The 57-year old from Wisconsin continued his mastery of Minnehaha Country Club with perhaps his best, and most personally meaningful. performance on Sunday, coming from three shots back in his quest to win a third straight Sanford International and taking two shot lead over Richard Green heading to 18.

Steve Stricker outlasted Richard Green on the fourth hole of a playoff to win his third straight Sanford International Sunday at Minnehaha Country Club. The two matched each other through the first three holes of the sudden-death playoff before Stricker birdied to claim his fourth title in the seven-year history

Steve Stricker ended a four-hole playoff with a shot out of the rough that banged into the pin and set up a tap-in birdie Sunday, his third straight Sanford International victory and his first PGA Tour Champions title of the year.

Steve Stricker continued his dominant run on the PGA Tour Champions Sunday, capturing the Sanford Invitational for a third consecutive year. This one did not come easy though. It required four playoff holes against Richard Green and pin point accuracy on that final hole to claim the title.

Steve Stricker hadn't won a tournament all year, but there was no place like the Sanford International for him to fix that.