Casey 3 clear as Rory stumbles at Muirfield Village..

Richard "Dick" Grimm, the man responsible for bringing Jack in to design the Abbey, the man who was a giant in Canadian golf left us sadly, on Monday at the age of 91, was laid to rest yesterday after a touching ceremony at Temple Har Zion which I attended along with thousands of others touched by Dick's life. Jack Nicklaus could not attend due to obvious commitments this week, but he did pay tribute..


Here are live scoring links to all of this week's golf with all Canadian scores that owe so much so Mr Grimm, included.


PGA Tour
The Memorial
Muirfield Village
Dublin, Ohio
Canadians : David Hearn E 71 73, Mike Weir MC 73 72


Round 2

What a strange game golf is..on Thursday Rory McIlroy strolled around Memorial, making 135 feet of putts, striking the ball long and accurately on his way to an easy -9 63..Yesterday in the same ideal conditions, starting on the back nine he made 3 doubles in a row at 13, 14 and 15 including balls in the water and double hits ending up with a 43, then 78 finish, 15 shots worse and although he will be around for the weekend he is now at -3, 9 shots behind leader Paul Casey 66 66 -12, who is taking another step on a long road back from injuries to his shoulder and toe that nearly derailed his career. Casey also went through a messy divorce, but is now happily remarried to an English broadcaster and they are expecting their first child.


Bubba Watson is 3 shots back,Chris Kirk (70) was four shots behind. Hideki Matsuyama (67) and Martin Flores (68) were five back. Adam Scott, who won Colonial in his debut at No. 1 in the world, shot 70 and was at 5-under 139.




Live scoring click

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-memorial-tournament-presented-by-nationwide-insurance/leaderboard.html








LPGA Tour
Shoprite LPGA Classic
Bay Course
Galloway, NJ
Canadians : Sharp -2 69 Kim 72, Lee-Bentham 72, Kane +3 75, Kirby -5 67


Round 1
Jennifer Johnson matched the course record with a 9-under 62 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the ShopRite LPGA Classic. The 22-year-old Johnson, the winner last year in Mobile, Alabama, had 10 birdies – five straight on Nos. 9-13 – and a bogey on the Bay Course at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.

Haru Nomura had a bogey-free 63, and Christina Kim opened with a 64.

Top-ranked Inbee Park and Na Yeon Choi shot 66.

Jennifer Kirby, of the Young Pro Squad development team opened the tournament on a high note carding a 67 to tie for 6th

 

Live scoring click
http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx








EUROPEAN Tour
Nordea Mastera
PGA Sweden National
Malmo
Round 2
Spain’s Alvaro Quiros shot a 5-under 67 Friday to move to the top of the Nordea Masters leaderboard along with Frenchman Victor Dubuisson and Eddie Pepperell of England. All three are 6 under after two rounds on the PGA Sweden National’s Lakes Course.
Second-ranked Henrik Stenson birdied the last hole to move within a shot of the leaders. Fellow Swede and Masters runner-up Jonas Blixt missed the cut after his second consecutive 74


Live scoring click
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014042/leaderboard/index.html






CHAMPIONS Tour
Principal Charity Classic
Wakonda Club
Des Moines
Canadians : Rod Spittle 75, Jim Rutledge 72


Round 1
Mark Calcavecchia and Wes Short Jr. shot 6-under 66 on Friday at Wakonda Club to share the lead in the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Bobby Clampett, Peter Senior and Shane Lowery were a stroke back. Calcavecchia, who lived in nearby Laurel, Nebraska until he was 13, said the rolling hills of the Wakonda Club reminded him of the course he learned to play on.


Live scoring click
http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/principal-charity-classic/leaderboard.html






PGA Tour Canada
PC Financial Open
Point Grey G&CC
Vancouver


Round 2
North Vancouver’s Eugene Wong carded five birdies and an eagle and survived two late bogeys to take sole possession of the 36-hole lead at the PC Financial Open, the season’s kickoff event for PGA TOUR Canada conducted at Point Grey Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Wong’s opening rounds of 66-67 gave him a 1-stroke advantage over PGA TOUR Canada rookies John Catlin of Sacramento, Calif., and Kelvin Day of England at 11-under-par 133. Catlin birdied his final two holes for his second consecutive round of 67 while Day posted the low round of the day with a 66.

Live scoring click

http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/tournaments/pc-financial-open/leaderboard.html






Bryan Angus

Monty, Scott, Rory, Korda all weekend winners !!

The Burma Road (West) course at Wentworth was the setting of the BMW Championship and this jewel, recently de-done by Ernie who lives there and won the former world March Play event 6 times, was the scene for so much drama, that helped shape my love of this great game.
Sunday was no different, starting as a runaway with Thomas Bjorn and his 5 shot lead, and the field in hot pursuit. With a back to back par 5 finish, it always seems to provide dramatic finishes, today was more of the same.


