Results John Deere Classic July 6 to July 9, 2023 

Results John Deere Classic July 6 to July 9, 2023 

ROUND 1  

#1 Jonas Blixt-9 62 Shoots 29 on back 9 with 5 birdies and 1 eagle.  OWGR 842.

FedX 210 and if he wins would approach the top 70.

#2 Grayson Murray-7 64(250/1) 1 eagle, 6 birdies, 1 bogie.  OWGR 231, FedX 212. 

#3 Cameron Young-6 65 7 birdies & 1 bogie.

#3 Adam Schenk & 5 others-6 65

#9 Seamus Power-5 66 Six birdies on last 9 holes.  Only top 9 in top 10.

#14 Peter Kuest-4 67. Last weeks feel good story.  Still playing well.

#23 Chris Kirk & Danny McCarthy-3 68

#41 Emiliano Grillo-2 69 BD on 13 may cost him the cut.

#64 Taylor Moore-1 70 Three bogies on front 9, bad start, he may be out of it already.

ROUND 2 Cameron Young birdies his first 3 holes to tie for lead, then finishes with 7 birdies in the last 12 holes for the second round lead.  Rain in PM effected scores late.

#1 Cameron Young-13 64  I think this guy is going to run away with this.  My pick to win.

#2 Garrick Higgo, Adam Schenk, Brandon Todd-11.  Schenk only one with a chance.   

#5 Ludvig Aberg-10 64 He is playing very well for only his 9th start on the tour.

#5 Danny McCarthy-10 64 DB on 10 then 7 out of 8 birdies, may be his time.

#10 Peter Kuest-8 67 Wild RD 1 eagle, 5 birdies, 3 bogies, 9 pars.

#18 Jonas Blixt-7 73 3 bogies on the front 9. 

Cut-4 Missed Emiliano Grillo, Taylor Moore-2.  Grillo #5 to win, I had Moore as #2 to win.

ROUND 3 Young, Schenk, Higgo tee off together.  Chance for Young to lock the tournament up,  However he may miss a chance to go to the OPEN with a win.  Last year he finished 2nd behind Cameron Smith and in front of Rory McIlroy.

#1 Brendon Todd-16 66 Looking for his 4th PGA win, 1 eagle 3 birdies, 0 bogies.

#2 Alex Smalley-15 62 1 eagle, 7 birdies, from #29 to #1, low RD of day.

#2 Danny McCarthy-15 66 1 eagle, 4 birdies, 1 bogie. From 23 to 5 to 2, but he won’t win. 

#2 Adam Schenk-15 67 He had lead after 2 holes, has played well but fades late.

#5 Peter Kuest-14 65 Has 2 eagles, 17 birdies, 5 bogies in first 3 RDs. 

#6 Jonas Blixt-13 Bounces back after a bogie on #3, he birdies 7 of the last 13 holes.

#6 Cameron Young-13 71 Bogies 6&7 then hits into water from sand on 18 for DB.  

#6 Chris Kirk, Lucas Glover, J.T.Poston & 8 others-13

#16 Garrick Higgo-11 71 Shoots par but drops from #2 to #16.

#23 Ludvig Alberg-10 71 DB on 6 and 3 bogies with 5 birdies.  Rookie mistakes.

#23 Grayson Murray-10 Hanging in there for someone ranked as low.

#39 Seamus Power-8 Another average performance.  Should have never been in the top 9.

ROUND 4  Was I wrong about Sepp Streka!  After an opening round of 73 with 4 bogies he has only 1 bogie with 26 birdies in final 3 RDs until #18 when he finds water for DB to finish with 62.  Todd & Smalley were in the final group and 4 behind until Streka’s DB.  Smally birdies #14 to get win 2 but needs 2 birdies in the final 4 holes to tie which he fails to do.  Todd birdies 14 to get to-20, then misses a makable 5’ putt on 15 which would have tied for the lead.  He then bogies 16 to also go down 2.  Golf is amazing, they play 72 holes and the outcome is determined by 1 shot for each player.

#1 Sepp Streka-21 62 Best RD ever, years earnings goes from $2.7M to $4M. $1,332,000

#2 Alex Smally-19 67 His best finish ever. $658,600

#2 Brabdon Todd-19 68 Finished 2nd to Justin Rise at Pebble beach. $668,600

#4 Ludwig Aberg-18 63/ 1eagle, 6 birdies, 0 bogies   Great tournament $333,000

#4 Adam Schenk-18 68 Four RDs in the 60’s not enough. $333,000

#6 Cameron Young-16 Lost 3 shots on 18 in water, but Streka still wins. $218,036