Stenson wins, finally...DeLaet, Hearn qualify... Final results for all tours ....

Henrik Stenson finally won after a summer that has seen him 2nd and 3rd in majors, 2nd to Tiger at a WGC,and in all honesty the best player in the world over the last few months..Over a year ago he was outside the top 200, today he is up to world #6..


PGA TOUR - DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP (FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS)
COURSE: TPC Boston (7,216 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $8 million. Winner’s share: $1.44 million.

Canadians: Graham DeLaet 3rd -18 67 68 62 69, David Hearn  35th -9 68 69 67 71

Round 4
In the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, Henrik Stenson shot a 5-under 66 to win, vaulting him to first place in the FedExCup standings

He was runner-up to Phil Mickelson at the Open Championship, and Tiger Woods at a World Golf Championship, and he tied for third at the PGA Championship to keep climbing in the FedExCup standings. Stenson was doing just about everything right this summer except winning, usually because someone simply played better

The big Swede already made one great comeback a decade ago to reach No. 5 in the world. He was outside the top 200 and his game in disarray at the start of the 2012 season. But he pulled himself out of another slump, and this win took him to No. 6 in the world ranking

Graham DeLaet started slowly and finished with two birdies for a 69 to finish alone in third and lock up a spot on his first Presidents Cup team for the International squad. David Hearn had a solid week at -9 and his 35th place finish qualifies him for the 70 man field in 2 weeks at the BMW..

        

 

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LPGA TOUR - SAFEWAY CLASSIC
COURSE: Columbia Edgewater (6,465 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1.3 million. Winner’s share: $195,000.

Canadians:  All MC.... Sara-Maude Juneau -1 71 72, Lorie Kane -1 70 73, Sue Kim +1 73 72, Maude-Aimee Leblanc +3 74 73, Rebecca Lee-Bentham +1 72 73, Alena Sharp -1 71 72, Jessica Shepley, Stephanie Sherlock +3 71 76,


Round 4 Final

Not even a double-bogey at the par 3 second hole could slow down Suzann Pettersen as she fired a final-round 5-under 67 to take home her second Safeway Classic title. Pettersen pulled away from a star-studded leaderboard on Sunday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club and finished at 20-under par to clinch her 12th LPGA Tour career victory. She finished two shots ahead of American and No. 2 ranked Stacy Lewis who shot a 4-under 65 and didn’t record a bogey through all 72 holes this week.


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CHAMPIONS TOUR - SHAW CHARITY CLASSIC
COURSE: Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club (7,117 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.


Canadians: Dave Barr E 71 71 78, Jim Rutledge 73 76 70, Rod Spittle -8 64 73 68

Round 3 Final

Rocco Mediate won the inaugural Shaw Charity Classic by seven strokes on Sunday for his second victory in 17 starts in his first Champions Tour season.

The 50-year-old Mediate, the Allianz Championship winner in February in his first Champions Tour start, closed with a 7-under 64 at tree-lined Canyon Meadows

Mediate opened with a 63 and had a 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round. The six-time PGA TOUR winner finished at 22-under 191 to equal the tour record for lowest total score in a 54-hole event.

Tom Byrum had a 64 to finish second. Duffy Waldorf and Kirk Triplett tied for third at 14 under. Waldorf had a 65, and Triplett shot 67


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EUROPEAN TOUR - WALES OPEN
COURSE: Celtic Manor Resort, The Twenty Ten Course (7,378 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $2.8 million. Winner’s share: $466,485.

Round 4 (Final)

Grégory Bourdy found the Midas touch on the greens to produce a stunning finish that sealed victory at the ISPS Handa Wales Open.

Joint-top with overnight leader Peter Uihlein after 15 holes, the Frenchman made a decisive move in the closing stages of his round.

Having holed a 50 footer from just off the green on the difficult 16^th, he picked up another shot by draining a tricky one from 15 at the next.

