With news last night that Graham DeLaet has withdrawn from the Memorial Tournament to get help with what he is calling extreme anxiety over chipping/pitching here is my weekly post of where all the Canadians are playing this week with live leaderboards and storylines.
PGA Tour the Memorial Tournament leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-memorial-tournament-presented-by-nationwide/leaderboard.html
The main story here this morning as play gets underway is that the big 3 are all in the field coming off wins in there respective last outings.
Jordan Spieth and Rory are paired with Justin Thomas at 826am 10th tee, while Jason Day is playing with Jim Furyk and defending champion David Lingmerth at 116pm 1st tee.
Adam Hadwin 12.32 (10th tee) and David Hearn 1.27 (1st tee) are in the field.
LPGA Tour Shoprite LPGA Classic leaderboard http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/shoprite-lpga-classic-presented-by-acer/leaderboard
Six Canadians are down in New Jersey this week. Lorie Kane, Maude-Aimee LeBlanc join Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Samantha Richdale and Anne Catherine Tanguay.
With the 2nd major of the year the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship next week some of the top names are taking this week off. Ariya Jutanugarn, Lydia Ko and Inbee Park who has won that major for 3 straight years will not be playing this week.
Web.com Tour Corales Puntacana Resort Championship leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/corales-puntacana-resort-and-club-championship/leaderboard.html
Most Canadians go to the Dominican Republic on holiday, but for 7 of our pro golfers it will be business first starting with play this morning at this stunning resort.
Ryan Yip, Roger Sloan, Ben Silverman, MacKenzie Hughes, Albin Choi, Adam Svensson and Eugene Wong are all after that $112,000 first prize. Brad Fritsch is off recovering from injury.
PGA Tour Champions Principal Charity Classic leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/principal-charity-classic/leaderboard.html
Rod Spittle is the lone Canuck down in Des Moines this week joining the likes of Miguel Jiménez, John Daly and defending champion Mark Calcavecchia, as well as Jesper Parnevik, Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Tom Pernice, Jr., and Fuzzy Zoeller
Symetra Tour Fucillo Kia Championship leaderboard http://www.symetratour.com/tournaments/fuccillo-kia-championship-at-capital-hills/leaderboard
By my count there are a whopping 15 young Canadian women in this field in Albany NY. Robyn Doig, Sabrina Sapone, Christina Foster, Anna Young, Jennifer Kirby, Maya Parsons, Jennifer Ha, Kyla Inaba, Elizabeth Tong, Megan Osland, Laura DeMarco, Brittany Marchand, Augusta James, Sara Maude Juneau and Vivian Tsui are their names.
Bryan Angus
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