Kevin Streelman's 2nd place finish at Pebble Beach

[REJ]

Not much talk about Streelman's 2nd place finish at Pebble Beach. I believe it was also his 2nd win in the team category along with Larry Fitzgerald. Streelman uses 11 Wilson Staff FG Tour clubs: F5 17* 2 hybrid, V6 3-9 irons, and 48* 54* 60* wedges.

[the bishop]

Felt like he was rocketing up the leaderboard for a while. But there was a little bit of doppler effect going on there with that as well. Still 68 matched the second lowest round of the day behind Spieth's 67. Streelman can be a streaky player and when he's on is very, very good. He just has never done it enough.

[DavePelz4]

He's one of the nicest and most humble people you'd ever meet. Good on him for a 2nd place finish and winning with Fitzy for the second time. Fitzy's index is down 5 shots from when they won 2 years ago so he's done himself right!

[getair23]

Would have been more impressive if he had the Cortex in the bag.

[tiderider]

consummate journeyman ... gets a top 5 finish each year and retains his card ... qualifies occasionally for the US/Masters/British ... nice living & gets to win a pro-am with an nfl hof player ...

[Brass_Bullseye]

I stood next to Kevin Streelman near a tee box at Colonial a few years ago as he was waiting to hit. His listed height and weight are 5'10", 175. That's gotta be with his spikes on and carrying his own bag. Dude is tiny. 5'8", 150 tops.

[ckay]

$20MM in career earnings is a nice journey to be on.

[Sean2]

Always been a fan of Kevin's. Seems like the genuine article.

[pdl16]

He's always been solid.

Been a mainstay on many people's fantasy rosters!

[iBanesto]

I would say Streelman is slightly better than the consummate journeyman.

2 PGA Tour wins, $20 million dollars and 3 top 15 finishes in majors. Pretty impressive.

[pendodave]

He makes ch3 look like a stone eyed killer...

Nlu used to do a bit on the 'Tiger tax' that current PGA pros should pay. I guess KS should be a pretty hefty contributor.

I get the impression that the way that players like this are rewarded Vs the players who actually generate most of the revenue is one of the factors that might lead to breakaway tours being considered. A lot of people on and off the course make a lot of cash out of the top 20 or so guys.

Not intended as a personal dig at KS, who is obviously a great player and by all accounts a good man, just an observation on that particular golfing demographic.

 

[Irishman1979]

Some interesting trivia about Kevin...

Kevin's high school golf coach once admitted that when Kevin was in high school that he would never make it as a pro.

He turned pro in 2001 and went through Q-school 7 times before getting his card for the first time back in 2008.

Imagine all the guys out there who would have given up the dream and be working as a financial advisor somewhere if they would have been in Kevin's shoes.

[bladehunter]

You know it’s winter when Streelman has his own thread.

[lowheel]

He deserves some love. guy is a top 10 ball striker on tour and the sweetest kindest man on tour. if his putting was better he would have double digit wins.

[BMC]

He also graduated from Duke, no small task while playing golf.

[tiderider]

certainly isn't a large task ...

[BMC]

OK.

[bladehunter]

Duke. I knew I smelled something.

 

( sorry duke. I’m Carolina north and south. All the way ).

[BMC]

I know you're just havin' fun, but why does college loyalty and hate always have to do with sports? We've got 60 year old members that act like frat boys with their school loyalty. It was 40 years ago, move on.

 

[bladehunter]

Oh come on. Just a little Duke poke. All In fun. Only time you’ll hear serious hate from me toward a school is when it’s involving cow college. ( Clemson ). The color Orange doesn’t come into my house. Not even the fruit.

[OBbogey5]

Doug Stamper. That’s who I’m thinking of. Somebody link me the tour pro look-alike thread, please.

 

[OBbogey5]

I’ve always liked Streelman. Some guys that size just annoy me, something about the way the cloths fit, I think...like that guy that won in La Quinta this year. But Streelman seems like a thinking man’s man. His squatty swing looks powerful. Got that Scott McCarron type swing. Good man, good man.

[grm24]

If the finish Streelman pulled off during the final round of The Travelers in 2014, 7 consecutive birdies over his last 7 holes, for the win (PGA Tour record to close out a win) was accomplished by a top name player we would never hear the end of it. Instead only a few can even recall it.

[the bishop]

That was an excellent finish and the previous year when he won at Copperhead he threw a dart into the Par 3 13th on Sunday which is a pin only the very brave or confident take on on Sunday. Lot's of bailouts short and left on that hole. At the time he called it the best shot he ever hit.

[DavePelz4]

Do I need to remove my NIU av Sir? Who wouldn't be loyal to the Harvard of the Midwest, home of Cindy Crawford and Barbed Wire?

[Hawkeye77]

I wrote the U of I tuition checks myself all the years I attended and just wrote one this morning, lol, for my youngest ---- can't relate to the frat thing but I'm an unabashed supporter!

No hate here for other schools, well except Illinois basketball, Minnesota anything, Jim Harbaugh, Jim Bain, Jim Walden (I hope your name isn't Jim, lol) and on and on (and seriously just kidding, not a "hater" type).

[tiderider]

a sociology degree from duke most certainly is not a "large task" (i remember a report on academics/athletics some 20 years ago and duke's bball program was mentioned; almost all players were getting sociology degrees, same as streelman) ... getting into duke takes some accomplishment, but getting a general business degree/sociology degree/etc from a university does not a "large task" make ... doesn't mean duke's not a demanding school ... athletes in college don't sign up for engineering degrees for a reason ...

[tiderider]

 

[tiderider]

indiana's a great school ...

[Hawkeye77]

LOL, had to think about that for a minute and then started laughing! Good one!