The The Celtic Manor Resort's par five last proved no obstacle as Bourdy ridiculously sunk a 30 footer for another birdie to complete a 67 that moved him to eight under par



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WEB.COM TOUR - HOTEL FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIP (FINALS)
COURSE: Sycamore Hills Golf Club (7,275 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Canadians : Adam Hadwin MC 71 72, Brad Fritsch MC 67 75

Round 4  (Final)
Trevor Immelman made a long birdie putt on the 72nd hole and held off a host of challengers to win the Hotel Fitness Championship, virtually insuring he will regain his PGA TOUR card.

Immelman posted a final-day 66 at Sycamore Hills Golf Club to finish at 20 under, one shot better than 54-hole leader Patrick Cantlay, who missed an 8-foot birdie on the last hole that would have forced a playoff with the 2008 Masters champion.


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PGA TOUR CANADA - WILDFIRE INVITATIONAL
COURSE: Wildfire Golf Club, Peterborough, Ontario
PURSE: $150,000

Notables.: Stuart Anderson, Albin Choi, Kent Eger, Mitch Evanecz, Derek Gillespie, Michael Gligic, Mackenzie Hughes, Cory Renfrew, Justin Shin, Nick Taylor, Riley Wheeldon, Eugene Wong, Ryan Yip

Round 4  (Final)

Denver, Colorado’s Mark Hubbard captured his first PGA TOUR Canada win on Sunday, firing a final round 5-under par 66 to win The Wildfire Invitational. Hubbard won by two shots over Dundas, Ontario’s Mackenzie Hughes and Laurel, Maryland’s Kyle Stough.

 

The 24-year old made a clutch 15-footer for birdie at the par-5 16th to reach 20-under par and give himself a three-stroke advantage at the time, then parred the final two holes to secure his win. With the victory, Hubbard moves to no. 5 on the Order of Merit, in position to earn one of the five Web.com Tour cards available at season’s end

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GOLF CANADA - CANADIAN MEN'S SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Briars Golf Club (6,347 yards, par 71)


Round 4  (Final)
Dave Schultz of Calgary shot -2 69 to win the Canadian Men's Senior Championship at -6.

The senior champion will receive an exemption to the 2013 USGA Senior Amateur Championship

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NGA TOUR - WOODCREEK CLASSIC
COURSE: The Members Club at Woodcreek, Elgin, S.C (7,062 yards, par 72)
PURSE: $150,000

Canadians :  Will Mitchell, Ben Silverman, Marc-Etienne Bussieres

Round 4  (Final)

While Blake Sattler was the only one in the Woodcreek Classic playoff without a victory on the NGA TOUR, he felt the odds were in his favor to come out on top.

I was pretty relaxed,” said Sattler, who joined NGA winners Chas Narramore and Daniel McCarthy in extra holes on Sunday. “I was thinking, well, this is going to be my best finish ever, regardless of what happens. You play to win the game, and that’s the only thing that was on my mind.”
The laissez-faire attitude proved pivotal for the former University of Akron standout as he was the only one of the three to make par on the first playoff hole and earned his first NGA TOUR victory.

 
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eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR - MID PINES CLASSIC
COURSE: Mid Pines Inn, Southern Pines, N.C. (6,528 yards, par 71)

Canadians: Ryan Terdik, Robbie Greenwell

Round 4 (Final)
The final round of the eGolf Tour’s Mid Pines Classic was a veritable jigsaw puzzle of contenders throughout much of a steamy afternoon at historic Mid Pines Club. With nearly a dozen players within two shots of the lead at one time or another, former Penn State star T.J. Howe of Osceola, PA emerged victorious, riding a clutch 71st-hole birdie to a final-round 68 and a 72-hole total of 15-under 269, good for his second win of the 2013 season.

