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Stricker headed for semi-retirement

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Stricker headed for semi-retirementSteve Stricker readies to tee off on the first hole during a pro-am round at the Tournament of Champions golf tournament, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in Kapalua, Hawaii. When he arrived on the shores of Maui for the season-opening Tournament of Champions, he had reached a compromise. Stricker, who turns 46 next month, is going into semi-retirement. When he leaves Kapalua, he won't return again until the Match Play Championship at the end of February. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)(Credit: AP)

KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — At the end of another long year, and only a month away from the start of another season, Steve Stricker quietly posed a question that sounded out of place for a guy with more than $25 million in PGA Tour earnings over the last six years.

“What if I went to Kapalua to defend and didn’t play again the rest of the year?”

When he arrived on the shores of Maui for the season-opening Tournament of Champions, he had reached a compromise. Stricker, who turns 46 next month, is going into semi-retirement. When he leaves Kapalua, he won’t return to the Tour again until the Match Play Championship at the end of February.

He’ll play the majors and World Golf Championships that are held in America, maybe a few other tournaments to get ready for the majors, and the John Deere Classic, which has become his hometown event ever since the Greater Milwaukee Open went away.

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