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Steve Stricker Wins Second Straight John Deere Classic

SILVIS, Illinois (AP) -- Steve Stricker won the John Deere Classic for the second straight year on Sunday, holding on for a two-shot victory after leading by seven strokes. Stricker couldn't match the shot-making that allowed him to record the lowest 54-hole total in PGA Tour history. But he came through with a critical...

Steve Stricker Continues Assault, Sets 54-Hole PGA Record

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) -- Steve Stricker is making it look easy. He insists that it's not, even after posting stunningly low scores. Stricker already has broken a couple of PGA Tour records at the John Deere Classic and has more in sight after opening a six-stroke lead with a 9-under-par 62 on Saturday. That followed...

Steve Stricker Sets Course Record, Leads John Deere Classic by One

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) -- As he chatted about his day at the John Deere Classic, Steve Stricker was reminded that he now held the tournament's 36-hole record. "So far," he said with a smile. Stricker had good reason to be cautious because Paul Goydos, who had sent a buzz through the golf world by shooting only the fourth 59...

Paul Goydos Shoots 59 at John Deere Classic but Leads by Just One Stroke

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) -- After four months of pretty lousy play on the PGA Tour, Paul Goydos managed to turn things around just a bit -- he shot a 59. Out of nowhere. "Today was a nuclear bomb," Goydos said. "I don't know where it came from. If I knew that, I wouldn't be able to touch it." Perhaps just as amazing, Goydos...

John Deere Classic Preview

With the AT&T National over and the British Open at St. Andrews just around the corner, the PGA Tour heads to TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. for the John Deere Classic. At the AT&T National at Aronomink, Justin Rose won his second event in a month, and it could have been his third had he not fumbled away a three-stroke...

John Deere Classic News From the Web

04/17/12 Opening Doors Gala raises $75,000 for Domestic... Source: Quad-Cities Online - Moline IL A live auction featuring Colorado resort vacations, luxury i wireless Center suites for upcoming events, elaborately painted doors from area students and other items raised $75,000 on Friday to help victims of domestic violence in the Quad Cities.

Background on John Deere Classic

The John Deere Classic is an American professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open, at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois.

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