First with Jason Day being the latest to withdraw from the Olympic golf competition in Rio due to family concerns with the Zika virus, the Canadian contingent doesn't seem to have the same concerns, or at least the same level of concern. Graham DeLaet, David Hearn, Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp are all going as of this writing, although DeLaet is just returning to play this week after his struggles to overcome the yips.
Here is my weekly look at where all the Canadians are with live leaderboard links so you can follow them all. There are only two weeks left to qualify for the Open Championship.
LPGA Tour Cambia Portland Classic leaderboard http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/cambia-portland-classic/leaderboard
Brooke Henderson leads the Canadian contingent of seven as she sets out to defend her title. Anne Catherine Tanguay, Alena Sharp, Samantha Richdale and Lorie Kane are joined by AJ Eathorne and amateur Naomi Young Ko.
Speaking of Ko, Lydia is not in the field this week. Thirty-seven of the top 50 players are skipping the Portland stop. Many players are opting to take this week off ahead of the U.S. Women’s Open next week in California. Normally the Portland tournament is popular among the women, but it was moved up in the schedule this year because the LPGA is taking three weeks off for the Olympics. For the past 11 years the event has been held in August
WGC Bridgestone Invitational leaderboard http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational/tee-times.html
So while Keith Pelley and his crew have managed to get Rory to play at the French Open's 100th, Jason, Jordan, Rickie DJ and defending champion Shane Lowry are in Akron at Firestone for this WGC event. Only the top 60 in rankings or those closest to it are invited, there is no cut so a good payday for all, a huge pay day for the winner.
There are no Canadians with a high enough ranking to qualify.
PGA Tour Barracuda Championship leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/barracuda-championship/leaderboard.html
Spectacular Reno, Nevada is the setting for Graham DeLaet's welcome return to the tour and he is joined by Nick Taylor as they play the only stableford competition of the year. Here is how the scoring works.
Albatros 8 points, eagle 5 points, birdie 2 points, par 0 point, bogey -1, double or worse -3.
European Tour 100th French Open leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016050/leaderboard/index.html
Mike Weir has accepted an invitation to play the special 100th edition of the French Open at the Ryder Cup course, Le Golf National.
There is a very strong field headed by Rory McIlroy. Danny Willett, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald join most all of the other European Tour stars on this tough course where there are four spots up for grabs at the Open Championship.
So far in the opening round only 17 players are under par. Rory is in at E 71.
Symetra Tour Tullymore Classic leaderboard http://www.symetratour.com/tournaments/tullymore-classic/leaderboard
Canadian Lakes in Michigan is the setting for this LPGA development tour stop this week and there is as always a large Canadian group, 13 to be exact.
Augusta James and Sara Maude Juneau are joined this week by Laura DeMarco, Christina Foster, Maya Parsons, Liz Tong, Anna Young, Jessica Wallace, Megan Osland, Jennifer Ha, Vivian Tsui, Brittany Marchand and Natalia Ghilzon.
PGA Tour China Ping An Bank Wanda Open leaderboard http://pgatourchina.com/en/golf/gamestation_results.do?id=44
Around the other side of the world in China it's already night time, so round one is already in the books and we have three Canadians playing.
Eugene Wong has made the trip and opened with -2 70 as did Justin Shin who plays this tour every week, they are T9. Rafael Lee has shot +1 73, T38. The leader is South Korean Jae Ho Kim -5 67.
Bryan Angus
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