Golf: Stricker wins Memorial by a shot

DUBLIN: Steve Stricker clinched his 10th PGA Tour title by one shot at the Memorial tournament after holding off a birdie barrage from his closest pursuers with an ice-cool display.

Three strokes clear going into the final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Stricker birdied six of the first nine holes and then survived a few anxious moments after the turn on the way to a four-under-par 68.

Having bogeyed the 15th after his tee shot sailed left into trees, Stricker did well to save par from the back bunker at the par-three 16th before dropping another shot at the last for a 16-under total of 272.





Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2011.