Canadian results a mixed bag so far this week

Yesterday I wrote of the record 6 Canadians in a PGA Tour event, the Fry's.com out in Napa California, and after 2 rounds their results are mixed.


Adam Hadwin who has full exemption this year after winning the money title on the Web.com tour is off to a great start, T12, 70,69 -5. Graham DeLaet, now well established on tour is T36 71 70 -3 and David Hearn T63 72 71 -1 made the cut..


Unfortunately Brad Fritsch, using up a minor 1 event injury exemption MC 70 74 and now will head back to the Web.com tour for 2015. Nick Taylor who also earned his card also MC 74 72. He doesn't have full exemption like Hadwin so needs to get off to a quick start so he doesn't lose status after the first re-shuffle. Mike Weir who turns 45 next year, MC 73 75 and is hoping life with his new swing coach Martin Ayers will bring back the consistency in his game he has been striving for. He finished 109 in money earned last year so needs a good stetch of golf having used up his two career money list exemptions. Roger Sloan did not get into the field.


Scotland's Martin Laird leads 67 67 -10..


Live scoring click http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=pga




Meanwhile on the Champions Tour, Stephen Ames playing his second event, the SAS Championship in NC is T43 at +1 73, Rod Spittle is T62 75 +3 and Jim Rutledge is T79 78 +6
Guy Boros in his rookie year leads 66 -6


Live scoring http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=champions


The European Tour Portugal Masters has been reduced to 54 holes, there are no Canadians in the field http://espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard?tour=euro, Frenchman Alexander Levy leads with round 2  being completed today 63 61 -18. Nicholas Colsaerts left a putt on the lip for 59 in his first round of 60 is in 2nd spot at -15


Commentator Ken Brown, a delightfully eccentric player in his day, is armed with a delightfully dry sense of humour described the flying ants that swarmed the course on Friday, crawling all over the greens as "bacon sandwiches for the sea gulls" that had arrived to devour them..


Later when asked if when he played he would have flicked them aside or crushed them with his putter he said " I was a flicker, live and let live was my motto....unless I missed the putt of course !"


Listen for my report on TSN1050 Sunday morning at 830am




Bryan Angus