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Austrian golfer Sepp Straka registered his second PGA Tour title by winning the John Deere Classic on Sunday (July 9). He defeated Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley by a margin of two strokes at the TPC Deere Run on his way to glory.
A tournament that had no top-15 OWGR players saw a 37th-ranked Straka win it and jump to the 27th spot. He used several brands of equipment to register his blistering victory in the event.
Let's have a look at Sepp Straka's John Deere Classic winning bag:
- Driver - 9 Degrees TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus
- Shaft - Mitsubishi Kai’li White 60 TX
- 3-wood - 15 degrees TaylorMade Stealth 2
- Shaft - Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Orange 80 TX
- Hybrid - Stealth 2 7W 21.0 with Tensei orange 80TX
- Shaft - Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX
- Irons - Srixon ZX7 Mk II (4 to 9)
- Shafts - True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedges - Cleveland RTX ZipCore (46, 52, 56, 60)
- Shafts - True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter - Odyssey Stroke Lab Tuttle
- Ball - Srixon Z-Star Diamond
- Grips - Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Sepp Straka's second PGA Tour victory came almost over a year after his win at the Honda Classic 2022. The win fetched him a handsome prize of $1.3 million. He also earned 33.28 OWGR points and 500 FedExCup points.
Analyzing Sepp Straka's performance at John Deere Classic 2023
Sepp Straka started his John Deere Classic campaign with a poor first round. He carded 73 (+2) with the help of two birdies and four bogeys to finish at T133. However, after the conclusion of the second round, he jumped 97 places up to sit on T18. The 30-year-old carded nine birdies and a bogey on the second day.
In his third round, Straka carried on his sensational run to score 65 (-6) with the help of six birdies. He was still not in contention to win the tournament until the fourth day.
The Austrian golfer started his final round with a birdie and followed it up with an eagle. He finished the round with an eagle, nine birdies, and a double bogey to score a career-low round of 9 - under 62.
Sepp Straka's performance on the PGA Tour in 2023
The 2023 season for Sepp Straka has been a decent one until winning the John Deere Classic. He started his year with a tied-21 finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. In the Honda Classic, a tournament he won last year in 2022, Straka finished T5 on the leaderboard.
Straka has missed the cut in four out of 16 tournaments he has played this year. He has competed in all three majors this season. At the Masters 2023, he finished T46, then, at the PGA Championship, he registered his career-best finish of T7. Finally, in the US Open 2023, he did not manage to make the cut.
Here are the leaderboard standings of Sepp Straka in the year 2023:
- John Deere Classic - 1
- Rocket Mortgage Classic - T64
- Travelers Championship - T38
- US Open - Missed the Cut
- The Memorial Tournament - T16
- Charles Schwab Challenge - T29
- PGA Championship - T7
- Wells Fargo Championship - Missed the Cut
- RBC Heritage - Missed the Cut
- Masters Tournament - T46
- Valero Texas Open - T22
- THE PLAYERS Championship - T65
- Arnold Palmer Invitational - Missed the Cut
- The Honda Classic - T5
- The Genesis Invitational - T45
- Sentry Tournament of Champions - T21
