Perry aims to maintain red-hot streak at Deere Run

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kenny Perry is the headline act at the John Deere Classic with most of the top players already in Europe preparing for next week's British Open.

The American has been the hottest golfer on the PGA Tour for the last two months, losing a playoff for the Atlanta Classic in mid-May before winning twice in his next five starts.

The 47-year-old clinched his 11th Tour title with a one-shot victory at the Buick Open nine days ago and by his own admission has never been in better form.

"This is probably the longest sustained stretch in my career where I've played tremendous golf each and every week," Perry told reporters ahead of this week's event in Silvis, Illinois.

"These last two months I've just played unbelievable golf. I've been on the leaderboard every week I've been playing.

"I've always been a streaky player. That has just kind of been the history of my career. When I get hot, I get hot.

"In 2003 when I won back-to-back (the) Colonial and Memorial (tournaments), two weeks later I won Milwaukee and I finished third in the Open that year in between."

Perry posted eight consecutive top 10 finishes that season, beginning with his victory at the Colonial in May.

This year, he has registered five top 10s in 18 starts, four of them in his last six appearances.