Howe, who entered the week on the heels of a recently diagnosed partially torn meniscus in his right knee, spent all four days at the famous 1921 Donald Ross design atop the leaderboard. Opening rounds of 64-68-69—201 gave him a share of the 18-, 36- and 54-hole leads heading into Friday’s final round


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LPGA QUALIFYING SCHOOL - FIRST STAGE
COURSE: Mission Hills Country Club & Palmer and Dinah Shore Course, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Canadians: Natalie Ghilzon, Julia Hodgson (a), Kyla Inaba, Melissa Mabanta, Chelcia Petersen, Erica Rivard, Victoria Thompson, Christine Wong

Round 3  (Final)
Amateur Laura Gonsalez Escallon won the 1st stage of Q school with a total of -12, 3 shots better than Cheyenne Woods...

The top-100 players will advance to the second stage of the Qualifying Tournament in Florida which will take place in October 8-11. ...All players who complete 72 holes will receive Symetra Tour status for 2014. ...Any player with a score of 88 or higher in the first two rounds will automatically be withdrawn. ... Cheyenne Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, is in the field.


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EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR - TRAVIS PERKINS SENIOR MASTERS
COURSE: Woburn Golf Club, Duke’s Course, Woburn, England
PURSE: £300,000
Canadians: Phil Jonas T48 73 82 71, Rick Gibson T12 70 73 74, Jean Laforce  77 72 79, Bill Hardwick (alternate), Ken Tarling (alternate)


Round 3 (Final)

Six years and 55 days after his last professional victory, Colin Montgomerie returned to the winner’s circle with a magnificent six shot triumph at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters.

The Scot tamed the Duke’s Course at Woburn Golf Club this week as a professional two under par 70 on Sunday sealed an aggregate total of ten under par 206, a cheque for €52,299 and a first title in just his third start on the European Senior Tour since turning 50 in June.

Montgomerie’s brilliance relegated Spain’s Miguel Angel Martin to a distant runner-up alongside England’s Paul Wesselingh, who surged up the leaderboard with a best-of-the-week 66, on four under par.

Englishman Carl Mason, who was bidding for a third Senior Masters title this week, signed for a two over par 74 to finish in a tie for fourth alongside Scotland’s Ross Drummond

 

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BryanA  ( files from BBC Reuters, europeantour.com, pgatour.com, lpga.com)

Ko wins CDN Women's Open..again....Complete weekend wrap

Here are all the pro tour events with live leaderboard links ..



LPGA TOUR - CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN
COURSE: Royal Mayfair Golf Club (6,403 yards, par 70).
PURSE: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.

Round 4 Final

One year after becoming the youngest player ever to win an LPGA Tour event, Lydia Ko once again made history at the CN Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday. The 16-year-old amateur from New Zealand became the first amateur to win two LPGA events and the first amateur to successfully defend her title after shooting a final-round 64 to capture a five-shot victory at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton.

Sitting one shot back of third-round leader Caroline Hedwall entering Sunday’s final round, Ko got off to a hot start and never looked back.  She birdied five of her first eight holes of the day and stormed out to a big lead.

Ko’s 64 was three shots better than the next best round of the day, which was shot by runner-up Karine Icher. The France native finished second, but thanks to Ko’s amateur status, Icher took home the $300,000 first-place prize check.

 

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PGA TOUR - THE BARCLAYS (FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS)
COURSE: Liberty National Golf Club (7,353 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $8 million. Winner's share: $1.44 million.

CANADIANS: Graham DeLaet T2  -10 67 73 69 65, David Hearn   73 68 79 75

Round 4 Final

Masters champion Adam Scott won The Barclays on Sunday after everyone around him did their best to lose it. Scott played bogey-free at Liberty National, making only two birdies on the back nine for a 5-under 66 that put him in the mix of a crowded leaderboard at the top. Turns out he was the only one who stayed there

Justin Rose had a 25-foot birdie putt for the lead, ran it 5 feet by the cup and three-putted for a bogey for a 68. Kevin Chappell had a two-shot lead through 10 holes, only to play the next seven holes in 7-over par to close with a 76.

