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Transportation costs drive JDC bottom line
From the cost of the 767 charter jet to the British Open, to increased costs associated with a late change in shuttle bus providers, to the cost of a gallon of gas, transportation issues will drive the 2008 John Deere Classic bottom line. Volunteer
Adamonis' playoff-hole decision proves costly
The look said it all. There was Brad Adamonis, the 35-year-old PGA Tour rookie, looking at the ground. His face seemingly buried in the grass, much like his golf ball after his playoff tee shot Sunday in the final round of the John Deere Classic. A
Viewpoint: Modesty suits Perry as well as his putter
SILVIS, Ill. Kenny Perry left smalltown Kentucky for the bigtime PGA Tour with expectations only of modest accomplishment. Some 22 years and 12 Tour victories later, the modesty remains. In a matter of just 43 days, Perry has scored triple the numb
Adamonis' playoff-hole decision proves costly
The look said it all. There was Brad Admaonis, the 35-year-old PGA Tour rookie, looking at the ground. His face seemingly buried in the grass, much like his golf ball after his playoff tee shot Sunday in the final round of the John Deere Classic. A
Willis finishes 24th, taking journey to Milwaukee
SILVIS, Ill. The penultimate man in the John Deere Classic field finished far better than that Sunday. Garrett Willis, the PGA journeyman who made the tournament as the 12th alternate late Wednesday afternoon, closed with a 1-under 70 to finish
Johnson has work to salvage season
SILVIS, Ill. Zach Johnson has work to do to accomplish what seemed easily within reach at season s start. A final round of even-par 71 left Iowa s star golfer in a lowly tie for 69th at the John Deere Classic on Sunday, which amounts to his homet
Troubles on 18 cost Gove, Petrovic
SILVIS, Ill. Jeff Gove and Tim Petrovic, one right after the other, stood on the 18th tee Sunday afternoon at TPC Deere Run with a chance to secure a place near the top of leaderboard, possibly even climb into contention, at the John Deere Classi
10 Questions: with David Feherty
A native of Northern Ireland, 49-year-old David Feherty, played on the PGA and European Tours in the 1980s and 90s, winning several events overseas. He has become a media icon for his unique on-course reporting with CBS and for being the meddling vo
Perry prevails in JDC
SILVIS, Ill. His driver was erratic. His wedge was inconsistent. But Kenny Perry s putter was unbeatable. In the end, the 47-year-old turned in a relatively routine two-putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to close Sunday s final round
Top JDC golfers will fly first class
When 22 pro golfers from the John Deere Classic wing their way across the pond tonight for the upcoming British Open, there will be no cramped, cattle call, packets-of-pretzels plane ride for them. Even the tallest of them will get to stretch out i
Modesty suits Perry as well as his putter
SILVIS, Ill. Kenny Perry left smalltown Kentucky for the bigtime PGA Tour with expectations only of modest accomplishment. Some 22 years and 12 Tour victories later, the modesty remains. In a matter of just 43 days, Perry has scored triple the numb
Hot hand rides broomstick into contention
SILVIS, Ill. Jay Williamson swept himself into John Deere Classic contention with a broom-handled putter on Saturday. He s not quite sure how he feels about that. I don t want to use it, but I m a better player with it, so I can t fight it, sai
Amateur Francis within 4 shots of lead after shooting 64
SILVIS, Ill. At 19, amateur Philip Francis hasn t been able to kill time like most of the plus-21 PGA Tour crowd while in town for the John Deere Classic. While many of his on-course peers have been rolling dice, turning cards and otherwise takin
JDC sets up for wild finish
SILVIS, Ill. The golf lexicon might have a new maxim. You can take Tiger Woods off the PGA Tour, but you can t sap the drama. A wild third round left the John Deere Classic leaderboard supremely congested, with any one of two dozen players vying
Clark, in eighth, prefers view from behind
Tim Clark said he likes where he stands. Eighth place and three stokes off the lead is not a bad position to be in entering the final round of the John Deere Classic. In fact, Clark probably likes where he s at today more than where he was last yea
Co-leader Axley carrying memory of caddie
SILVIS, Ill. Eric Axley only ever played two golf tournaments with Steve Duplantis on his bag. But the two had a friendship that ran much deeper than green slopes and bunker lies. Duplantis, who over the years carted clubs for some of the PGA Tour
Waiting on a plane: Cut players kill time in Q-C
SILVIS, Ill. The Deere Run practice range wasn t teeming Saturday afternoon, but it wasn t quite empty either. Many of the 83 players who failed to book weekend John Deere Classic tee times stuck around the Quad-Cities for the weekend. Nine of th
Baddeley climbs leaderboard in style
SILVIS, Ill. Like any fashion diva, Aaron Baddeley was prepared to answer the most pressing of questions Friday after completing his second round at TPC Deere Run. Who was he wearing? The Original Penguin, Baddeley said with a smile, pinching the
Bunkers might get big test
You couldn t quite say Paul Grogan loves it when a plan comes together. Up to 2 inches of rain starting early this morning still was expected to tax the TPC Deere Run superintendent s 36-man grounds crew, a chief reason third-round John Deere Class
Rookie Adamonis takes positive approach
Before entering the John Deere Classic, Brad Adamonis didn t care about anybody but himself. He wasn t going to look at the leaderboard; he didn t care how people pronounced his last name it s Ad-am-ON-is, by the way or think about things outsi
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