Madison’s Kelly, Stricker Top Candidates For Senior Rookie Award

The P-G-A Tour’s website has Madison golfers Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker as the top two candidates for rookie of the year on the senior Champions circuit. Kelly put himself in contention by winning last weekend’s Boeing Classic in Washington State — the first of this year’s rookies to win on the tour for pros 50 and older. Kelly and Stricker both have five Top Ten finishes in their first Champions Tour seasons — and Kelly will play in the 54 hole Shaw Charity Classic which goes from tomorrow (Friday) through Sunday in Calgary, Alberta. Meanwhile, the second of four P-G-A Fed Ex Cup playoff tournaments begins tomorrow (Friday) with no Wisconsin players. Stricker was eliminated last weekend, when he failed to make the Top 100 for the Dell Technologies Championship Friday through Labor Day near Boston.