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31/12/2023

12/06/2023

SIMPLY REMARKABLE!!!

Nick Taylor of Canada ended a 69 year drought sinking a 72-1/2 FOOT putt on the 4th playoff hole for eagle to beat Tommy Fleetwood and win the Canadian Open. Taylor is the first Canadian male since Pat Fletcher did so in 1954 to win Canada's National golf title. The 72 plus foot putt was the longest Taylor has made as a professional golfer. By winning today, Taylor becomes the 4th Canadian to win on the PGA Tour this year - the first this has ever happened.

10/06/2023

Awesome round for Nick Taylor today. Connors unfortunately could not hold his concentration on moving day. McIlroy in great position to 3-peat!

02/04/2023

The Canadian flag is flying high in San Antonio, Texas this evening!

Canadian Corey Connors shot a bogey free 68 today to capture his second PGA Tour event and second Valero Texas Open. Connors made this event his first tour victory after Monday qualifying in the 2019 tournament. Connors joined fellow Canadians MacKenzie Hughes and Adam Svennson as winners on the PGA Tour this year. Connors earns 1.602 million dollars for the victory and moves up to 18th in the FedEx Cup standings.

25/01/2023

McIlroy snubs Reed, in no mood for reconciliation in Dubai

McIlroy snubs Reed, in no mood for reconciliation in Dubai Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland strikes the ball near the 18th green during DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (Martin Dokoupil/AP) Associated Press January 25, 2023, 8:49 AM Associated Press...

20/11/2022

Canadian Adam Svensson captures the RSM Classic

Adam Svensson joined Mackenzie Hughes as Canadians to win on the PGA Tour this year by winning the RSM Classic in Georgia this afternoon. Svensson moves up 86 positions to 6th is the FedEx Cup. This was Svensson's 70th start on the PGA Tour. What made the win even more impressive was that he was 9 strokes back of the lead after the first round.

03/10/2022

Canadian Mackenzie Hughes wins Sanderson Farms Championship

Hamilton, Ontario's Mackenzie Hughes sank an 8 foot birdie putt on the 2nd playoff hole this evening for his 2nd PGA Tour win. Hughes moves up 24 spots and leads the FedEx Cup standings. He also reseives full exemption through 2025 on the PGA Tour.

06/09/2022

Canada's Pendrith and Conners named to Presidents Cup international team

It's the first time that more than one Canadian will compete in the best-on-best tournament that sees a team from the United States play an international squad.
Conners, from Listowel, Ont., was an automatic selection after finishing the PGA Tour season fourth on the international team standings. Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., was a captain's selection, officially chosen by Trevor Immelman on Tuesday.

22/08/2022

Here's how the final 30 players in the FedExCup standings who qualified through the BMW Championship will begin the TOUR Championship at East Lake starting this coming Thursday.

Note: Scroll to bottom for full FedExCup bonus money payouts for all 30 players.

STARTING STROKES PLAYER
10 under Scottie Scheffler
8 under Patrick Cantlay
7 under Will Zalatoris
6 under Xander Schauffele
5 under Sam Burns
4 under Cameron Smith, Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im
3 under Jon Rahm, Scott Stallings, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick
2 under Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Joaquin Niemann, Viktor Hovland
1 under Collin Morikawa, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, Corey Conners, Brian Harman
Even par K.H. Lee, J.T. Poston, Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott, Aaron Wise
TOP 30 BONUS MONEY
Place Total
1. $18,000,000
2. $6,500,000
3. $5,000,000
4. $4,000,000
5. $3,000,000
6. $2,500,000
7. $2,000,000
8. $1,500,000
9. $1,250,000
10. $1,000,000
11. $950,000
12. $900,000
13. $850,000
14. $800,000
15. $760,000
16. $720,000
17. $700,000
18. $680,000
19. $660,000
20. $640,000
21. $620,000
22. $600,000
23. $580,000
24. $565,000
25. $550,000
26. $540,000
27. $530,000
28. $520,000
29. $510,000
30. $500,000

24/07/2022

Henderson captures her second LPGA Major

With a birdie on the 18th hole, Canadian Brooke Henderson captured her 2nd major title at the Amundi Evian Championship and 12th LPGA title.

17/06/2022

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.

04/04/2022

27/03/2022

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.

26/03/2022

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.

24/03/2022

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.

28/02/2022

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.

15/02/2022

https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/arizona-coyotes--arizona-state-university-announce-agreement-that-will-allow-coyotes-to-play-at-asus-new-multi-purpose-arena-next-season/c-330674434

Coyotes In Discussions with Ice Den Scottsdale To Serve As The Club's Full-Time Practice Facility

13/02/2022

Yes, this is a PGA Tournament! AWESOME! WM Phoenix Open.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1492617481252483074

11/12/2021

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.

21/11/2021

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.

24/08/2021

Two Canadians advance to second playoff event.

Corey Connors (20) and Mackenzie Hughes (65) have made the cut to the top 70 and will play in the second FedEx Cup Playoff tournament at the BMW Championship that begins this Thursday. Phil Mickelson qualified in 70th place. Here are the top 5 heading to the BMW Championship:
Tony Finau
Jon Rahm
Cameron Smith
Patrick Cantlay
Justin Thomas

The top 30 after the BMW Championship will advance to the Tour Championship September 2-5 in Atlanta.. Top prize in the FedEx Cup is 15 million dollars.

16/08/2021

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!

26/07/2021

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.

20/06/2021

Mackenzie Hughes will play in the final group for the final round of the US Open tomorrow at Torrey Pines.

His eagle on 13 helped vault Canadian Mackenzie Hughes into a tie for the lead after 54 holes at the US Open in San Diego. Hughes will be in the final group alongside Louis Oosthuizen when they tee off on Sunday. Coverage continues tomorrow on NBC and in Canada on TSN.

20/06/2021

Canadian Mackenzie Hughes tied for lead late in third round.

05/06/2021

Talk about bad timing! WOW!

Leading by 6 after completing the 3rd round of The Memorial, Jon Rahm is forced to withdraw - OUCH!

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.

23/05/2021

Phil the Thrill does not disappoint!

Phil Mickelson entered the history books once again today becoming the oldest player to win a major on the PGA Tour holding off Brooks Koepka anLouis Oosthuizen to win the PGA Championship by 2 stokes today. Phil turns 51 on June 16th. Forty-nine year old Padraig Harrington finished in a tie for 4th just 4 strokes back of Phil.

24/12/2020

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