Less than a month after he captained Team USA to a historic Ryder Cup triumph last September, Steve Stricker was confronted with another battle.
Stricker endured a lengthy bout with an illness. He was hospitalized in November for two weeks with a soaring white blood cell count and inflammation around his heart, causing him to lose 25 pounds.
But Stricker is on the precipice of winning that fight also.
The 55-year-old, who's won seven times on the PGA Tour Champions, is continuing his progress on and off the course roughly five months since he was first hospitalized.