Seven Canadians (and partners) will play Zurich Classic of New Orleans...full Field

 PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans Field

There are seven Canadians playing this week in this 2 man team event in New Orleans where they play fourball on Thursday, Saturday and foursomes Friday and Sunday.

Canadians (and their partners and how they qualified)

AJ Ewart  Fed Ex standing 76,  owgr 214, top 5 from PGA Tour Q School (Casey Jarvis)

Adam Hadwin  164, 244  126-150   FedEx Cup Fall points list (Adam Svensson)

Mac Hughes  120, 128,    Top 70 on prior years FedECup points list (Taylor Pendrith)

Taylor Pendrith  89, 81      Tournament winner last two seasons (Mac Hughes)

Ben Silverman  151, 249     126-150 FedExCup Fall Points List (Cameron Champ)

Adam Svensson  149, 375    Top 5 PGA Tour Q School (Adam Hadwin)

Sudarshan Yellamaraju  32, 118    Top 20 Prior season Korn Ferry Tour list (Ryan Gerard)

Bryan Angus

Volvo China Open Full TEE TIMES..Aaron Cockerill returns..

 DP World Tour : Volvo China Open Tee Times Leaderboard

156 DP World Tour players have had their passports stamped and apart from the nationals have flown to Shanghai China to play this years version of the Volvo China Open on the Enhance Anting GC. 

There is a lot of rain in the area today Wednesday right through tee times on Thursday morning so the course will get a soaking before the system moves out for Friday and the weekend.

Shanghai now has a population estimated at 31,050,000, consider the entire country of Canada is estimated at 41,470,000.

Enhance Anting is a prestigious, private 18 hole championship course built north of Shanghai on a flat site in an industrial area by Robert Trent ones Jr., creating mounds and hills to provide a parkland style environment. 

Aaron Cockerill has flown in from his home in Dubai, currently ranked #475 owgr and #136 Race to Dubai. This is his 8th event in 2026.

He last played March 28th, 26 days ago when he WD after 18 holes in torrential rain and wind, 80 at the Hero Indian Open.

He has MC in 3 other tournaments, his best finish 21/02/26 T18 Magical Kenya Open.

He is also in next week's event in Turkey. You can follow his daily results here.

WEATHER

Tuesday 90% chance of rain overnight

Wednesday 19*c 100% chance of rain afternoon, 80% chance overnight

Thursday 13*c 90% chance light showers morning, cloudy wind 19kmh N.

The rain moves out with little chance for the rest of the event and plenty of sunshine.

Bryan Angus

DP World Tour returns to play Volvo China Open...Cockerill returns to action...Entry list

 The DP World Tour resumes its Asian Swing this week with its penultimate stop at the Volvo China Open.   Entry List

Wu defends in bid for history

Last year, Ashun Wu became a two-time winner of the Volvo China Open in its 30th anniversary edition. The Chinese carded a closing 65 - birdieing six of the last 11 holes - to claim a one-shot victory over Jordan Smith, almost ten years on from success in his national open at Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC. 

It was a decade ago that his win helped him earn a full DP World Tour card, with Wu recently admitting that he has "benefited the most" from the tournament. 

A five-time DP World Tour winner, Wu has been troubled by a tennis elbow injury over the past 12 months, playing only 11 events worldwide. 

This year, the 40-year-old is bidding to become the first player in tournament history to defend the title and the first to win three times, something Alexander Levy can also achieve with a victory.

Rise of young Chinese talent

With Wu a figurehead for Chinese golf, a host of new up-and-coming talent are beginning to make their mark on the world stage. Leading that crop is Wenyi Ding, who since earning his DP World Tour via the Global Amateur Pathway in 2024 has made an impression on golf's Global Tour. A three-time Chinese Amateur winner, the 21-year-old narrowly missed out on reaching last season's DP World Tour Play-Offs as he registered two top tens. With a runner-up finish in Australia already in this campaign, he arrives back in his homeland just outside the top 20 on the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and with top tens in each of his four previous appearances at the Volvo China Open. Another emerging star Yanhan Zhou, 18, last year's China Tour Order of Merit winner, is experiencing his debut season on the DP World Tour and finished in a tie for third at last month's Hainan Classic presented by MAEXTRO. Jin Han, a 15-year-old amateur who came through a qualifying tournament to earn his place, will make his professional tournament debut. Other top juniors Haoyi Wang and Mengyang Li are worth watching out for too.

