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Stricker earns a spot in next weeks U.S. Open

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Edgerton’s Steve Stricker has earned a spot in next weeks U.S. Open Field, qualifying in Memphis, Tennessee on Monday.  Stricker shot rounds of 68 and 65 in 36-hole sectional qualifying to earn a spot in the U.S. Open field June 14-17.

Stricker has 12 wins on the PGA Tour and a pair of wins this year on the PGA Tour Champions, but he has never won a major.  He does have 13 top-10 finishes, four of them in the U.S. Open.  Stricker’s best finishes came in 1999 when he finished fifth.  He tied for fifth in 1998.

Last year, Stricker also advanced through sectional qualifying and tied for 16th at Erin Hills.

 

Stricker picked to assist with U.S. Ryder Cup team

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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.

 

 

Champions Tour event in the fold through 2020

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The American Family Insurance Championship has finalized contract extensions through 2020.

The extension calls for the event to continue at University Ridge, which will undergo a number of improvements, including Bunker renovation, expansion of the players’ locker room and dining facilities, expansion of tournament operations staging locations as well as other on course improvements.

This years event will be held June 18-24 at University Ridge in Madison.  The three round event is hosted by Madison’s 12-time PGA Tour winner Steve Stricker.  Stricker partnered with American Family Insurance to bring PGA Tour competition back to the state.

In just two years, the tournament has raised more than $2.7 million for charity and more than 100,000 fans came to watch.

Fred Couples won last years event.  Stricker, who made his debut last year, tied for third.

 

 

Stricker makes captains picks for upcoming Presidents Cup

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U.S. Captain and Madison native Steve Stricker selected Phil Mickelson and Charley Hoffman as his two captains picks for the upcoming Presidents Cup.

Mickelson was in danger of missing his first Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup since 1993.  He hadn’t played well this year, but Stricker gave Mickelson until the very end to prove himself and that he did.  Mickelson shot all four rounds in the 60’s last weekend at the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston and tied for 6th.

Hoffman finished a fraction of a point out of the top 10 automatic qualifiers in the final week and will be playing in his first team competition for the United States.

International Captain Nick Price picked Emiliano Grillo and Anirban Lahiri as his two captains choices.

The National Liberty Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey will play host to the Presidents Cup September 28 through Oct. 1.  The United States captured the last Presidents Cup competition, 15.5 to 14.5 back in 2015.

 

 

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.

 

DeChambeau claims John Deere Classic title

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Bryson DeChambeau came from four shots back to win the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic by one shot on Sunday in Silvis, Illinois.  The victory is DeChambeau’s first on the PGA Tour and earned him a spot in this week’s British Open.

DeChambeau birdied four of the final six holes at TPC Deere Run, shooting a final round 6-under 65.  He finished 18-under par for the tournament.  Third-round leader Patrick Rodgers shot a 70 to finish in second place.

Wesley Bryan (64) and Rick Lamb (66) tied for third at 16-under par.  Three-time champion Steve Stricker shot a seven under par 64 and actually climbed into the lead early in the day before finishing at 15-under par.

 

Howell, Schniederjans share lead at John Deere Classic

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Charles Howell III and Ollie Schniederjans each shot 8-under-par 63’s on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the PGA’s John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois.

Howell birdied seven of his first nine holes at TPC Deere Run.  Schniederjans birdied five of his last eight holes in what was his lowest round on the PGA Tour.

Four other golfers, including Cedar Rapids, Iowa native Zach Johnson, are just two shots back entering round two on Friday.

Madison’s Steve Stricker, who won three straight John Deere titles from 2009-’11, had an opening round 73.  That’s also the same score for Menomonee Falls native mark Wilson.

Spieth predicting low scores at the U.S. Open

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Jordan Spieth signs autographs during a practice round ahead of the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wash. on Monday, June 12, 2017. (Copyright USGA/Jeff Haynes)

2015 U.S. Open Champion Jordan Spieth is predicting the winner of the 2017 Open at Erin Hills will go lower than most at a U.S. Open.

Rory McIlroy won in 2011 by finishing 16-under par, but that isn’t par for the course at a normally difficult U.S. Open.  In fact, if you take McIlroy’s score out if the equation, the average winning score since 2006 has been 1.1 strokes under par.

Spieth told reporters on Tuesday that someone who has good control of the ball off the tee will have plenty of opportunities to make birdies, given the conditions that are expected.

Those conditions are for off and on rain throughout the tournament, which will leave the green’s soft and receptive to the type of target shooting that the pro’s love.

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Stricker set to tee off with Mickelson at U.S. Open

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Six-time U.S. Open runner-up Phil Mickelson is expected to withdraw from the U.S. Open to attend his daughter’s high school graduation in Carlsbad, California.  The ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, June 15, the same day as the opening round of the 2017 U.S. Open.

But Mickelson still hasn’t withdrawn, so he was included in the list of tee times for the first two days of the upcoming major at Erin Hills.

Mickelson is listed with Madison’s Steve Stricker and Stewart Cink, scheduled to tee off at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday and then again at 8:35 a.m. Friday on hole number 10.

Jordan Niebrugge of Mequon is the only other Wisconsin golfer in the U.S. Open field and will tee off on the first tee at 6:45 a.m. Thursday.  His second round will start at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.

Dustin Johnson is the defending U.S. Open champion.  He’ll tee off with a pair of former champions, Jordan Spieth and Martin Kaymer at 8:35 a.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. on Friday.