Woods suffered a back spasm on the par-5 13th hole and hooked a fairway metal so far left that it landed in a swamp on the other side of the 15th fairway, leading to bogey. He dropped another shot on the 15th, and then gamely birdied the 16th and 17th holes to pull within one shot of Scott. Woods' putt from the back of the 18th green was one turn short of falling to force a playoff

Woods, Woodland and Rose shared second place with Graham DeLaet whose 65 matched the low score of the final round. DeLaet will move up to No. 9 in the Presidents Cup standings, and with one week before qualifying ends, is in good shape to make the International team.


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CHAMPIONS TOUR - BOEING CLASSIC
COURSE: TPC Snoqualmie Ridge (7,183 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000.

CANADIANS: Jim Rutledge T63  +5  76 71 74, Rod Spittle T63 +5  75 72 74

Round 3

John Riegger won the Boeing Classic on Sunday in his fifth Champions Tour start, holding off John Cook and Fred Couples at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

The 50-year-old Riegger birdied three of the final four holes -- holing a 20-footer for birdie on the par-5 18th -- for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Cook. Riegger finished at 15-under 201



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EUROPEAN TOUR - JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: The Gleneagles Hotel, PGA Centenary Course (7,296 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2.2 million. Winner's share: $363,430.


Round 4  Final

Tommy Fleetwood has just won the Johnnie Walker with a birdie 4 on the first hole of a playoff. The former world #1 amateur edged out Scotland's Stephen Gallagher and Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez





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WEB.COM TOUR - COX CLASSIC
COURSE: Champions Run (7,161 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $800,000. Winner's share: $144,000.

CANADIANS: Adam Hadwin MC 70 72 , Matt Hill WD, Richard Scott MC 78, Roger Sloan 70 67 75

Round 4

Bronson La’Cassie never thought about winning this week choosing to just focus on playing golf instead. It was that mindset that allowed him to overcome a bogey on No. 16 to fall two-strokes behind Matt Bettencourt with two holes to play at Champions Run.

La’Cassie responded by going birdie-birdie to tie Bettencourt at 21-under par at the end of regulation. The Australian would go on to win with a two-putt par on the third playoff hole at the Cox Classic presented by Lexus of Omaha for his first victory on the Web.com Tour.

La’Cassie’s triumph was worth $144,000. He finishes the Regular Season No. 6 on the money list to earn his PGA TOUR card for the 2013-14 season.

John Peterson (67) came up one-stroke shy of the playoff at 20-under 264





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PGA TOUR CANADA - THE GREAT WATERWAY CLASSIC
COURSE: Upper Canada Golf Course (6,926 yards, par 72)
PURSE: $150,000


Round 4

With birdies on two of his final three holes, Santiago, Chile’s Hugo Leon won The Great Waterway Classic on Sunday, shooting a final round 67 to win by one over Scottsdale, Arizona’s Brandon Harkins.

 

Leon earned his second career PGA TOUR Canada win and moved to no. 4 on the season long Order of Merit, in position to earn one of The Five Web.com Tour cards available at season’s end. 

 

Harkins, looking for his first PGA TOUR Canada win, tied the course record with a 10-under par 62 and posted the clubhouse lead at 21-under par just over an hour before Leon reached the 72nd hole. But with 10-foot birdie putts on the 16th and 17th holes, the 28-year old Leon took control of the lead on his own, making a two-putt par from about 12 feet at the last to secure the win.

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NGA TOUR - EAGLE'S LANDING CLASSIC
COURSE: Eagle's Landing Country Club (6,954 yards, par 72)
CANADIANS: Marc-Etienne Bussieres, Will Mitchell, Christopher Ross, Ben Silverman

Round 4

Last season, John Randolph, of Brandon, Miss., picked up victories in the second and fourth week of the month en route to earning a share of the Rookie of the Year Award.

