Rickie Fowler

Stricker tied for 31st on day one in Phoenix

February 5, 2016 By Bill Scott

Steve Stricker

Madison’s Steve Stricker is tied for 31st after the opening day of the P-G-A’s Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Stricker shot a two-under-par 69 on Thursday. He’s four strokes behind co-leaders Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama and Shane Lowry.

The tournament started one hour late because of cold, frosty conditions at the T-P-C course in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Pewaukee native Mark Wilson only made it through 14 holes when darkness took over. Wilson is at one-under, in a tie for 47th place.

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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.