I’m not fully bought in to the hype about the Fed Ex Cup playoffs, but Steve Stricker’s victory in The Barclays this weekend was high drama. Sticker, who had not won a tournament since 2001, birdied four of the last five holes – and the last three in a row – to beat K.J. Choi by two shots. The win caps a fantastic comeback for the Wisconsin golfer who lost his card two years ago and relied on sponsors exemptions to stay on tour. A solid year earned Sticker comeback player of the year honors and he followed it up with a two second-place finishes this year and six top ten finishes before his victory on Sunday. Ironically, Stricker had a chance to win the inaugural AT&T National at Congressional in July until Choi holed a bunker shot on the 17th hole to win. It looked like Choi was going to be his nemesis again after bombing in putts from 46 and 48 feet on the back nine but Stricker responded with birdies of his own to seal the win. Now Stricker sits atop the Fed Ex Cup points list, displacing Tiger Woods who was too tired to play in Westchester. Tiger will be back for next weekend’s tournament in Boston and so will Steve Sticker.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to David Ogrin.
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- Mr. Fairway
- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.