On Sunday, Randolph rallied from a five-shot deficit and ousted Rick Cochran III in a playoff to win the Eagle’s Landing Classic. All three of Randolph’s wins on the NGA TOUR have come in August.

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BryanAngus ( files from BBC,Reuters, pgatour.com, europeantour.com, lpga.com )

Europe wins Solheim Cup...Sunday wrap for all events

Sunday wrap up...

"It's massive for women's golf, it's massive for Solheim Cup, for us to be historical and win on American soil, in Colorado, in front of pretty much an All-American crowd,” Suzann Pettersen said of the victory. “We took it to them and they couldn't answer.”

Those words pretty well summed up this Solheim Cup, as Team Europe, leading 10 1/2 -5 1/2 going into the singles today were just too good. USA tried hard to rally, but ended up soundly beaten 18-10.

For the first time in the history of the Solheim Cup, a European Team captured the Cup on American soil. Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall sank a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at Colorado Golf Club to capture a 1-up victory over Michelle Wie assuring the Europeans would retain the Cup for the first time since the biennial event began in 1990.

 

Less than 20 minutes later, veteran Catriona Matthew sank a par putt on the 18th hole to halve her match with Gerina Piller and earn the half-point that gave the Europeans back-to-back victories.

 

It had been a goal of the Europeans heading into this week to make history by winning on U.S. soil but they did more than that. The young group of Europeans, with six rookies, delivered a dominating performance, as their 18-10 win marked the largest margin of victory in the history of the Solheim Cup.

LPGA TOUR/LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR - SOLHEIM CUP
COURSE: Colorado Golf Club (7,066 yards, par 72).

FORMAT: Team match play. Friday and Saturday, four morning foursome (alternate-shot) and four afternoon fourball (best-ball) matches; Sunday, 12 singles matches.

UNITED STATES: Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, c-Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Lizette Salas, Angela Stanford, Lexi Thompson, c-Michelle Wie. Captain: Meg Mallon. Assistant captains: Dottie Pepper, Laura Diaz. (c-captain’s pick)

EUROPE: Carlota Ciganda, Spain; c-Caroline Hedwall, Sweden; c-Charley Hull, England; Karine Icher, France; Caroline Masson, Germany; Catriona Matthew, Scotland; Azahara Munoz, Spain; Anna Nordqvist, Sweden; Suzann Pettersen, Norway; Beatriz Recari, Spain; c-Giulia Sergas, Italy; c-Jodi Ewart Shadoff, England. Captain: Liselotte Neumann, Sweden. Assistant captains: Annika Sorenstam, Sweden; Carin Koch, Sweden. (c-captain’s pick)


****Friday Morning foursomes

 *  Two of the morning matches complete in the Solheim Cup books. Europe has two points on the board Pettersen/Recari defeats Lang/Stanford 2&1

*  USA wins first point of the morning.  Pressel/Korda def Matthew/Ewart-Shadoff 3&2

*  Team Europe has added another point lead the morning 3-1.  Munoz/Icher defeats Kerr/Creamer 2&


****Friday afternoon fourballs

*  After capturing three points in the Friday morning foursomes, Team Europe won two more matches in the afternoon four-ball session to take a 5-3 lead over the U.S. Team heading into Saturday’s second day of play

* first match of the afternoon belonged to Suzann Pettersen. While her partner, Ciganda, struggled to get anything going, Pettersen very nearly won the match entirely on her own. After Pettersen gave the team a 1-up lead with a birdie on the 16th, the Norwegian made a short par putt on the 18th to seal the 1-up victory vs Stacy Lewis and Lexi Tompson

* The Americans tried to get a half point in the second match of the afternoon. Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller birdied three straight holes from 14 to 16 to put them within striking distance of taking control of the match.  Taking the match to the par-3 17th hole down two to the Europeans, Piller missed a 5-foot putt which would have saved par to halve the hole with Caroline Hedwall and Caroline Masson who won 2&1

