Steve Stricker announced in Hawaii this week that he will curtail his tour schedule in 2013. He is starting the back nine of his golfing career.

Stricker is 45-years-old, began his professional career in 1990 and joined the PGA Tour in 1994. 

In addition to his 12 career PGA Tour wins he has 11 runners-up and 10 third-place finishes. He has 93 top-10 finishes, 308 made cuts and is No. 8 on the career money earned list with over $35 million.

Stricker has been on four Presidents Cup and three Ryder Cup teams. He has finished in the Top 10 on the PGA Tour money list five of the last seven years.

He won the PGA Tour’s 2012 Payne Stewart Award and was the Comeback Player of the Year two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007.

The only thing missing from a very good career is a win in a major championship. Stricker had top-10 finishes in five of 14 major championships from 2006 to 2010. He has only broke into the top-10 at a major once since. He was T-7 just last year at the PGA Championship.

Great players are measured by the number of major trophies they accumulate throughout their careers. Is Stricker’s career worthy of World Golf Hall of Fame induction without a major tournament win? Probably not.

Will that matter to Stricker? Not in the least.

Steve Stricker is one of the good guys. He is always polite to a fault and is a devoted family man. Golf is only his chosen occupation.

When you reach a certain age it becomes more difficult to get on a plane and leave your family to go play in another golf tournament. Just like any job it becomes the means to provide a certain level of comfort for you and your family.

Steve Stricker doesn’t drive around in Ferraris or own several mansions scattered around the world. He has provided a very good nest egg for his family. Their future is secure.

He may not get into the World Golf Hall of Fame, but he is definitely a Hall of Famer at home.