Stephen Ames
| Stephen Ames | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Stephen Michael Ames |
| Born |
April 28, 1964 San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Nationality |
 Trinidad and Tobago Canada
|
| Residence | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Spouse | Jodi (2003–2016) |
| Children | Justin, Ryan |
| Career | |
| College | College of Boca Raton |
| Turned professional | 1987 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Web.com Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T11: 2006 |
| U.S. Open | T9: 2004 |
| The Open Championship | T5: 1997 |
| PGA Championship | T9: 2004 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Chaconia Medal (Gold) | 2004 |
| Canadian Golf Hall of Fame |
2014 |
Stephen Michael Ames (born April 28, 1964) is a professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour, who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions. The biggest win of his career was at The Players Championship in 2006. He holds dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada.
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 twice. 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 set the course record at Sandy Lane, Barbados with a six-under-par total of 66.
Ames won a golf scholarship at the College of Boca Raton in Florida in the United States and turned professional in 1987, but failed to win a PGA Tour card over the following few years, partly due to a neck injury. He won his first professional tournament in the United States (the Ben Hogan Pensacola Open) in 1991 on what was then the Ben Hogan Tour.
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 80 on the Order of Merit each time, with a best of 13th in 1996. He won the 1994 Open V33 Grand Lyon in France and the 1996 Benson & Hedges International Open in England.
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