Rise of young Chinese talent

With Wu a figurehead for Chinese golf, a host of new up-and-coming talent are beginning to make their mark on the world stage. 

Leading that crop is Wenyi Ding, who since earning his DP World Tour via the Global Amateur Pathway in 2024 has made an impression on golf's Global Tour. A three-time Chinese Amateur winner, the 21-year-old narrowly missed out on reaching last season's DP World Tour Play-Offs as he registered two top tens. 

With a runner-up finish in Australia already in this campaign, he arrives back in his homeland just outside the top 20 on the Race to Dubai Rankings and with top tens in each of his four previous appearances at the Volvo China Open. 

Another emerging star Yanhan Zhou, 18, last year's China Tour Order of Merit winner, is experiencing his debut season on the DP World Tour and finished in a tie for third at last month's Hainan Classic. 

Jin Han, a 15-year-old amateur who came through a qualifying tournament to earn his place, will make his professional tournament debut. 

Enhance Anting welcomes worldwide field

For the second year running, the Robert Trent Jones II-designed Shanghai Enhance Anting Golf Club plays host to the Volvo China Open. 

The 156-player field includes a host of tournament winners from the past two seasons on the DP World Tour, the top 40 players from the China Tour, and 12 players who earned their spot through the 36-hole Volvo China Open Qualifying tournament held earlier this month. 

Daniel Hillier makes his return to DP World Tour action for the first time since tying the knot to long-time partner Siobhan, aiming to build on a strong start to the year that also saw him win the New Zealand Open days after his marriage celebrations. 

Thriston Lawrence, a five-time DP World Tour winner, will make his Volvo China Open debut, having played on the PGA TOUR as a dual member last year, and the South African is joined by, among others, Nacho Elvira and Jordan Gumberg - both winners so far this season - along with former event champions Levy and Adrian Otaegui.

Kevin Na, a five-time PGA TOUR winner, has received a tournament invitation. The tournament features a US$2.75 million prize fund, with the winner taking home $467,500.

With the Masters Tournament - which took place earlier this month - not counting towards the Asian Swing Rankings, there are two events still to play in the third of five Global Swings on the 2025-26 Race to Dubai schedule. This one and next week's Turkish Airlines Open.

The top three on the Rankings will claim a spot in the field for next month's US PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

EDIT .>>>>>> Canada's Aaron Cockerill is in the Entry list for both events after nearly 3 weeks off over the Masters break.

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus

Matt Fitzpatrick takes down Scott Scheffler for 2nd RBC Heritage win

  Matt Fitzpatrick claimed a second PGA TOUR title in as many months with a dramatic play-off victory over World Number One Scottie Scheffler at the RBC Heritage.

The Englishman had put himself in a commanding position over the first two days, with a second-round -8 63 playing its part in him taking a three-shot lead into Sunday.

It looked like it would a be a stroll at one point as he stretched the advantage to four but when playing partner Scheffler birdied the 15th and 16th, the pressure was on.

A bogey on the last then sent it to extra holes, with the vociferous home crowds at Harbour Town Golf Links leaving the 31-year-old in no doubt who they were backing, in scenes reminiscent of his narrow defeat to Cameron Young at THE PLAYERS Championship earlier in the season.

The Ryder Cup star silenced their USA chants however, by hitting a four iron into a stiff breeze to 13 feet on the first trip back up that last, while Scheffler hit a weak approach 60' right and short of the green. 

Matt then topped off a stunning month, and sent the crowds home, by rolling in the birdie putt to rise to a career-high #3 on the Official World Golf Ranking.

EDIT >>> He was 2nd at the Players, 1st at the Valspar, T18 at Augusta now 1st at Hilton Head. He is the hottest property in professional golf right now.

This was Fitzpatrick's second victory on Hilton Head Island - where he holidayed with his parents as a child - after his defeat of Jordan Spieth in a play-off three years ago.

"It means the world, it means the world," he said. "This is a tournament I wanted to win growing up, arguably more than any of the Majors before I understood about the game.

