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Streelman solid again, cards third 70 round in a row
If talk about the steady Kevin Streelman seems to be quiet – if it exists at all – he would be the first to find it fitting.
“My whole career is like that – just kind of quiet,” Streelman said to laughs. “Quiet and steady, which I’m fine with.”
Yet Streelman’s consistency showed again Saturday, when he posted his third-consecutive 2-under round to get to 6-under for this year’s Masters Tournament and into a tie for fifth place.
Streelman’s strong week included a win in Wednesday’s Par-3 Contest, when 13-year-old Ethan Couch, who has a benign but inoperable brain tumor, caddied for him. The arrangement came through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Usually, when someone wins the Par-3 Contest, what follows is all about the curse: no Par-3 winner has ever won the Masters in the same year. Not that Streelman cares about such doom.
“You know, I just don’t believe in anything like that, personally,” he said. “So to me it really had no bearing or not much thought.”
Par-3 Contest winners Raymond Floyd (1990) and Chip Beck (1993) share the record for best Masters finish – second.
Streelman, 37, reached 7-under twice on Saturday, when he birdied No. 8 and then rallied from a bogey at 10 to birdie No. 12. A bogey on 17 dropped him back a shot, but it didn’t knock him out of the top 10.
In three previous Masters, Streelman missed the cut twice and tied for 42nd.
But Streelman had only one under-par round in his first eight rounds at Augusta National Golf Club. In three days this year, he’s three-for-three and feeling good both for himself and Couch.
“He came over Thursday and we signed some stuff for him and kind of said our goodbyes – he was leaving Friday,” Streelman said. “I said, ‘Keep me updated on everything and you’ll be in my thoughts and prayers.’ Just a great kid and a great family and it’s an honor to do that with him.”
Hole By Hole Scores | |||||||||||||||||||||
Round 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 70 |
Tot | -4 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -6 |
Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Tot | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 |
Round 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Rnd | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Tot | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 |
Masters Record
Year | Place | Score | Round | Money | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
2014 | 42 | +8 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 79 | $ 34,200 |
2013 | 81 | +9 | 76 | 77 | $ 10,000 | ||
2011 | 75 | +5 | 75 | 74 | $ 10,000 |