Chris Stroud ready to change area’s woeful golf history

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“I’m ready to have a big year,†Stroud said late Monday from Hawaii. “I learned so much last year and I feel so much more comfortable with this being my third year. My perspective is just so different. After two years, I have a relationship with almost everybody out here. Now, it’s more like the feeling I had in college.

“I’ll admit that for a while I was caught up in crazy, star-struck stuff. There was definitely an awe factor. I was lost with all the distractions. But I’m past that. Last fall, I learned the mindset that I needed to play well every week. I want to do what I’ve done at every level, and that’s win.â€

Stroud, in his first year on tour, made nine of 24 cuts, had two top 10s and finished No. 133 on the money list with $673,106. In 2008, while adjusting to married life and dealing with a sore left knee, he took a slight step back, making 12 of 29 cuts with two top 10s. He slid to 165 on the money list at $482,405.

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