Winner: Zach Johnson
Around the wider world of golf: Roger Chapman double-dipped on the Champions Tour, getting his 2nd win of the year at the U.S. Senior Open; Jeev Milkha Singh took the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open in a playoff on the European Tour; Jay Bayron won the Bii Maybank ADT Challenge on the Asian Tour; Caroline Masson won the LET's South African Women’s Open; Doug LaBelle II won the Utah Championship on the Web.com Tour; and Chie Arimura won the weather-shortened Stanley Ladies on the JLPGA. (The Constructivist has details.)
Perhaps it is proper -- perhaps nothing runs like a Deere. But it seemed like these deer were given caught in headlights! The vibrant glare of that glowing John Deere Classic trophy appears to have stopped all the contenders right of their tracks.
Steve Stricker got here up brief in his Deere hunting expedition. Uncharacteristic bogeys at 14, 15 and 17 -- generally the stretch in which he mows down his competition -- left him pushing his tractor lower back to the storage.
Likewise, John Senden got himself into position but bogeys on 16 and 17 turned his hopes down under. (Note to self: Never play golf with the tiller attachment engaged. Deal with the rough after the tournament.)
And then there has been the man leading while the day commenced, Troy Matteson. A double on 15 almost ended his hopes, handiest to have a looooong distance eagle on 17 positioned him in a playoff. (I guess it truly is the equivalent of a deer strolling throughout the road with out getting hit by a automobile.)
Only Zach Johnson ploughed his furrow immediately, posting 6 birdies and no bogeys to pressure Matteson into a playoff. And then each guys double-bogeyed the primary playoff hole. But Zach made an exquisite second shot from the bunker on the second playoff hollow, leaving him a tap-in for birdie and a win on the "fatherland" event he's called his 5th essential.
Don't cry too much for Matteson, however. He'll have plenty of time to gather himself on the plane over to Royal Lytham & St. Annes after qualifying for the Open!
This adds Zach to the growing list of two-time winners this year and should have him warmed up for the Open next week -- and given the weather forecast, he'll need all the warmth he can get!
So this week's Limerick Summary salutes the man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa... who, ironically, probably has very little use for the Deere tractor given to winners since he now lives at St. Simons Island, Georgia:
They say nothing runs like a Deere
But in headlights, the deer stops right here!
Not so with Zach Johnson—
Since Steve from Wisconsin
Could not win four, Zach won his first year! The photo came from the tournament page at PGATOUR.com.
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