* The third match of the afternoon seemed to be decided at the turn when momentum really shifted the way of the Americans. Brittany Lang holed a bunker shot on the par-4 14th which took her and Brittany Lincicome to 3-up with four left to play. They won 4&3 over Guila Sergas and Anna Nordqvist

* The fourth and final match saw Captain’s pick Michelle Wie, who sat in the morning matches, provide a lift when she chipped in on the 12th hole for birdie to extend the lead in her match to 2 up with five holes left to play. Paired with Cristie Kerr, the pair were able to hold off a European run by Catriona Matthew and Charley Hull and ended the match in the 17th hole, 2&1


****Saturday morning 4somes

* The first day of the 2013 Solheim Cup belonged to the Europeans but Saturday morning’s foursomes matches brought out a different U.S. Team, as they fought to earn 2 ½ points and now trail Europe 6 ½-5 ½ entering the afternoon four-ball matches.

 

Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Hedwall, known as the “Swedish Vikings,” opened up for the European Team again on Saturday and improved their foursomes record to 2-0 after defeating Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda with a dramatic finish. The Euros were 1-up with two holes to play when Nordqvist carded a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole to earn the first point of the morning matches.

The first match point went to Europe but for most of the morning, the leaderboard was covered in red as the United States led every match at one time during the foursomes session.

 

 

****Saturday 4balls
Saturday afternoon belonged to Europe.

It was clear early on in the session that Europe may be on its way to a rout. When all four matches reached the turn, the Americans didn’t hold a lead in a single one and trailed in three of them. They didn’t hold a lead in any match on the back nine en route to getting swept in the four-ball session

Europe leads 10 1/2 - 5 1/2.....The Europeans now need to earn only 3 ½ points out of the 12 singles matches on Sunday to retain the Cup

 

The first match of the afternoon proved to be a teenage shootout, as 18-year-old Lexi Thompson dueled with 17-year-old Charley Hull....The Europeans went on to win the 18th and capture a 2-up victory to put the first point on the board in the afternoon

 

Match two saw Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall continue to be a stalwart for Europe, leading herself and partner Caroline Masson to a 2&1 victory over Jessica Korda and Michelle Wie

In Match three European Solheim Cup rookie Carlota Ciganda  came up with a clutch birdie putt on the 18th hole to capture a 1-up victory with fellow Spaniard Azahara Munoz over Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller.

The final match was between Beatriz Recari/Karine Icher and Morgan Pressel/Cristie Kerr. The Americans were two down with three holes to play but battled back to head into the 18th with a chance to halve the match by winning the final hole, but Icher  caused a massive celebration with her European teammates when she drained the putt to ensure Europe of the afternoon sweep


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PGA TOUR - WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Sedgefield Country Club (7,127 yards, par 70).
PURSE: $5.3 million. Winner’s share: $954,000.

CANADIANS: Mike Weir MC 72 72, Stephen Ames MC 69 75, Brad Fritsch MC 75 71

Round 4

Patrick Reed won the Wyndham Championship for his first title, beating Jordan Spieth with a most improbable birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

Reed recovered from a drive on the par-4 10th that came a few feet from going out of bounds and stopped in some pine needles in the woods near a television cable. He pulled out his 7-iron, uncorked a baseball swing from an uphill lie and sent the ball under a tree branch yet away from the tree trunk to land his second shot 7 feet from the pin.

"It was the best shot of my life, that's for sure," Reed said.

Spieth, who called it "one of the best shots I've ever witnessed," had reached the green in two strokes, but his 10-foot birdie putt trickled wide of the cup.

