stricker soars in ohio
� winner steve stricker,
who never had a top- 10
finish at the memorial in
his career, took the lead in
friday’s second round and
never relinquished it, winning Jack nicklaus’ tournament with a final score of
16-under 272, one better
than matt kuchar and
brandt Jobe.
pars stricker made on the
16th and 17th holes in the
final round after sunday afternoon’s rain delay, which
allowed him to play the final
hole with a two-shot lead.
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�key hole nine of them,
actually: holes 1-9. stricker
played the front nine at
muirfield village gc an
incredible 20 under for the
week. honorable mention
goes to the up-and-down
�noteworthy stricker
made three eagles during
the tournament, all within a
seven-hole stretch: a hole-in-one on the par- 3 eighth
(his back nine) in the second round, and at the par- 4
second and par- 5 fifth in the
third. in so doing he became
the 13th player since 1983 to
eagle a par 3, par 4 and par
5 in the same tournament.
�toP five Muirfield village gc, Dublin, Ohio
1. Steve Stricker 68-67-69-68—272
2. Matt Kuchar 69-71-68-65—273
Brandt Jobe 71-68-69-65—273
4. Dustin Johnson 68-73-70-65—276
5. Rory McIlroy 66-72-71-68—277
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� Quotable
“it was a little bit of a struggle since we came
in from the rain delay. at that point, i was trying not to make a mistake.” —steve stricker
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