SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP

October 4, 2024

Kevin Streelman

Country Club of Jackson

Quick Quotes

Q. Congrats. 300 made cuts. What does that accomplishment feel like?

KEVIN STREELMAN: Yeah, you know, just feel thankful. I feel blessed that I'm still healthy enough to do something like that.

It's kind of a career thing. It's not just a hot week or a special year, but to do this now 17 straight years out here and know that I've got at least one more of some starts is pretty special to me and my family.

But it's been a lot of the work. Been a lot of time on the road. A lot of time away from my family. Like I said I'm just really thankful.

But it's been a little bit of weight on my shoulders this year. I don't necessarily know why. It's just a number. I know 20 years from now, no one cares. Even one year from now no one really matters.

Like I said, just something I'm proud of that I've been able to accomplish.

Q. You said it was a weight on your shoulders. When was this something that you were aware of?

KEVIN STREELMAN: Kind of halfway through the year when I got to 292 or something like that, 295. You don't also want to play for making cuts because then you end up finishing near cuts; if you're trying to win tournaments those things take care of themselves.

Like I said, it's not something I'm going to make a billboard out of or anything. Just something I'm proud of to accomplish as a professional golfer and as a kid who lived out of my car for five years out of college, the dream of getting out here to close to 500 starts and 300 cuts made is pretty cool.

Q. Oftentimes we hear players say battled the cut line sometimes be harder than on a Sunday. What's that like week to week?

KEVIN STREELMAN: Yeah, no, it's real. It's real. We pay or caddies a lot. Pay or hotels fees and travel and got to take care of all that on our own. We are some of the most fortunate individuals to be playing professional golf on the PGA TOUR for what we do. No doubt we are very thankful for that.

But a cold stretch with the putter or driver and all of a sudden it gets expensive. So can weigh heavily on Friday afternoons when you're right on the cut line, and you have some fun stories of birdieing the last couple holes and also have some heartbreaks of making bogey or double coming in as well.

That's the reality of our sport and it's also good TV for our fans watching as well.

Q. Do you remember on TOUR your first made cut?

KEVIN STREELMAN: I do. It was in Milwaukee in 2005. Living out my car. Monday qualifier stint and mini tour event, chasing whatever I could get into. Shot a 65 to get into the Milwaukee Open at the time at Brown Deer Park. Great course. We used to play there. Had a nice two rounds.

Talk about nerves thought making a cut. At the time I had $20 to my name. To know last place would be $10,000, $12,000 that's a life changing amount of money for a mini tour golfer.

To make the cut I think I made like $25,000. I was the richest guy in the world that night. It allowed me to pay for Q-School and the next few months of entry fees and stairstepped to move on my progression to get out here. 299 later, it's crazy.

Q. You mentioned going week to week a lot of times alone on the road. How nice is it have our your family with you this week?

KEVIN STREELMAN: Yeah, this is a special one. I played great in Napa. Then had a bad Friday. Unfortunately missed the cut there. My son wasn't there with me. To have him here, he kind of went to me this morning and said, dad make this cut for me. To have him there with me today is something I won't forget.

I think it works out a little better this way anyway.