Steve Stricker has done some miraculous things over the past three
years at the John Deere Classic. He's going to need more of the
same to win for a record-tying fourth straight time. Stricker, who
got as close as one shot to leader Troy Matteson, took a costly
bogey 5 on the short 14th hole. Stricker drove it into the left
hazard, took a penalty, hit a nifty pitch to 5 feet and then missed
the putt. That dropped him to 17 under, three shots behind
Matteson. Stricker has since bogeyed the 15th hole after
three-putting from 90 feet, and is at 16 under for the tournament.
So is the streak over? Or can Stricker bounce back and pull off the
four-peat?