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American Family Championship gets more commits today

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PGA TOUR Champions rookies Darren Clarke, Retief Goosen and Chris DiMarco have committed to the 2019 American Family Insurance Championship, to be held June 21-23 at University Ridge Golf Course.

The three will join tournament host Steve Stricker, Jerry Kelly, Scott McCarron and Kirk Triplett, who earlier made commitments.  The full 78-player field for the championship will be set June 14.

Clarke, of Northern Ireland, is best known for his victory at the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in England.  The veteran of the European Tour and PGA TOUR has 21 tournament wins worldwide.

Goosen, of South Africa, will be enshrined into the World Golf Hall of Fame in June.  He’s a two-time major champion, winning the U.S. Open in 2001 and 2007.

DeMarco won three times on the PGA Tour.  He is perhaps best known for his final-round battle with Tiger Woods in the 2005 Masters, where Woods outlasted him in a sudden death playoff.

 

McCarron Captures American Family Insurance title

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52-year-old Scott McCarron fired a final round eight-under par 64 on Sunday to win the 2018 American Family Insurance Championship.

McCarron posted a three-round score of 15-under 201 for a one stroke victory over Madison’s Jerry Kelly.  He finished two shots better than Fred Couples, Colin Montgomerie and tournament host Steve Stricker.

McCarron birdied five of his last 10 holes to earn his 15th professional victory and seventh on the Champions Tour.  He pockets $300,000 for the victory.

Jerry Kelly shot a seven-under 65 and had a one shot lead through 16 holes before missing a 10-footer for birdie on 17.  He parred 18.

Stricker shot a seven-under 65 on Sunday, but his two-over 74 on Saturday turned out to be the difference.

AUDIO: Steve Stricker says Saturday’s 74 cost him :17

AUDIO: Jerry Kelly thought he played well enough to win :17

AUDIO: Scott McCarron said it’s great to win against a stacked field :22

 

Kelly wins season opening PGA Tour Champions event

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Madison’s Jerry Kelly made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to capture the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii, giving him a victory in the season opening event on the PGA Tour Champions.

While Kelly made the birdie putt, Colin Montgomerie missed a 6-footer for par, allowing Kelly to come from one-shot down to win the tournament.

It was the third win on PGA Tour Champions for the 51-year-old Kelley, who finished tied for 14th last week at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open at Waialae.

Kelly last won in Honolulu in 2002, one of his three PGA Tour victories.

Kelly closed with a 6-under 66 for a three-day total of 18-under 198.

Bernhard Langer, who was defending the first of his seven 2017 titles, closed with a 70 to finish at 10 under.

Kelly captures first senior title

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Madison’s Jerry Kelly captured his first Champions Tour title in 13 starts by winning the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Washington.

Kelly shot a 6-under par 66 to finish a tournament record 19-under 197.  Kelly tied Jerry Smith for the lead with a birdie on the par-4 16th hole and moved ahead with a 15-foot birdie put on the par-3 17th.

The win moved Kelly up to 11th in the Schwab Cup standings with $762,277.  It ends a 8-year drought for Kelly, who last won the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans in 2009.

Fox Point native Skip Kendall (72) tied for 41st.

Johnson wins in a playoff

Dustin Johnson trailed Jordan Spieth by five strokes early in the round.  Johnson ended up winning The Northern Trust in Old Westbury, New York in a playoff.

The top 100 golfers in the Fed Ex Cup point standings advance to this weeks even at TPC Boston.

Kelly shares first round lead in Champions event

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Madison’s Jerry Kelly and David McKenzie shot 7-under-par 65’s on Friday to share the lead after the first round of the Champions Tour’s Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Washington.

Kelly had eight birdies and a bogey at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.  The three-time PGA Tour winner is making his 13th senior start after turning 50 in November.

McKenzie eagles the par 5-eighth to join Kelly atop the leader board.

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Jordan Spieth reeled off five straight birdies on the back nine for a 5-under 65, moving into a four-way tie for the lead with Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Jhonattan Vegas after two rounds of The Northern Trust in Old Westbury, New York.

Madison’s Steve Stricker had a 70 and missed the cut.

