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Steve Stricker
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk has appointed Madison’s Steve Stricker as a vice captain for this years team on Tuesday. Tiger Woods was also appointed a vice captain. Davis Love III was selected to assist Furyk earlier.
Stricker will be a vice captain in the third straight Ryder Cup tournament. It comes after he served as team captain at last falls Presidents Cup.
The Ryder Cup matches are the last week of September outside of Paris.
Russell 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.
Steve Stricker
World #1 Rory McIlroy fired a 4-under par 67 and takes a one shot lead to the third round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
The 25-year-old McIlroy is trying to win his third straight tournament. He takes a one-stroke lead over Australian Jason Day and Jim Furyk into the third round and is two shots in front of Rickie Fowler, Ryan Palmer and Mikko Ilonen of Finland.
McIlroy said his goal for the weekend is to try to put as much distance between him and his pursuers as he possibly could.
It’s a crowded field though. Fifteen players are within four shots of the lead, including 2005 PGA champion Phil Mickelson, who climbed into a tie for seventh with a 67. Madison’s Steve Stricker shot a 3-under par 68 who stands with Mickelson at 5-under.
Day shot the low round of the day (65). He’s looking for his first major victory. Day’s tied for fourth at the U.S. Open in June. [Read more…]