CROMWELL, Conn. — At 49 years old, tournament golf can be an uphill battle. So it was for Jerry Kelly yesterday, although you’d never know it from looking at the leaderboard at the Travelers Championship. Kelly is barely three months away from joining the Champions Tour, which he plans to do after he turns 50 on Nov. 23. He hasn’t won a PGA event in seven years and that win, the 2009 Zurich Classic in New Orleans, is his only one in the last 14 years. He is the essence of a tour professional. He plays for dough but not often for the win anymore. But once it was Jerry Kelly’s time. Back in 2002 he won twice and finished fourth on the money list and if you look...
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