Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator.

[3] Strange graduated from Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, then enrolled at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

According to the golf columnist for The Charlotte Observer, Richard Sink, "Strange, only a junior, will leave behind a collegiate record perhaps unmatched."

Since World War II, only three golfers have successfully defended their titles at the U.S. Open; Brooks Koepka in 2018, Strange in 1989, and Ben Hogan in 1951.

[3] Despite skipping the Open Championship several times in his prime,[8] Strange played a considerable amount of international tournaments.

Like Henrik Stenson and Ben Hogan, Strange was a natural left-hander who played right-handed.

After reaching the age of 50 in January 2005, Strange began play on the Champions Tour, remarking, "I was getting worse and said, 'To hell with it.

CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew DQ = disqualified "T" indicates a tie for a place Amateur Professional In 1988 when Strange won the U.S. Open, Ping recognized him with a golden putter replica of the Ping Zing 2 he used to win.