July 7-10 John Deere Classic
THE YEAR AHEAD 2011
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It was difficult. It’s a hard round to play.” None of this is to take anything away from Stricker,
whose opening rounds of 60-66-62 set a 54-hole TOUR scoring record and went on to set a tournament-record 258. “You don’t want to give shots away and then you end
up playing a little safer than you normally do and it leads to tougher birdie putts,” said Stricker, whose win was his ninth on TOUR. “Then the other guys creep in closer because they’re playing some good golf.” Leaving aside his birdie on the opening hole, the key
hole for Stricker was the 17th where he drove into the trees on the right for the second day in a row, played out some 90 yards short of the green, hit a sand wedge to six feet and made the putt to save par. Stricker was able to rely on his experience to make the
putt on 17.
THE 17TH WAS A KEY HOLE “I told myself you can make this and you need to make this,” Stricker said. “I looked back at some of the big putts that I’ve made and thought ‘there’s nothing to be scared of’ and I rolled it in. So that was a big putt. To go into the last hole with two shots instead of one was huge.” Goydos took some of the pressure off Stricker when
he found a water hazard on the last hole, giving Stricker enough space that a bogey on 18 didn’t do any serious damage. “Strick was hard to catch,” Goydos said. “I tried and kept pushing and chipping and grinding and biting at him and doing what I could. But in the end, the putt he made on 17 was a world-class putt. That’s what top-5 players do; that’s what Ryder Cup players do.” Overall, Goydos was proud of his play, particularly
since it earned him one of the final exemptions into the following week’s British Open. “I competed reasonably well today,” said Goydos.
“There are dozens of things I’m excited about and the perk is I get to go over and play at St. Andrews.” But nothing could match how Stricker felt. “This is why we’re playing right here, to win tournaments. I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” he said. ■
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC PLAYER
1 STEVE STRICKER 2 PAUL GOYDOS 3 JEFF MAGGERT 4 SHAUN MICHEEL 5 MATT JONES
6 VAUGHN TAYLOR T7 CHARLEY HOFFMAN T7 TIM CLARK
T7 BRENDON DE JONGE T10 TROY MATTESON T10 BRETT QUIGLEY
LEADERBOARD
ROUNDS & TOTAL FEDEXCUP EARNINGS 60 66 62 70 258 59 68 67 66 260 66 65 63 70 264 69 66 63 64 265 64 67 66 70 267 71 66 64 67 268 65 69 70 65 269 71 66 66 66 269 67 65 68 69 269 69 66 67 68 270 68 67 68 67 270
500.00 $792.000 300.00 $475,200 190.00 $299,200 135.00 $211,200 110.00 $176,000 100.00 $158,400 85.00 $137,133 85.00 $137,133 85.00 $137,133 72.50 $114,400 72.50 $114,400
Charity Link
The 2009 John Deere Classic helped raise more than $4.5 million for 500 local and regional charities, the third consecutive year the charity total has exceeded $4 million and the third straight year charity donations have exceeded the tournament purse.
Course Insight: TPC Deere Run
“THIS IS WHY WE’RE
PLAYING RIGHT HERE. WE’RE HERE TO WIN
TOURNAMENTS. I WOULDN’T
TRADE THIS FOR ANYTHING.”
– Steve Stricker
Check This Out
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the John Deere Classic. The inaugural event was won by Deane Beman, who would go on to become PGA TOUR Commissioner. It was an unofficial event at the time. Beman successfully defended his title—and this time it was an official victory.
Most Victories: D.A. Weibring (3)
The 18th hole during the final round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run.
When the good people in charge of creating TPC Deere Run set about to find an architect to design the course, they didn’t have to look far and—by all accounts— couldn’t have picked a better person.
D.A. Weibring got the nod, in part because he’s an Illinois native; in part because he’s a three-time winner of the tournament; and in part because he had established a solid reputation for his design work.
Happily for Weibring and his team, he had a beautiful piece of land to work with. It had a wealth of mature trees throughout the rolling land, all set off by views of the Rock River. Not only is the course worth every bit of the praise it has received from players, but their sensitivity in preserving the environment has been appreciated by golfers and non-golfers alike.
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