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Sergio Garcia Tied for 5th at Barclays

Golf fans, we are hoping that he keeps it going, but right now Sergio is doing well through 7 holes at the Barclays in the first event of the FedEx cup. Good luck Sergio!

clipped from www.golf.com It's been two weeks since Sergio Garcia suffered another close loss in a major, but he's making a move today at the Barclays. Follow the third round here.Go to Leaderboard The Barclays Round 3 Scoring Leaderboard Pos. Player Today Thru Tot. 1 S. Stricker -2 5 -12 2 H. Mahan -2 5 -9 T3 K. Streelman -3 9 -8 T3 D. Hart -2 6 -8 T5 K. Perry -1 7 -7 T5 S. Garcia -2 7 -7 T7 J. Day -5 F -5 T7 R. Allenby -5 F -5 T7 B. Baird -3 17 -5 T7 V. Singh -3 14 -5 View Full Leaderboard

Steve Stricker Leads at Barclays

After two rounds, Steven Stricker leads at the Barclays. If you recall, he won this event last year. In fact, last year's win at the Barclays was only his fourth win on the tour over 12 years. Here is a listing of the four wins.

o.	Date	Tournament
1.	May 26, 1996	Kemper Open
2.	July 7, 1996	Motorola Western Open
3.	January 7, 2001	Accenture Match Play Championship
4.	August 26, 2007	The Barclays

Congratulations to Volleyball Winners Misty May and Walsh

Although not really related to golf, we here at Eric's Adventures would like to offer our congratulations to Gold Medal winners Misty May and Kerri Walsh for their outstanding efforts at the Olympics. They rolled through their seven matches in straight sets and showed why they are the number one beach volleyball team in the world. So, lately when not watching golf, we are watching Misty May and Kerri Walsh win the gold!

FedEx Points List

With the cup starting this week, we should review the FedEx cup points, which are listed here. Tiger of course is not in the cup challenge, but Kenny Perry has had a great and surprising year. Phil is near the top, but his play has not been consistent so far. The top 20 has a number of familiar names, but we will with Harrington or Kim to be the victor when all is said and done.

1	Tiger Woods	6	22,695
2	Kenny Perry	22	20,878
3	Phil Mickelson	17	18,241
4	Padraig Harrington	12	15,555
5	Anthony Kim	18	15,178
6	Stewart Cink	18	15,126
7	Vijay Singh	19	15,034
8	Justin Leonard	20	12,734
9	Ryuji Imada	19	10,903
10	Geoff Ogilvy	17	10,866
11	Robert Allenby	21	10,554
12	Sergio Garcia	15	10,301
13	Carl Pettersson	22	9,821
14	Boo Weekley	20	9,655
15	Jim Furyk	22	9,438
16	Sean O'Hair	20	9,029
17	K.J. Choi	17	8,843
18	D.J. Trahan	23	8,497
19	Stuart Appleby	19	8,403
20	Trevor Immelman	18	8,209

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Fred Funk Wins Tradition!

Fred Funk--who is playing both the PGA and Champions Tour won the Tradition today, the last major on the Champions Tour with a three stroke victory over Mike Goodes. Our old friend Tom Watson was tied for third. Here is the leaderboard, and note that Hass, Roberts and Langer, who are all having good years, are in the top 7.

1	Fred Funk	-19			269
2	Mike Goodes	-16			272
T3	Tom Watson	-14			274
T3	Jay Haas	-14			274
5	Scott Hoch	-13			275
6	Scott Simpson	-12			276
T7	D.A. Weibring	-11			277
T7	Fuzzy Zoeller	-11			277
T7	Tom Jenkins	-11			277
T7	Loren Roberts	-11			277
T7	Lonnie Nielsen	-11			277
T7	Gene Jones	-11			277
T7	Bernhard Langer	-11			277

Funk has really been very competitive in both tour in recent years. See below for wins in both tours.