The top 100 players in the Fed Ex Cup point standings after the weekend, head to the second event in the chase for the championship next week in Boston.

Stricker finished third in Champions Tour event

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Madison’s Steve Stricker placed third in this weekend’s Champions Tour event, the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minnesota.  Stricker shot a final round 66.

Paul Goydos birdied the first playoff hole to win the event over Gene Sauers.  Both Goydos and Sauers shot 66 in regulation to get to 20-under 196.

Kevin Sutherland shot 64 to tie Stricker and Brandt Jobe (67) for third, finishing two shots back.

Madison’s Jerry Kelly (67) and Fox Point native Skip Kendall (69) finished well back.

Stricker will now take his game back to the PGA Tour, where he’ll compete for the Wanamaker Trophy this week in the 99th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Stricker will tee off on hole number-10 on Thursday afternoon at 12:40 p.m., paired with Jonas Blixt and Brian Harman.

Jimmy Walker is the defending champion, pulling out the win at Baltusrol in 2016.  Rory McIlroy is considered the favorite, having captured the 2010 and the 2015 titles.  He also owns the course record at Quail Hollow with a round of 61.

Hideki Matsuyama shot a 9-under-par 61 on Sunday to win the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

 

Kelly finishes second at the Travelers Championship

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pga tour logoRussell Knox parred the final hole with a 12-foot putt to beat Madison’s Jerry Kelly by one stroke Sunday to win the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship.

Knox closed with a 2-under par 68 to finish 14-under par for the tournament.  It’s the second win for Knox on the PGA Tour, following a win in China in November in the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions.

The finish came a couple of hours after Jim Furyk shot the first 58 in PGA Tour  history.  Furyk tied for fifth at 11 under.

 

Aaron Rodgers recovering nicely

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Aaron Rodgers and Jerry Kelly practicing for this week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Photo: PGATour

Aaron Rodgers and Jerry Kelly practicing for this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Photo: PGA Tour

Aaron Rodgers’ recovery from knee surgery in January is going so well that he’s taking part this week in the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rodgers was moving around without any kind of limp at the NFL Honors program last Saturday night.  Now he’s going to tee it up this week with Madison’s Jerry Kelly, who is a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.

Rodgers underwent surgery just days after the Packers’ Jan. 16 playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Rodgers has played in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am several times.  He and Kelly will tee off on Spyglass Hill on Thursday morning.  It’s one of three courses used for the event, which features 156 PGA professionals, with each of them paired with an amateur partner.

So far this season, Kelly is tied for 88th in the Fed Ex Cup point standings.  He ranks 92nd in money earned at $237,870.  In five events, Kelly has one top ten finish.

Kelly shares lead in CareerBuilder Challenge

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Madison’s Jerry Kelly fired an opening round 8-under-par 64 and has a share of the lead at the PGA’s CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, California.

Kelly had a pair of eagles but missed three straight birdie putts on the final three holes.

Kelly starts day two tied with Jason Dufner, Jeff Overton and Anirban Lahiri.

Madison’s Steve Stricker shot a 2-under-par 70 and Menomonee Falls native mark Wilson shot an even par 72 on the first day of competition.

 

Kelly moves into third round of Fed-Ex Cup Playoffs

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Jerry Kelly - Photo Courtesy of PGA Tour.com

Jerry Kelly – Photo Courtesy of PGA Tour.com

Rickie Fowler rallied from a two-shot deficit with five holes to play to win the Deutsche Bank Championship.  Fowler rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole and played perfect golf the rest of the way to finish with a 3-under-par 68 and a one-shot win over Henrik Stenson.

Stenson was the leader after three rounds and maintained that lead for more than half of the final round before a double-bogey cost him the match.  Stenson finished runner-up for the second straight week.

Fowler won for the third time this year and moved to fifth in the world.  The victory assures he will be among the top five players in the FedEx Cup that has a clear shot at the $10 million prize in the Tour Championship.

Madison’s Jerry Kelly shot a 1-over par 72 and jumped 29 places in the point standings to 65th, good enough to make the Top-70.  Kelly will be playing at this week’s B-M-W Championship near Chicago.