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Stephen Ames (born April 28, 1964 in San Fernando,
Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando, Trinidad and
Tobago) is a golfer on the PGA TOUR holding dual
citizenship of Canada and Trinidad and Tobago.
Ames is of Portuguese/English descent, and much of
his family still resides in the Caribbean nation. 

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 smashed the course record at
Sandy Lane, Barbados, with a six-under-par total
of 66.

Ames won his first professional tournament (the
Pensacola Open) in 1991 on the Ben Hogan Tour. In
France, he won the Lyon Open in 1993 on the Volvo
European Tour and in 1996 in England, Ames
captured the title in the Benson & Hedges
tournament that year. 

Ames, found a new level in his game in 2004. Until
this year his main claim to fame in the US had
been his runner up placing to Craig Perks at the
2002 Players Championship, however Stephen enjoyed
his first PGA tour victory in July 2004 winning
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.
http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r028

This win, along with subsequent performances,
propelled Stephen in the world golf rankings, and
in August 2004 he held 18th place in the overall
world ranking (according to official stats posted
to officialworldgolfranking.com).

Sadly, despite these achievements, Stephen has
never received the sportsman of the year award in
Trinidad and Tobago.
http://www.witco-sports.com/sportspersonframe.htm
He was, however, awarded the National Awards of
Trinidad and Tobago|Chaconia Medal (Gold), the
nation's second highest honour, in 2004.

Not so much that he had not been performing, but
more to the fact he has been up against other
competition and also that the judges do not choose
to appreciate the game of golf, or recognize
Stephen's achievements in this particular public
forum. 

One comparison is in order: While Ato Boldon, who
won Trinidad and Tobago two Olympic bronze medals
in 1996, was voted sportsman of the year, Tiger
Woods, who won three amateur tournaments in the
USA, and was about to turn professional, was named
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year over
Michael Johnson, gold medallist in the 200 metres
ahead of Ato and gold medallist in the 400 metres
in world record time, at the Atlanta Olympics. In
1996, Tiger Woods held a world golf ranking of 33:
http://www.pgatour.com/stats/1996/r_186.html

==PGA Tour victories==
* 2004 - Cialis Western Open

==External links==
*Biography from the National Library and
Information System Authority of Trinidad and
Tobago
http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/bio_StephenAmes.
htmlhttp://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/StephenAmes2
.htm
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/A/Stephen_Ames/
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