Recent PGA Tour Wins for Funk

• 2004 (1) Southern Farm Bureau Classic
• 2005 (1) The Players Championship
• 2007 (1) Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun

Recent Champions Tour Wins for Funk

• 2006 (1) AT&T Championship
• 2007 (1) Turtle Bay Championship
• 2008 (2) MasterCard Championship at Hualalai, JELD-WEN Tradition

Champions Tour Most Career Wins

Folks, we have not reviewed the career statistics in a little while and it is time to revisit the issue of career wins on the Champions (formally Senior) PGA Tour. Hale Irwin still leads the list with 45 and we hope that he adds another to the list, but he has had a shaky year so far. Gil Morgan is still competitive and he might add to his totals. Down the list a bit are Jay Haas and Tom Watson, both of whom have won this year. We expect both of them to add to their respective totals.

Player	Lifespan	Country	Wins	Sr. Majors	Winning span
Hale Irwin	1945-	United States	45	7	1995-2007
Lee Trevino	1939-	United States	29	4	1990-2000
Gil Morgan	1946-	United States	25	3	1996-2007
Miller Barber	1931-	United States	24	5	1981-1989
Bob Charles	1936-	New Zealand	23	0	1987-1996
Don January	1929-	United States	22	1	1980-1987
Chi-Chi Rodriguez	1935-	Puerto Rico	22	2	1986-1993
Jim Colbert	1941-	United States	20	1	1991-2001
Bruce Crampton	1935-	Australia	20	0	1986-1997
George Archer	1939-2005	United States	19	0	1989-2000
Larry Nelson	1947-	United States	19	0	1998-2004
Gary Player	1935-	South Africa	19	6	1985-1998
Bruce Fleisher	1948-	United States	18	1	1999-2004
Mike Hill	1939-	United States	18	0	1990-1996
Raymond Floyd	1942-	United States	14	4	1992-2000
Dave Stockton	1941-	United States	14	3	1992-1997
Jim Thorpe	1949-	United States	13	1	2000-2007
Jim Dent	1939-	United States	12	0	1989-1998
Jay Haas	1953-	United States	12	2	2005-2008
Tom Watson	1949-	United States	12	5	1999-2008

We're Baaaack!

That's right folks! After a couple week hiatus where we moved to a brand new place and got set up, it is time to resume our quest for great golf analysis. But don't fret. We will go back and fill in the gaps from the best golf during the last 2 weeks, and make sure you are up to date. (Hope you don't mind if we back date?) What is the big story recently? Well, it is Padraig's win over Sergio last week of course in the PGA Championship. More later!

LPGA Goes to Canada

Many people many not realize it, but this weeks event on the LPGA tour was a women's major for many years on the LPGA tour. Here are the names as a major.

• 1979-1983: Classique Peter Jackson Classic
• 1984-1987: Classique du Maurier Classic
• 1988-2000: Classique du Maurier Ltée, du Maurier Ltd Classic

Karrie Webb won it in the second to last year before it was no longer a major.

Wyndham Championship - last chance before cup

This weekend is the Wyndham Championship, the last stop before the FedEx Cup begins. Only the top 144 get in the playoffs, so a good showing this weekend is essential for those who are close. This event has been on the tour for while, although it has been called the Greater Greensboro Open for most of its history. Here are the names and a few key winners. Note that Sam Snead has won the event many time in its history

Wyndham Championship

2007 Brandt Snedeker

Chrysler Classic of Greensboro

2006 Davis Love III

Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic

2000 Hal Sutton
1999 Jesper Parnevik

KMart Greater Greensboro Open

1992 Davis Love III

Greater Greensboro Open

1981 Larry Nelson
1980 Craig Stadler
1973 Chi Chi Rodriguez
1965 Sam Snead
1960 Sam Snead
1956 Sam Snead
1955 Sam Snead
1950 Sam Snead
1949 Sam Snead
1946 Sam Snead
1945 Byron Nelson
1941 Byron Nelson
1940 Ben Hogan
1938 Sam Snead

Tradition Preview and History

The Tradition is this weekend, the last major on the Champion Tour. Here are the winners since its inception in 1989. Jack Nicklaus has won it 4 times.

