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Stricker's final-round, 5-under-par 67 got him to 15-under 201
for the week, one shot better than Quigley, who made a late
surge with an eagle-birdie-birdie finish. It is Stricker's ninth
PGA Tour Champions win and his second this season.
Stricker's birdie run began on the par-5 13th at Warwick Hills
Golf and Country Club, one hole after making what he called a
"silly" bogey.
"Then I just told (wife and caddie Nicki Stricker), I said,
we're still in this," Stricker said. "We just keep our head down
and keep plugging. Next thing you know, I rattled off four
birdies. That was the whole difference in the tournament right
there."
The last birdie, which got him to 15 under, was a short
right-to-left putt at the par-5 16th that rolled around the cup
as it dropped.
"You know what, just having a good attitude today," Stricker
said. "When things like I felt weren't going right, that I just
kept plugging along and things turned around and I did some good
things coming in."
Quigley was even through 15 holes but sank an eagle putt at the
16th, then birdied the par-3 17th and par-4 18th to polish off a
68. He had to stick around to see if Stricker might drop into a
playoff with him.
"I felt like I had done a lot of things well today and just not
gotten much out of it and just trying to stay in there," Quigley
said. "Fortunately, got a good bounce on the second shot on 16
and made the putt, and then 17 and then 18, all of a sudden it
was (from) absolutely nowhere to watching Steve finish on 18."
But Stricker parred his last two holes to hold on.
"That's the way it is out here, you're always in it. You can
rattle off some birdies," Stricker said.
Jeff Maggert had the low round of the day, a 7-under 65, to
place third at 13 under. He made six birdies on the back nine to
finish in 30.
Second-round leader Scott Dunlap struggled to a 71 and tied for
fourth at 12 under with Ireland's Padraig Harrington (70).
--Field Level Media
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