Dukies on the PGA/LPGA Tour

[Bob Green]

Round 3 is in the books. Streelman is one of 12 golfers at T20.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Round 3 is in the books. Streelman is one of 12 golfers at T20.

And Ryan Blaum is one of them. Blaum was +1 yesterday. LGD! GTHc!

[arnie]

And Ryan Blaum is one of them. Blaum was +1 yesterday. LGD! GTHc!

And despite more than ten players tied for 20th, Blaum and Streelman paired together in same twosome today.

[sagegrouse]

In the final round, Streels is even par through 15, but playing partner and fellow Dukie, Ryan Blaum, is on a roll at -4. He is now in the top ten in a tie for 9th.

[sagegrouse]

In the final round, Streels is even par through 15, but playing partner and fellow Dukie, Ryan Blaum, is on a roll at -4. He is now in the top ten in a tie for 9th.

Blaum is now -6 and tied for fifth, going into his final hole. A par means a top-ten finish I expect.

[sagegrouse]

Blaum is now -6 and tied for fifth, going into his final hole. A par means a top-ten finish I expect.

Should be Ryan's best result as a pro -- he posted a 64 and should finish in the top ten. He has never done that before. Go Ryan!

[arnie]

Should be Ryan's best result as a pro -- he posted a 64 and should finish in the top ten. He has never done that before. Go Ryan!

This is a big deal for Ryan. It will boost him dramatically up the money standings and he may now qualify for the FedEx championship tourneys. He needed a finish like this to earn his card for next season.

[Tripping William]

This is a big deal for Ryan. It will boost him dramatically up the money standings and he may now qualify for the FedEx championship tourneys. He needed a finish like this to earn his card for next season.

Will this qualify Ryan for the British Open? I've never quite understood how these PGA Tour "qualifier" events work exactly. I guess he needs help now, in order to get in the top 4 and be sure?

[arnie]

Will this qualify Ryan for the British Open? I've never quite understood how these PGA Tour "qualifier" events work exactly. I guess he needs help now, in order to get in the top 4 and be sure?

Yea, not sure either. If he can finish 4th alone I think he's in. If tied for 4th, they take the leader in money (or points) among those tied. This according to announcers who may not really know either.

[Tripping William]

Yea, not sure either. If he can finish 4th alone I think he's in. If tied for 4th, they take the leader in money (or points) among those tied. This according to announcers who may not really know either.

This link says that the Top 4 finishers who are (a) among the top 12 and (b) haven't already qualified get a British Open invitation. So, because Russell Henley has already qualified, he won't count. But they apparently use World Rankings to break ties. So Ryan needs someone besides Henley to fall back below him these last few holes.

[JasonEvans]

This link says that the Top 4 finishers who are (a) among the top 12 and (b) haven't already qualified get a British Open invitation. So, because Russell Henley has already qualified, he won't count. But they apparently use World Rankings to break ties. So Ryan needs someone besides Henley to fall back below him these last few holes.

Ryan missed out on qualifying for The Open. But, his strong finish has vaulted him to #99 in the FedEx cup standings, making it extremely likely he will qualify for the FedEx Cup. The top 125 all make it to round one. It begins in a little more than a month.

[Bob Green]

Streelman tees off at 8:30 am tomorrow morning in the 1st round at the John Deere Classic.

[Bob Green]

Streelman shot -4 (67) today and is currently T10. A very nice start. He had five birdies and one bogey.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Streelman is tied for 21st after two rounds and Blaum had a -5 today to move up to tied for 55th, making the cut! LGD GTHc!

[Bob Green]

Streelman eagled the par 5 second hole and birdied the third hole to go -3 on the front nine. He has moved up 13 places to T8.

[JasonEvans]

Streelman eagled the par 5 second hole and birdied the third hole to go -3 on the front nine. He has moved up 13 places to T8.

After great success on holes 2 and 3, the rest of Kevin's round was relatively uneventful. He finished the day 4-under and is now 10-under for the tourney, good for a 9-way tie for 18th place. But, he is just 1 stroke back of a 10-way tie for 8th place. Put another way, there is a lot of bunching. A good showing tomorrow could set him up to be safe for the first 3 events of the 4-event FedEx Cup, which would be great for him.

Ryan Blaum was 3-under through 15 today, but went double/bogey/bogey on the final 3 holes and now finds himself in 77th place. Ugh...

[Bob Green]

After great success on holes 2 and 3, the rest of Kevin's round was relatively uneventful.

Streelman started the back nine with birdies on holes 10 and 11 to improve to -5 before a bogey on 13 sent him back to -4 for the day. He was as high as T4 before the bogey.

[Tripping William]

Looping back (tangentially, anyway) to an earlier subject, but has Streels qualified for the British Open?

[sagegrouse]

Steels is playing this week at the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston -- tournament runs Friday to Monday. This is the second step towards the Tour Championship -- FedEx Cup. He stands #90 and will need a top 20 finish to advance to the next round (top 70 players) at the BMW Championship.

Kevin tees off at 9:39 AM ET on Friday with David Lingmerth and Camilo Villegas.

Go Streels! Go Duke!

[JasonEvans]

Steels is playing this week at the Dell Technologies Championship at TPC Boston -- tournament runs Friday to Monday. This is the second step towards the Tour Championship -- FedEx Cup. He stands #90 and will need a top 20 finish to advance to the next round (top 70 players) at the BMW Championship.

Kevin tees off at 9:39 AM ET on Friday with David Lingmerth and Camilo Villegas.

Go Streels! Go Duke!

Streels having a big second round, 4-under through 15 holes to put him in a tie for 9th place. Early, but this is the kind of result he needs to keep moving on in the playoff.