European Tour
BMW Championship
Wentworth GC
Surrey, England


Round 4
Rory McIlroy  came from seven shots back at the start of the final round to shoot a 6-under 66 and win by 1 stroke with an overall 14-under 274 at Wentworth.
It was McIlroy’s first European Tour success since December 2012 and ends a run of eight second-place finishes in 11 events this season.
Shane Lowry of Ireland came second with a round of 68 for a 13-under 275. Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn (75) shared third place on 12 under with England’s two-time BMW PGA winner Luke Donald (70).
McIlroy’s 12th victory worldwide comes four days after the 25-year old Northern Irishman confirmed the breakdown in his relationship with Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki
Poor old Thomas Bjorn went into the last day with history on his side as no player had lost at this European Tour event after leading by five shots.
By the ninth hole Bjorn had forfeited his advantage,taking a bogey at No. 5, triple bogey at the sixth where he failed to get out of a greenside bunker in regulation, and dropping a further shot at the ninth.

Live scores click  http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014040/leaderboard/index.html

CHAMPIONS Tour
Senior PGA Championship
Harbour Shores
Michigan
Canadians  Rod Spittle 74 74 MC Jim Rutledge 75 73 MC Stephen Ames 71 68 72 71 T15


Round 4
Colin Montgomerie won the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday, finishing with a 6-under 65 for a four-stroke victory over 64-year-old Tom Watson.

It marked Montgomerie’s first victory as senior, his first win in seven years and his first in an official event in the United States. He also claimed a senior major in his fifth attempt, something he didn’t accomplish in 71 majors in his regular tour days.

The 51-year-old Scot finished at 13-under 261 at Harbor Shores. The victory was his first since he took the 2007 European Open for his 31st European Tour title.

Watson also closed with a 65.

Jay Haas and Bernhard Langer tied for third at 7 under. Haas had a 67, and Langer shot 70.

Stephen Ames carded 71 on the final day to claim 15th place

Live scoreboard click http://www.pga.com/seniorpga/scoring/leaderboard


PGA Tour
Crowne Plaza Invitational
Colonial,
Fort Worth, Texas
Canadians..David Hearn -4 67 69 74 66 T21  Graham DeLaet -5 69 70 68 68 T14


Round 4
Adam Scott made a 7-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to end his first week as the world’s No. 1 player with a victory at Colonial.

Jason Dufner, who made a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 18 in regulation, slid a 40-footer past when he and Scott played the 18th hole for the second time during the playoff. Scott then made the 7-footer for his 11th PGA Tour victory.

Dufner and Scott both shot 4-under 66 to finish at 9 under, the highest winning score at Colonial since 1999. They were among 33 players within four strokes of the leaders when the day began.

Graham DeLaet shot a 68 to end the tournament tied for 14th and David Hearn shoots 66 to finish tied for 21st

LPGA Tour

Airbus Classic
Crossings Course
Alabama
Canadians : Jennifer Kirby -5 69 68 74 70 T43


Round 4
Jessica Korda won her first LPGA Tour title two years in Australia and opened this season with another victory in the Bahamas. On Sunday, the 21-year-old Florida got one on her home turf with a back-nine charge in the Airbus LPGA Classic.
Korda, whose father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament and mother, Regina Raichrtova, also played pro tennis, birdied four of the final five holes, making a breaking 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory over Anna Nordqvist.
Michelle Wie, 18-year-old Charley Hull and 44-year-old Catriona Matthew tied for third at 18 under. Wie and Hull shot 67, and Matthew had a 69.
Jennifer Kirby, shot 70 in the final round to end up tied for 43rd.


WEB.com
Rex Hospital Open
TPC Plantation Course
Raleigh
Canadians   Hadwin +3 68 70 76 73 Sloan -1 69 68 79 67, Choi -2 70 70 72 70, Fritsch T4 72 65 70 66 -11, Hughes MC 73,73 Taylor MC72 76


Round 4
Byron Smith cruised to a stress-free 5-under 66 Sunday to win the Rex Hospital Open by four strokes for his first career title. Smith shared the 54-hole lead at TPC Wakefield Plantation and distanced himself from the pack, getting to his 16-under 268 total. He finished four better than Scott Gardiner (69) and Harold Varner III (70).
Brad Fristch (66), Tony Finau (67) and Roberto Diaz (70) shared fourth place, five back of the winner. Duke grad Ryan Blaum (69) was solo seventh
Canadians : 4 Canadians made the cut, their scores listed above.


CN Future Links Ontario Championship
The Rock GC
Minett, Ontario


Round 3
Naomi Ko, 16, of Victoria, B.C. and Sun Kim, 16, of L’Ile-Perrot, Que. claimed their division titles at The Rock Golf Club in Minett, Ont. on Sunday.
Ko claimed the Junior Girls title in a playoff after trailing runner-up finisher Selena Costabile, 15, of Thornhill, Ont. by one stroke over the course of the championship’s first two rounds. Ko finished the championship with a final score of 2-over-par 215 after rounds of 70-73-72. 
In the Junior Boys division, Kim faced equally tough competition. A tie with Tyler Saunders of Sturgeon County, Alta. in Friday’s first round then led to a lead by Saunders in yesterday’s second round of play. Kim continued his strong play during the final round, scoring 1-under-par 70 for a final 212 total after rounds of 69-73-70.




