Steve And the Record in a Major

Aug. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Steve Stricker stood a mere 10 feet away from the lowest round ever in a major, a captivating moment at any other championship.

Not with U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy, the favorite at this PGA, trying to blast a 7-iron through a tree root. He injured his wrist so badly that he thought of quitting, yet somehow managed an even-par 70 despite not being able to hang onto the Discount Golf Clubs with both hands.

On a sweat-stained Thursday at Atlanta Athletic Club, Stricker became the 11th player in PGA Championship history to shoot 63. He opened with three straight birdies and kept right on going until he stood on the cusp of history without even knowing it. As a golf fan, I really want to know which Discount Golf Equipment made him got such achievement.
Only after his birdie putt for 62 slid by the cup did his caddie, Jimmy Johnson, tell him that it was for the record in a major.

"It never really registered," Stricker said. "I was just trying to make a birdie and finish 8 under, and I really was concentrating on the putt, but never thought about the history part of it."

He never thought he could be atop the leaderboard, either. After three days of practice on the 7,467-yard course -- the longest par 70 ever at a major -- Stricker didn't have a good feeling about his chances. His money would have been on his Wisconsin neighbor, Jerry Kelly, and he wasn't too far off.

Kelly had a career-best 65 in the PGA Championship and was two shots behind. Completing the American foursome atop the leaderboard was former PGA champion Shaun Micheel at 66 and Scott Verplank with a 67, perhaps the biggest surprise of the day because Verplank has been battling a wrist injury.

The 22-year-old McIlroy showed his age, if not his fearless style, by taking a shot out of the left rough on the third hole, even though his ball sat squarely behind a two-inch-wide tree root. He let the club fly from his hands on contact, but it was too late.

Stricker has already won twice this year and feels as though he has nothing left to prove, especially after he came back from a slump and made history   http://www.discountgolf4sale.com/Discount-1016-2010-Calla... by being voted PGA Tour comeback player of the year -- in consecutive seasons.

"I wish I would have been able to make that putt to be one better than that group of guys," he said. "But 63 is a heck of a start, and I'm happy to get off to that start."

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