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Six holes into his final round, Steve Stricker’s 5-shot lead was down to 1. From there, Stricker rebounded to win for the 8th time on the PGA tour in the last 33 months and for the 12th time overall.
AUDIO: Stricker on his final round 4-under-par 69 :10
Stricker finished the tournament at 23-under par and moved up to No. 5 in the world.
AUDIO: Steve Stricker says this win feels special :18
Stricker pockets $1.12-million for the season opening win in Hawaii.
The second round of stroke play at the 2011 U.S. Amateur will resume at 11:40 a.m. Play was suspended due to weather at 8 a.m. at Erin Hills and at 8:09 a.m. at Blue Mound Golf and Country Club.
Madison’s Steve Stricker entered the final day with the lead and made the turn
Steve Stricker
at the John Deere Classic with a 5-stroke advantage. But instead of coasting to victory, Stricker made life interesting and pulled out a dramatic victory.
Stricker got some tough breaks and failed to make some shots, allowing rookie Kyle Stanley to take a 2-shot lead with 2-holes left to play. But when Stanley cooled off just a bit, Stricker birdied the final two holes for his 3rd straight John Deere Classic victory.
A three-peat has only happened 20-times in PGA Tour History. Madison’s Steve Stricker tees off today at the John Deere Classic in Illinois as the two-time defending Champion.
Stricker is set to tee of at 7:30 AM along with Menominee Fall’s Mark Wilson. Madison’s Jerry Kelly hits the links at 7:40 and Appleton’s J.P Hayes takes the course at 8:10.
The event is being played at the TPC Deere Run in Silvis, IL. It’s the final event before next week’s British Open.
David Toms fired a bogey-free 8-under-par 62 to tie for the first round lead with Chez Reavie at the PGA‘s Colonial in Texas on Thursday. It was Toms who lost in a playoff just a week ago to K.J. Choi in the Players Championship.
Wisconsin native Mark Wilson shot a 5-under par 65 and trails the leaders by 3-shots heading to round 2 today. Madison’s Jerry Kelly is 10-shots off the lead after his first round 2-over-par 72.
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