Next week, the FedExCup Playoffs will begin with the top 125 in the standings competing at The Barclays. The four-event Playoffs will be contested over the next five weeks with the FedExCup champion being crowned at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in September


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CHAMPIONS TOUR - DICK’S SPORTING GOODS OPEN
COURSE: En-Joie Golf Course (6,974 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

CANADIANS: Jim Rutledge -2 77 68 69, Rod Spittle T7 -12 69 66 69

Round 3

It has been 33 years since the Champions Tour was born, and its newest champion is somebody special: 50-year-old rookie Bart Bryant is the Tour's 1,000th winner.

Bryant, who shot a tournament record-tying 10-under 62 in the second round to build a four-shot lead, closed with a 72 on Sunday and finished at 16-under 200 to beat Russ Cochran (67) and Corey Pavin (69) by one shot.

For, Bryant, who won in just his 14th start on the circuit, it was his first victory since winning the 2005 Tour Championship, ending a drought of 7 years, 9 months, 11 days. He also won the 2005 Memorial and the 2004 Valero Texas Open on the PGA TOUR.

That was before two surgeries on his left wrist relegated him to spectator status for nearly three years and left him wondering if he'd ever play again, let alone win




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WEB.COM TOUR - NEWS SENTINEL OPEN
COURSE: Fox Den Country Club (7,110 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $550,000. Winner’s share: $99,000.
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CANADIANS: Richard Scott 9th  -12 67 66 70 69, Roger Sloan MC 78, Matt Hill MC 71, Adam Hadwin T25  -8 69 68 68 71


Round 4

After a bogey-bogey start to begin his News Sentinel Open final round, Peter Malnati found himself not panicking and actually walking to the third tee as he said, “feeling good.” There was good reason. Malnati made a birdie on the fourth hole and off he went, making seven more birdies, including birdies on four of his final five holes, 65 -16,  to win his first Web.com Tour event by a stroke over a quartet of players in front of a loud and appreciative crowd

His victory that moved him from 80th to 16th on the money list and all but assured him his PGA TOUR playing privileges for the 2013-14 season.



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USGA - U.S. AMATEUR
COURSE: The Country Club (7,310 yards, par 70).
Brookline, Mass...

CANADIANS Justin Shin, Charlie Hughes, Corey Conners, Blair Hamilton, Brendan Leonard, Turner Southey-Gordon, Garrett Rank, Chris Hemmerich, Brian Jung, Doug Hoppe, Brennan Smith,


Final

Matthew Fitzpatrick, 18, of England, curled in a par putt on the 33rd hole to clinch a 4-and-3 decision over Oliver Goss, 19, of Australia, on Sunday and win the 2013 U.S. Amateur Championship at 7,310-yard, par-70 The Country Club.

Fitzpatrick became the first Englishman since 1911 to hoist the Havemeyer Trophy as U.S. Amateur champion. Harold Hilton won the championship 102 years ago at The Apawamis Club in Rye, N.Y. Fitzpatrick also joins a group of English players who have won recent USGA championships, including current U.S. Open champion Justin Rose.

By reaching the U.S. Amateur Championship final, Fitzpatrick and Goss have each earned an exemption into the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. – provided they remain amateurs – and a likely invitation to next year’s Masters Tournament. Fitzpatrick is also exempt from qualifying for the 2014 British Open
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SYMETRA TOUR - EAGLE CLASSIC
COURSE: Richmond Country Club (6,292 yards, par 72)

CANADIANS: Izzy Beisiegel, Angela Buzminski, Kirby Dreher, Natalie Gleadall, Sue Kim, Danielle Mills, Samantha Richdale, Alena Sharp, Ashley Sholer, Jessica Wallace



Round 3

Katy Harris followed the directions given by her 6-year-old son Owen and fired a final-round 3-under 69 to bring home the trophy at the inaugural IOA Golf Classic.

“He (Owen) always says ‘mom, why don’t you win a trophy at a tournament because I want a trophy’,” said Harris. “I’m glad I can bring a trophy home for him.”

