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Introduction
Stephen Ames is a Canadian professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour. He currently 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. He became a Candian after marrying his first wife, Jodi. He was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold), Trinidad & Tobago’s second highest honour, in 2004. In 2006 Ames was awarded the Trinidad and Tobago First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year Award. As of February 2023, Stephen Ames has 13 professional wins and his highest rankings was in number 17th in 2004.
Early life
| Name | Stephen Ames |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Professional golfer |
| Age | 58 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Stephen Michael Ames was born on April 28, 1964 (age 58 years) in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. He is the son of English and Portuguese descent, and much of his family resides in the Caribbean nation. His grandmother was Trinidad and Tobago Champion twice. Ames grew up on the Petrotrin employee compound (Then known as Trintoc) in Pointe-à-Pierre. He learned to play golf at Petrotrin’s staff club, Pointe-à-Pierre Golf Club. Ames’ 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.
Professional career
Stephen 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.
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Ames tried his luck at European Tour Qualifying School in 1992 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.
In 1997, Ames finished third at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1998 season. Due to visa difficulties, Ames was unable to play the PGA Tour in 1999 for nearly six months. In his first six seasons he didn’t break into the top 40 of the money list. He highest finish was runner-up to Craig Perks at the 2002 The Players Championship. In 2004 won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the Cialis Western Open among a field that included many of the best professionals in the world, including Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Davis Love III. Later that year, he reached the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
In 2005, Stephen Ames initiated an international Ryder Cup style competition entitled the Stephen Ames Cup. The event pits CJGA Team Canada against Team Trinidad & Tobago. He co-hosts, with MP Jim Prentice, an annual charity golf tournament for kids and owns a steakhouse in Calgary called the Vintage Chophouse. In February 2006, after provoking world No. 1 Tiger Woods with the comment: “Anything can happen, especially where [Tiger’s] hitting the ball,” Ames was soundly defeated by Woods at the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at La Costa, losing 9 and 8; the largest amount a player can possibly lose by in an eighteen-hole match play event is 10 and 8.
Ames overcame the record defeat on March 26, 2006, by taking The Players Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass. Playing against 48 of the top 50 golfers in the world (including Woods), Ames emerged victorious, with a record-equaling six stroke margin over World No. 3 Retief Goosen, becoming the second-oldest champion in championship history. With the win, Ames surpassed the US$10 million career earnings barrier and climbed 37 places to 27th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
At the 2007 PGA Championship, Ames was in the final pairing with Tiger Woods in the final round but put himself out of contention after shooting a 76, finishing T-12. In November 2007, he picked up his third PGA Tour victory at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic. He has featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Ames won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in 2009, again at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic, shooting a final round -8 64. He won in a three-way playoff over George McNeill and Justin Leonard. Ames was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in August 2014.
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On April 16, 2017, Ames secured his first PGA Tour Champions victory, in his 49th start, at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. He shot a 66 in the final round to finish four strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer. He is the third Canadian to win on the tour and the 11th golfer to win on the three main tours run by the PGA Tour: PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions, and Web.com Tour. In June 2021, Ames came from behind and won his second PGA Tour Champions event at the Principal Charity Classic.
Wife
Stephen Ames has been married twice. He was married to his first wife Jodi Ames from 1991 to 2016. His ex-wife is a Canadian air hostess and they had they had two children together. He moved from Calgary to Vancouver in 2014 after separating from his first wife. After his failed marriage, he wed his second wife Kelly Norcott in 2018. As of February 2023, Stephen Ames and his wife Kelly Norcott are still married.
Stephen Ames net worth
How much is Stephen Ames worth? Stephen Ames net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a professional golfer. Stephen Ames’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $500,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential pro golf players in Canada. Stephen Ames stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.