Steven Craig Alker turned professional in 1995 and has enjoyed a long and diverse career across multiple tours. He played on the European Tour in 1998-99 (and its developmental Challenge Tour in 1999), won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit in 2000, then moved to the U.S. to compete on the then-Buy.com/Nationwide Tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) in 2002. He earned his full PGA Tour card for 2003, but after struggling to retain it, he returned to the developmental tour circuit from 2004-06. In 2007-08 he returned to Europe, before heading back to the U.S. in 2009.
One of his signature early moments came in 2014 at the Cleveland Open (Web.com Tour), where he defeated Dawie van der Walt in an 11-hole marathon playoff, the longest in that tour’s history. From 2016 he also qualified for major championships such as The Open Championship (via Final Qualifying) and kept working steadily.
Senior Career Breakthrough
After turning 50 in July 2021, Alker moved onto the PGA Tour Champions and immediately made his mark. He won the TimberTech Championship in November 2021 and followed a stellar 2022 season by capturing his first senior major — the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship (final round 63) — and securing the season-long Charles Schwab Cup, the Arnold Palmer Award (money list) and the Byron Nelson Award (lowest scoring average). He won the Charles Schwab Cup again in 2024.
In March 2025, Alker captured his 9th PGA Tour Champions win by winning the Cologuard Classic in a playoff over Jason Caron. In October 2025 he secured his 10th PGA Tour Champions victory at the Simmons Bank Championship, at Pleasant Valley Country Club, winning by seven strokes at 20-under with rounds of 61-66-69 totaling 196. At the 2025 U.S. Senior Open (The Broadmoor), Alker finished 7th at 3-under par and at the 2025 Senior Open Championship (Sunningdale), he recorded a 63 in the first round and finished tied 7th at 10-under.
Through 2025 Alker continues to be a dominant force on the senior circuit, building on his senior major and playoff pedigree and adding further tour wins and is currently leading the race to claim his third Charles Schwab Cup.
