qualifying for the Presidents Cup and after his victory at The Barclays, Stricker reached a high of 4th in the Official World Golf Rankings. Stricker finished runner-up in the 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs to Tiger Woods. He was again voted PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2007.

In the Mercedes Benz Championship, the opening event of the 2008 season, Stricker lost out in a play-off to Daniel Chopra. This result took Stricker to 3rd in the world rankings.

Professional wins (11)

PGA Tour wins (4)
Legend
World Golf Championship (1)
FedEx Cup Event (1)
Other PGA Tour (2)

Other wins (7)
1987 Wisconsin State Open (as an amateur)
1990 Victoria Open (Canada), Wisconsin State Open
1991 Wisconsin State Open
1993 Canadian PGA Championship
1998 Wisconsin State Open
2000 Wisconsin State Open

United States national team appearances

Professional
Dunhill Cup: 1996 (winners)
Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners), 2007 (winners)