Canadian Golf Vacations

06/17/2022

Canadian Adam Hadwin leads after round 1 at the US Open.

Moosejaw Saskatchewan's Adam Hadwin shot a 4 under par 66 today at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts and leads the 122nd US Open after the first round. Hadwin is one stroke ahead of 5 others including last week's Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy. Fellow Canadian Corey Connors is in a tie for 42nd place at one over while former PGA Tour member Phil Mickelson is in a tie for 144th place and sits 12 strokes back of Hadwin at 8 over par. Coverage continues tomorrow throgh Sunday.

03/27/2022

Impressive showing by Corey Connors in Texas

Corey Connors defeated Ductin Johnson 3 and 1 to capture third place at the World Match Play Championship. Connors lost his semi-final match earlier in the day on the 18th hole to eventual runner-up Kevin Kisner. Scottie Sheffler defeated Kisner 4 and 3 in the final. Connors moves up 41 spots in the FedEx Cup stadings to 34th place. Connors also receives $818,000.00 US for his third place finish.

03/26/2022

Connors advances to semi-final at World Golf Championships

Corey Connors of Canada will face off against American Kevin Kisner in a semi-final match at the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship in Austin Texas tomorrow morning. Americans Dustin Johnson & Scottie Scheffler will battle it out in the other semi-final. Connors beat Takumi Kanaya of Japan in the morning round of 16 match and then defeated Mexican Abraham Ancer 2 up in the afternoon match. The winner tomorrow will receive $2,100,000.00 with the 4th place finisher receiving $685,000.00

Television coverage continues Sunday morning on Golf Channel & in the afternoon on NBC.

03/24/2022

https://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/article/still-out-of-sight-phil-mickelson-decides-to-sit-out-the-masters/

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, out of public view since his inflammatory remarks about the Saudi-funded rival league and the PGA Tour, has decided not to play at Augusta National this year.

02/28/2022

The PGA of America announced today that Zach Johnson will serve as the United States Ryder Cup Team Captain for the 44th Ryder Cup, which will be played September 25 - October 1, 2023, at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy.

https://www.rydercup.com/news-media/zach-johnson-named-united-states-captain-for-2023-ryder-cup/?lnk=heroimg&utm_source=PGA+of+America&utm_campaign=693adae8a2-em_rc_captain_announce_022822&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ea772398be-693adae8a2-72022691

PGA of America President Jim Richerson today announced that Zach Johnson will serve as the United States Ryder Cup Team Captain for the 44th Ryder Cup, which will be played September 25-October 1, 2023, at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome, Italy. Johnson becomes the 30th U.S.

12/11/2021

Tiger Woods to make return at PNC Championship with his son

Ten months after his right leg was badly damaged in a car crash, Tiger Woods is returning to competition next week with 12-year-old son Charlie in the PNC Championship.

11/21/2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/21/golf/tiger-woods-posts-video-taking-golf-shot-spt-intl/index.html

Golfing legend Tiger Woods posted a short video of himself taking a practice shot out on a golf course on Sunday.

08/16/2021

Canadians will be well represented on PGA Tour in 2022

No less than 6 Canadians are guaranteed to have regular status on the 2022 PGA Tour. Four Canadians retained their PGA Tour cards after the final putt of today's Wyndham Championship. Corey Connors (28), Mackenzie Hughes (67), Roger Sloan (92) and Adam Hadwin (96) will both advance to the 2021 FedEx Cup playoffs that start next week and retain their PGA Tour cards for next year. Joining them will be Taylor Pendrith & Adam Svensson who are among the top 25 from the Korn Ferry Tour who have earned their 2022 PGA Tour cards. Sloan moved from 138th place to 92nd place with his T2 performance at the Wyndham Championship today. Sloan lost in a 6-man playoff today to eventual winner Kevin Kisner.

Canadian Nick Taylor (141) will have "limited status" on the 2022 PGA Tour (10-15 tournaments) but can still gain his 2022 tour card along with Canadians Michael Glicic (145) & David Hearn (163) as they have both qualified for the 2021 Korn Ferry playoffs based on their final standings on the 2021 PGA Tour. All in all, Canada could have 9 regular players on the 2022 PGA Tour. Go Canada!

07/26/2021

FedEx Cup Standings - Canadians

Corey Connors - 27
Mackenziw Hughes - 64
Adam Hadwin - 107
Roger Sloan - 137
Michael Gligic - 142
Nick Taylor - 147
David Hearn - 160

The top 125 on the FedEx Cup list gain access to both the FedEx Cup playoffs as well as retaining their PGA playing card for next year. (As a note, Rickie Fowler is in 125th spot and has a slim one point lead on spots 126 & 127). There are only two tournaments left before the cut-off and start of the playoffs.

06/05/2021

Talk about bad timing! WOW!

https://uproxx.com/sports/jon-rahm-tested-positive-covid-forced-withdraw-leading-memorial/

The shocking moment was caught live on CBS after Rahm blew away the field on Saturday with a 64.

04/25/2021

Congrats Brooke!

With her 10th LPGA victory yesterday at the LA Open, Brooke Henderson becomes the winningest Canadian professional golfer and now has more top level wins that any other Canadian golfer. Well done Brooke!

04/06/2021

Great article by CNN Sports on a Canadian Golf Legend

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/06/golf/moe-norman-golf-ball-striking-cmd-spc-spt-intl/index.html

Whether it's because of his funky clothing, eccentric personality or highly distinctive swing, Moe Norman -- dubbed golf's "Rain Man" -- didn't fit into the sport's traditional mold.

12/24/2020

Happy Holidays to all!

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12/20/2020

April Golf in Kelowna Special

Five nights shared accommodation in a suite at the Siesta Suites, Four rounds of golf with 18 holes at each of the following courses: Black Mountain, Gallagher's Canyon, The Harvest Golf Club & Okanagan Golf Club - $899.00 per person based on double occupancy - all taxes & fees included.

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