Steve Stricker exorcised some back-nine demons Sunday as he won the Memorial Tournament. Stricker had a two-shot cushion when he came to the 18th hole thanks to sand saves on the two previous holes. He needed it, too, as he found the fairway bunker, hit his second short of the green, chipped to 20 feet and two-putted for bogey. The victory was the 10th of Stricker뭩 career ?and seven of those have come since he turned 40. Stricker shot four rounds in the 60s at Muirfield Village to finish at 16 under, one stroke ahead of Matt Kuchar and Brandt Jobe. It wasn't pretty,Stricker said as he walked up to shake the hand of tournament host jack Nicklaus. The back nine was a particular challenge for Stricker who played it 4 over for the week. He was 20 under on the front nine, though. "It was a little bit of a struggle after the rain delay.,"Stricker said. At that point I was just trying not to make a mistake. I had a couple of chances early that would have taken the pressure off. And I made a couple of clutch putts at the end.? Filed under: Steve Stricker