Steve Stricker Says He Wants To Play Golf More This Year.

Instead of starting at the winners-only field at Kapalua and then going over to the Sony Open, he started at the Sony Open and heads to the winners-only field on the Big Island for the PGA Tour Champions opener.

Stricker, who is about to turn 52, played 13 times on the PGA Tour and six times on the Champions in his first year of eligibility.

Last year, he was up to seven Champions event and one fewer on the PGA Tour.

Its also hard to ignore that Stricker made $1,196,235 in seven Champions events last year, and $582,566 in 12 starts on the PGA Tour.

He turned 50 in early 2013, and it took six years before he played more on the Champions than on the PGA Tour .