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Streelman birdies seven straight to win Travelers Championship

Published

10 years ago

Jun 22, 2014

While the sports world was captivated by Michelle Wie and World Cup soccer, Kevin Streelman was making history with a scorching hot putter.

Streelman birdied his final seven holes, shooting a back-nine 28 including birdies on his last seven holes to win the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. He became the only player to birdie seven holes in a row to win on the PGA Tour, and one-putted every green over the closing nine holes on his way to a final round 64.

“It was just one of those days where I felt like I couldn’t miss,” Streelman said in an interview with the Golf Channel.

See what Streelman had in his bag here on his way into the record books.

With his best Babe Ruth impression, Streelman called his shot entering the closing nine holes.

“He goes, ‘We’re going to shoot 29 on the back,'” caddy A.J. Montecinos said following the round.

His lofty prediction turned out to be one-stroke too many.

After the seven-birdie spectacle, Streelman stood alongside his wife and caddy, hugging his baby daughter as he hoped to hang on and capture his second PGA Tour victory. His comeback magic was not to be outdone by the closing groups.

He edged out K.J. Choi and Sergio Garcia by one stroke, with Australian Aaron Baddeley another stroke behind them. Choi and Garcia, in their last attempts at forcing a playoff, each missed lengthy putts on hole No. 18 and posted final round 67’s. Baddeley missed out on an opportunity of his own, missing the fairway at the last, which ended his chances at any final hole heroics.

With only nine weeks remaining in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup regular season, players are focusing in and looking for crucial wins. For now, however, Streelman can celebrate his victory, which pushed him into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings.

The next tour stop will be the Quicken Loans Championships on June 26, located in Bethesda, Md, at Congressional Country Club where Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf.

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Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship

Published

4 days ago

May 14, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.

While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.

Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.

General Albums

2024 PGA Championship – Monday #1

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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2 weeks ago

May 7, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.

From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.

Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.

General Albums

WITB Albums

Pullout Albums

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Published

3 weeks ago

Apr 30, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).

Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.

We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.

Check out links to all our photos below.