"To win it twice means the world. To go out today and go toe-to-toe with Scottie and get over the line there on the 73rd is special."

After holing the winning putt, Fitzpatrick subtly raised his hand to his ear telling the crowd "I can't hear you now" and the man who has been raised on UK football crowds was happy to admit he was revelling in the atmosphere.

"It didn't get out of line in terms of no one was shouting on backswings or anything like that, which was great," he said.

"I'm all for it. I love the people. They're supporting Scottie, that's great. You want golf to have an atmosphere in my opinion.

"I grew up watching football. I'm paid so much money to be out there in front of those crowds, having them chanting at you every week, it's a great feeling.

This is like a football team having an away win against their worst rivals.

"However, there's no better feeling than coming out on top against that. There isn't a better feeling."

Fitzpatrick's win comes as part of an excellent run of success for the family, with brother Alex - with whom he will play in next week's Zurich Classic of New Orleans - having claimed a maiden DP World Tour win at the Hero Indian Open last month.

"I'm so excited for next week," he said. "My brother is playing well, as well, so yeah, hopefully keep it rolling."

europeantour.com

Bryan Angus (edit)

Matt Fitzpatrick caps a stunning week with victory at RBC Heritage...Final results..

   PGA Tour : RBC Heritage Tee Times Leaderboard 

There isn't a hotter golfer in the game than Matt "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick, consider this English stars' last 3 outings. Players Championship 2nd 70 69 69 68 -12... Valspar 1st 68 69 68 68 -11.... Masters T18 74 69 70 71-4.

Summary

Image source,Getty Images

Image caption,

Matt Fitzpatrick won the post-Masters Heritage event in a play-off in 2023

With 65 and a Friday bogey free, 8 birdie 63 -14  he was the class of the field by as round 2 wrapped up. He played with Scheffler both rounds, and was 7 shots better.

However still playing well he made 3 bogey's in his first 6 holes on Saturday while Scheffler made his expected charge with 5 birdies in that span to get back in contention, ultimately ending with -7 64 -14 2nd.

Fitzy had opened the door and let the field in...

As we know he got back on track with a birdie at the the 9th, another at the 12th then the eagle 3 at 14, and the chip in birdie at 15, for -3 68 and the lead by 3 at -17.

Sunday

Let's be honest about Sunday. Most of the American media, and fans not reknown for having a world wide lens on the game, expect #1 Scheffler to win today.

I dare say the other day's other contenders, Si Woo Kim -13, Sepp Straka -13 as well as Fitzpatrick are virtually unknown to the general American public.

Of course deep down that is exactly part of what fuels not only Europeans and the Ryder Cup team, but others from around the world as well.

Nobody knows today's outcome, but on this form Fitzy just has to play his game, with a 3 shot lead he'll be tough to beat unless he open's the door again !!

Canadians

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T52  74 66 71 68 -5

Corey Conners T58  67 69 73 71 -4, 

Nick Taylor T68  69, 70 70 72 -3

EDIT >>>>1.55pm EST..  Taylor Pendrith T71 74 75 63 E (with 3 birdies, 1 bogey going out in 34, but then 6 birdies in his last 7 holes and a back nine 29, Pendy breaks out with the 2nd lowest round of the day -8 63 !!)

FINAL EDIT >>> 6.30pm EST

"There isn't a hotter golfer in the game than Matt "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick, consider this English stars' last 3 outings. Players Championship 2nd 70 69 69 68 -12... Valspar 1st 68 69 68 68 -11.... Masters T18 74 69 70 71-4."

Image source,Getty Images

Image caption,

Matt Fitzpatrick had a three-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler at the start of the final round

Now you can add RBC Heritage 1st 65 63 6 70 -18.

Just look at my headline about Matt Fitzpatrick, being fuelled by all the expectation that Scheffler would win this today, now fast forward to the playoff hole, after a sublime 4 iron right on line into a stiff breeze that nearly hit the pin, as he holed the 13 footer for birdie and the win, he put his finger behind his ear, saying I can't hear you" !!!

Matt will now play with his younger brother Alex for fun next week in New Orleans as the #3 ranked player in the world, behind Rory who also beat Scheffler, at the Masters last week.