2008	Fred Funk	United States
2007	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe Ireland
2006	Eduardo Romero	Argentina
2005	Loren Roberts	United States
2004	Craig Stadler	United States
2003	Tom Watson	United States
The Countrywide Tradition
2002	Jim Thorpe	United States
2001	Doug Tewell	United States
2000	Tom Kite	United States
The Tradition presented by Countrywide
1999	Graham Marsh	Australia
1998	Gil Morgan	United States
1997	Gil Morgan	United States
The Tradition
1996	Jack Nicklaus	United States
1995	Jack Nicklaus	United States
1994	Raymond Floyd	United States
1993	Tom Shaw	United States
1992	Lee Trevino	United States
The Tradition at Desert Mountain
1991	Jack Nicklaus	United States
1990	Jack Nicklaus	United States
1989	Don Bies	United States

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Luck of the Irish - Part 2

As we reported a couple weeks back about the British Open, winners find a way to win, and it does not hurt to have a little extra luck of the Irish. Padraig Harrington managed a double take, and put himself in better position to challenge Tiger for player of the year with his second major win, today at the PGA Championship. Our old friend Sergio Garcia came up short like he has on many other majors by losing strokes down the stretch. Here are the scores per day for the top 7, and a map of Ireland.

1	Padraig Harrington	71	74	66	66	277
T2	Sergio Garcia	69	73	69	68	279
T2	Ben Curtis	73	67	68	71	279
T4	Camilo Villegas	74	72	67	68	281
T4	Henrik Stenson	71	70	68	72	281
6	Steve Flesch	73	70	70	69	282
T7	Phil Mickelson	70	73	71	70	284
T7	Andres Romero	69	78	65	72	284

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PGA Championship This Weekend

The last major is now upon us--the PGA Championship. This year, the event is at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township Michigan, and of course Tiger Woods will not be there to defend his title. So who will win this years event? I don't know, but I know who has won the title more than twice. The answers there are below with the number of titles. This year, the course which will be the venue is shown here in satellite view.

5 wins:

• Walter Hagen: 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927
• Jack Nicklaus: 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980

4 wins:

• Tiger Woods: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007

3 wins:

• Gene Sarazen: 1922, 1923, 1933
• Sam Snead: 1942, 1949, 1951

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Romero and VJ take wins over the weekend!

Edwardo Romero took the US Senior Open and VJ Singh won the World Golf Championship on Sunday. How do their careers compare? Here are the wins for both. It looks like VJ has a slight edge!!

European Tour wins for Edwardo (8)

• 1989 Lancome Trophy
• 1990 Volvo Open di Firenze
• 1991 Peugeot Spanish Open, Peugeot Open de France
• 1994 Tisettanta Italian Open, Canon European Masters
• 2000 Canon European Masters
• 2002 Barclays Scottish Open

Champions Tour wins for Edwardo (3)

• 2006 JELD-WEN Tradition
• 2008 Dick's Sporting Goods Open, U.S. Senior Open

European Tour wins for VJ (13)

• 1989 (1) Volvo Open Championship
• 1990 (1) El Bosque Open
• 1992 (2) Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia, Volvo German Open
• 1994 (2) Scandinavian Masters, Lancome Trophy
• 1997 (1) South African Open (co-sanctioned with Southern African Tour)
• 1998 (1) PGA Championship
• 2000 (1) The Masters
• 2001 (2) Carlsberg Malaysian Open, Caltex Singapore Masters
• 2004 (1) PGA Championship
• 2008 (1) WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

PGA Tour wins for VJ - 28 - Too many to list here!!