NEMACOLIN WOODLANDS RESORT near Pittsburgh, 18 holes open for play, 18 more on the way coming 2017. Right former IPGA professional Mike Jones now Director of Activities at Nemacolin with Hall of Fame Architect Pete Dye, designer of both courses. ______________________________________________________________________

THE GOG BLOG by Rory Spears, Editor and Director of Content. Follow Rory to the John Deere Classic and on Facebook, Linkein and Twitter @GogBlogGuy.

Ryan Moore is your 2016 John Deere Classic Champion. Moore shot 65-65-65-67 to win for the fifth time on the PGA Tour.

Moore had stellar run of 46 holes with out a bogey to finish the championship, which was great play on a wet TPC Deere Run golf course.

Moore had to hold off Ben Martin who made a great run to finish at 20 under par, but in spite of the fact that Moore did not make a birdie on the last holes, Martin was not able to close the gap any closer than 2 shots.

Click here to hear the interview with 2016 John Deere Classic Champion Ryan Moore.

2016 John Deere Classic Champion Ryan Moore with the trophy.

Rod Pampling started the final day being first out at 7:20, Pampling was a single and plowed his way around the TPC Deere Run Course in 3 hours flat. The first twosome was Alex Prugh and Joey Garber who played in 3:30, they did a nice job of setting of the pace on a beautiful day in the Quad Cities.

John Deere Classic board member and two-time major champion Zach Johnson managed to get a few birdies late in the round to close with 68. But the feeling of being in the clubhouse just as the leaders were teeing off on Sunday was different for the 2012 JDC Champion.

Johnson graded parts of his game this year “just a C”, and some other parts to be “A or A-“, Johnson appears happy with his short game, but not so much with his long game especially his driver. The stats show than when he makes bogey it usually starts with a drive that finds the rough. Johnson talked about missing the fairway on his final hole on Sunday by 75 yards. But he feels he and his team will work through this valley and figure it out.

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Steve Stricker just could not figure out the greens this year, Stricker said that maybe because of the large amount of rain the course received over three days, that it led to a lot of grain in the green.

As a result he had no feel for the greens.

Stricker did call the tournament, “Down a little this year and we’re missing Jordan Spieth too.” He also felt the tournament would be better off back in it’s July dates come 2017.

Stricker will play the Barclay’s and then who knows as he says. He will continue to play in the Playoffs as long as he is eligible to do so. Then get ready for his role as a Vice-Captain in the Ryder Cup. Stricker said he is looking at the possibility of being the 2020 Ryder Cup captain at Whistling Straits, but admits that’s a long way off.

The John Deere Classic will return to it’s July dates in 2017, visit Johndeereclassic.com for more details and information.