As Scheffler said after the round " Matt played with me 3 times this week and he was doing everything, long putts, chipping in, and made a great birdie there at the last, he deserved to win"

With his wife Katherine expecting their 1st child this summer, these are the times of their lives right now.

Bryan Angus

Fitzpatrick fights back to keep his lead, RBC Heritage.....54 hole results / Sunday TEE TIMES

  PGA Tour : RBC Heritage Tee Times Leaderboard

Posted 2pm >>>>>2026/04/18

On yet another impossibly beautiful South Carolina Saturday 81*f in full sunshine, just a breeze from N 10mph, and the field now in their 3rd tie around are taking Harbour Town GC apart, with 64, 65 66's already in from the early wave.

Another example a so far, so so Scott Scheffler 68 67, -7 is -4 through his first 6 holes, and he's on his way to a very low score. He's not alone.

Leaders Matt Fitzpatrick 65 63 -14 and Viktor Hovland 64 65 -13 are just teeing off at 2pm, they will be forced to continue their dominance today to maintain their lead from the chasing pack.

Canadians (did not manage to move into contention )

Corey Conners T48  67 69 73 -4 

Nick Taylor T48  69, 70 70 -4

Sudarshan Yellamaraju T55  74 66 71 -2

Taylor Pendrith 80th 74 75 72 +8 

FINAL EDIT >>>>>6pm

The Saturday move I mentioned earlier continued as the breeze picked up in the afternoon, lead by Brian Harman who moved up 25 spots with the day's best -8 63 T3 -13, then Si Woo Kim with another -5 66 T3 -13.

Scheffler went off on a tear, -5 thru 6 holes, he finished with 31, but could not sustain that pace, coming in with all pars, then 2 birdies in his last 3 holes for 34 and as expected a moving day-7 64 2nd -14 which was tied for the lead, briefly.

Image source,Getty Images

Image caption,

Matt Fitzpatrick won the post-Masters Heritage event in a play-off in 2023

Matt Fitzpatrick did just what he didn't want, opened the door !!

3 bogey's in his first 7 holes, rescued with birdies at the 5th and 9th especially, he made the turn +1 37 now caught by the closest chasers, the leaderboard was jammed.

However he has been in great form, and it showed coming home with a birdie 3 at the 12th, then the turning point, an eagle 3 putt from off the green at 14, and a chip in birdie at 15, back in 31 for 68 and a three shot lead at -17

He will be in the final pair with Scheffler on Sunday.

Bryan Angus

Fitzpatrick's torrid streak continues..Conners lead Canucks..36 hole results..Saturday TEE TIMES

  PGA Tour : RBC Heritage Tee Times Leaderboard 

There isn't a hotter golfer in the game than Matt "Fitzy" Fitzpatrick, consider this English stars' last 3 outings.

Matt Fitzpatrick

Players Championship 2nd 70 69 69 68 -12... Valspar 1st 68 69 68 68 -11.... Masters T18 74 69 70 71-4

In gorgeous, albeit breezy weather this tight, tree lined tricky Harbour Town course is a cakewalk compared to his previous tests.

With 65 and now a bogey free, 8 birdie 63 -14  he is the class of the field by as round 2 wraps up. 

Only his victorious Ryder Cup teammate Viktor Hovland made a run at him " putting the lights out" with 64 then a late 65 tonight -13 in 2nd place.

Canadians

12..15 Corey Conners T19  67 69 -6, Akshay Bhatia

10.15 Nick Taylor T39  69, 70 -3, Sam Burns

.9.55 Sudarshan Yellamaraju T46  74 66 -2, Max Homa

7.05 Taylor Pendrith 80 74 75 +7, Billy Horschel

Notables

2.00 Matt Fitzpatrick 1st   65 63 -14

2.00 Viktor Hovland 2nd  64 65 -13

1.40 Ludvig Aberg T4 63 70 -9

12.45 Collin Morikawa T14  67 68 -7

12.45 Scott Scheffler T14  68, 67 -7

12.05Russell Henley T19 -6 68, 68

11.20 Xander Schauffele T25  69 68 -5

10.25 Shane Lowry T37  70 69 -3 

8.10 Tommy Fleetwood T67   76 67 +1 

6.55 Justin Thomas 82nd 76 75 +9 

For all the scores and Saturday pairings, click on my links above

Bryan Angus