The Louisiana State University graduate entered Sunday’s final-round tied for the lead and never looked back as she notched five birdies and two bogeys to become the 12th different winner on the Symetra Tour this season




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eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR - RIVER HILLS CLASSIC
COURSE: River Hills Country Club (6,780 yards, par 72)

CANADIANS: Cam Burke MC, Mackenzie Hughes T2 -3 73 72 70 70

Round 4

eGolf Tour leading money winner Bruce Woodall of Yanceyville, NC entered Saturday’s final round of the River Hills Classic with a two-shot lead, looking to capture win No. 2 in what has been a breakthrough season.

With Mother Nature pelting down rain throughout the round, Woodall persevered, posting a workmanlike 16 pars and two bogeys to survive the tour’s most demanding venue of the year en route to a two-shot win and the event’s $15,000 first-place prize.

Woodall, in his first full season on the eGolf Tour, entered the week at arduous River Hills Country Club with five top-5 finishes on the year, including his first professional win at June’s Spring Creek Classic. With just under $50,000 in season-long earnings and a seat atop the tour’s money list, Woodall set out to add win No. 2, and more than delivered in horrific conditions





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BryanA 
(notes from europeantour.com, lpga.com, pgatour.com, BBC, Reuters )

Oak Hill, the latest betrayed by Mother Nature..

Three years ago at St Georges GC, Lorne Rubenstein, Doug Smith and I were asked to talk to the members luncheon the week before the RBC Canadian Open and I waxed eloquent about how the players would enjoy the old fashioned Stanley Thompson gem, tucked privately away in the ritzier part of Etobicoke, off Islington Ave.. In particular says I, if all else fails, your greens will save even these guys from taking her apart....

Of course, Dean Wilson then made me look stupid when he went out and led the cavalry charge with an opening 62, and Friday morning we all rushed up to the 18th green to watch eventual winner Cal Pettersson roll a 59 over the edge of the cup, settling for 60 and going on to win with -14 266....The course record low round by a pro of 64 set by George Knudson in 1967..

Same sort of story at Hamilton GC last year when Scott Piercy tied the Canadian Open record of -17 263 set back in 1952 by Johnny Palmer at St Charles in Winnipeg, he called the jewel of a course.. boring golf..

This year at the Abbey you'll remember me reporting about the guys taking the course apart, -20 was a popular winning number predicted, going into Sunday.. The the wind arrived and Snedeker could only muster -2 70, after posting -9 63 on Saturday, to win at -16

Now here we are at soggy Oak Hill, a course so tough that in the 5 previous major Championships only 9 players have finished in red numbers...Jason Dufner and his -9 63 leads 27 players who are under par going into this weekend..

Soggy is the key word.. That is the key to all of the above... St Georges, Hamilton, the Abbey and Oak Hill are amongst a long list of great parkland courses that are left defenceless when they receive a whack of rain in the week before, and sometimes during the event..

Further, these conditions make coming from behind to win ( see Tiger +1, Mickelson +2, Rory E, David Hearn +2 ) near impossible because their birdies and eagles are being matched by those ahead.

That is precisely why Ian Poulter's final round 67 at Muirfield that gave him the clubhouse lead, until Mickelson went out and won it over the last 3 holes, was so dramatic... because the conditions were so tough !!

The cut was at 143, the lowest at the PGA Championship since 2001 at Atlanta Athletic Club, and the weather for the weekend is sunny and warm, no more rain, but more importantly, very little wind


Good news for the leaders.... the guys further back were hoping for the wind...


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Gone fishin !..and explorin..!!!

Hi all, if you are wondering where all my PGA Championship coverage is, I have taken a hastily organized week off..

I will be back over the weekend and will be posting then, but not before... Still after that monster bass..

Also I will be exploring Toronto along the waterfront trail, and you will be amazed how much wild life and beauty there is amongst all the condo construction, especially in the west end past the Humber river..

In addition I will be exploring High Park and all it has to offer, which is way more than you might think

Reports on all to follow...


Best regards  Bryan