Rock Solid Performance: Perry at the Memorial

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With his win Sunday, Kenny Perry joined Tiger Woods as the only three-time winners of the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley. Avoiding the treacherous rough at Muirfield Village was key to his victory.

Perry ranks 103rd on the PGA TOUR in driving accuracy for the 2008 season, hitting an average of 62 percent of fairways off the tee. This weekend he was ninth in the field, hitting 82 percent of the fairways (46 of 56). It's the first time this season that Perry has been able to break the 80 percent mark in finding the short grass off the tee. Coincidentally, the last time Perry drove the ball this accurately was at the 2007 Memorial, when he led the field with 88 percent of fairways hit (49 of 56).