Stricker victorious in Illinois
Steve Stricker cruised to his second PGA Tour title of the year as he won the John Deere Classic by three shots.
Steve Stricker cruised to his second PGA Tour title of the year as he won the John Deere Classic by three shots.
Stricker had catapulted himself into contention by tying the course record with a 10-under par 61 on Saturday, and followed that up with rounds of 68 and 64 Sunday as time was made up for a lost day’s play on Friday.
No one could keep up with that place as three players, Zach Johnson, Brandt Snedeker and Brett Quigley tied for second place.
Tim Petrovic came the closest, and was two strokes behind Stricker as he headed to the tee of the 18th.
But he find the water and had to settle for a double-bogey that dropped him into a three-way tie for fifth place alongside Matt Jones and JJ Henry.
Quigley, who qualified for the British Open with the share of second place, had shot 62 in the morning but could not repeat that in the afternoon as he carded a 67.
Overnight leader Darron Stiles struggled in his final two rounds, carding a 70 and a 71, to fall back into a tie for ninth place.
All the final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour John Deere Classic, The TPC at Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois, United States of America.
(USA unless stated, par 71):
264 Steve Stricker 71 61 68 64
267 Brett Quigley 69 69 62 67, Zach Johnson 69 68 64 66, Brandt Snedeker 67 67 68 65
268 J J Henry 65 69 66 68, Tim Petrovic 66 67 66 69, Matthew Jones (Aus) 68 68 63 69
269 Kevin Streelman 70 67 68 64
270 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 69 68 65, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 70 66 67, Cameron Beckman 71 66 64 69, Darron Stiles 64 65 70 71, Scott Verplank 70 64 69 67, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 67 68 68
271 Spencer Levin 67 69 68 67, George McNeill 67 71 68 65, Chad Campbell 68 67 68 68, Chris Stroud 67 68 67 69, Charley Hoffman 71 65 66 69, Jason Day (Aus) 66 68 68 69, Peter Lonard (Aus) 67 69 68 67
272 Steve Elkington (Aus) 69 69 65 69
273 Jerry Kelly 69 64 70 70, Robert Garrigus 68 70 70 65, Ryan Palmer 70 64 71 68, Lee Janzen 64 70 66 73, Charles Howell III 69 69 69 66
274 David Mathis 69 69 69 67, Garrett Willis 69 68 71 66
275 Bryce Molder 69 69 66 71, Pat Perez 69 68 69 69, Marc Leishman (Aus) 68 70 66 71, Todd Hamilton 68 68 70 69
276 Chris Riley 71 67 69 69, Kyle Stanley 71 66 69 70, Heath Slocum 69 67 70 70, Ryan Moore 71 67 69 69, Frank Lickliter II 69 66 71 70
277 Jack Newman 71 67 69 70, Jason Dufner 71 66 71 69, Dean Wilson 65 70 73 69, Roland Thatcher 70 68 71 68, Ted Purdy 68 70 71 68, Jimmy Walker 71 64 72 70, Matt Bettencourt 65 70 67 75, Webb Simpson 68 69 68 72, Jason Bohn 67 70 69 71
278 Kirk Triplett 67 67 70 74, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 67 68 69 74, Bart Bryant 69 69 65 75, Ken Duke 71 65 72 70, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 67 70 69 72, Johnson Wagner 70 67 73 68, Tommy Gainey 69 67 73 69
279 Brian Davis (Eng) 67 70 70 72, Davis Love III 70 68 68 73, Mark Brooks 69 68 71 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 68 74 67
280 Kenny Perry 68 68 72 72, D.J. Trahan 71 66 71 72
281 Jay Williamson 70 68 72 71
282 Mark Calcavecchia 68 69 68 77, Casey Wittenberg 72 66 70 74
283 Scott McCarron 68 66 73 76
285 Matthew Borchert 66 72 72 75
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