Live scoring click http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga143/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

Bryan Angus

Todd edges Weir,DeLaet 7th at Byron Nelson...Final scoreboards

PGA Tour
Byron Nelson Championship
Irving Texas
Canadians: Ames E 70 72 DQ, DeLaet T7 -8 68,66,6871 Weir 2nd  -12 68,66,6767 Fritsch +2 72,69,71


Round 4
Brendon Todd fired a bogey-free 4-under 66. He finished at 14-under 266, good enough to beat Mike Weir by 2 shots. It was the 77th career PGA Tour event for Todd, who twice in the past five years had to go back to back to the Web.com Tour to regain full playing privileges. He earned $1,242,000, a PGA Tour exemption through the 2015-16 season and a spot next year in the Masters.


Weir, the 2003 Masters champion who won the last of his eight PGA Tour titles in 2007, finished with a 67.  Graham DeLaet tied for 7th at 8-under 272.
Weir had his best tournament since finishing second behind Dustin Johnson at Pebble Beach in 2009. The 44-year-old had a stretch when he missed 17 cuts in a row after he injured his elbow, including all 14 tournaments he started in 2012.


“Best golf I played in a long time. I was happy with the way I played,” Weir said. ” I was definitely determined to try to win today, but I can feel good about the way I handled things out there.”


He had birdies on four of the first five holes. He was 13 under and ahead of Todd by two strokes when his tee shot at No. 5 settled 1 1/2 feet from the cup. That came after Weir blindly hit out of a fairway bunker to 3 feet at No. 4. But he missed the fairway and green for a bogey at the 431-yard sixth hole whileTodd, who played the last 31 holes at TPC Four Seasons without a bogey, was tapping in at the fifth for a 2 shot swing.


Live scoring
http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/hp-byron-nelson-championship/leaderboard.html



European Tour
Open de Espana
PGA Catalunya
Girona Spain


Round 4
Miguel Angel Jimenez won his national championship, the Spanish Open after a three-way playoff to become the European Tour’s first winner over the age of 50. He extended his own record as the oldest European Tour winner at 50 years and 133 days old.“There is no secret,” Jimenez said. “Good food, good wine, good cigars and some exercise.”


Jimenez beat Thomas Pieters of Belgium and Australia’s Richard Green in a playoff after he was the only one to make par on the first extra hole. All three players finished on 4-under 284.


It was the Spaniard’s 21st European Tour win and his second of the season after he won at Hong Kong in December, also following a playoff, at the age of 49 years, 337 days.


Pieters led by two shots going into the final round at the PGA Catalunya Resort but only managed a 3-over 75 despite an eagle on No. 15. Jimenez shot a 73, while Green carded 72. It was the first win for Jimenez at the tournament in 27 appearances.




Live scoring http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014038/leaderboard/index.html







LPGA
Kingsmill Championship
River Course
Williamsburg, Virginia


Canadians:  Kane +6 73,69,74,75 LeBlanc +11 76,68,75,77 Lee-Bentham MC +5 76, Sharp +5 69,69,76,75 Kim MC+6 77 Jennifer Kirby MC+ 5 77


Round 4
Lizette Salas won the Kingsmill Championship for her first LPGA Tour title, finishing with even-par 71 for a four-stroke victory. The 24-year-old former Southern California player was never really challenged in the final round on the River Course.


Yani Tseng tied for second with Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson and Sarah Jane Smith. Thompson had a 69, and Smith shot 66,the best round of the day.


Alena Sharp finished as top Canadian as she finished 5-0ver and tied for 60th. Lorie Kane was a shot back at 6-over. She tied for 62nd. Maude Aimee LeBlanc finished 74th at 11-over


Live scoring http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


CHAMPIONS Tour
Regions Tradition
Shoal Creek, Alabama
Canadians  Rod Spittle  T31 +4  Jim Rutledge T53 +10


Round 4
Kenny Perry won his third Champions Tour major in the past year with a one-stroke victory over Mark Calcavecchia in the Regions Tradition.Perry closed with an even-par 72 at Shoal Creek to finish at 7-under 281, while other contenders had up-and-down days and John Cook lost the lead with a double hit.


Calcavecchia finished with a 70. Two-time winner Tom Lehman closed with a 67 to tie Jay Haas at 5 under. Haas closed with a 71. Cook’s closing 72 put him three strokes back. Perry got his sixth victory and became the second player to win in three consecutive Champions Tour major starts, joining Gary Player, who did it in 1987-88.


Fred Couples was disqualified Sunday after missing his tee time. He was 9 over after a 73 Saturday, his best round. Cook’s double bogey on No. 14 cost him the lead.
Cook’s ball was buried deep in the right bunker just under the lip, and appeared to ricochet backward before winding up a couple of feet out of the sand.Tour officials reviewed the bunker shot using phone video shot by an event staffer and determined that Cook hit it again on his back swing.


Canadians Rod Spittle claimed a share of 31st at 4-over 292. Jim Rutledge was 10-over and tied for 53rd


Final scoreboard http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/regions-tradition/leaderboard.html






Symetra Tour
Friends of Mission Charity Classic
Asheville, NC
Canadians:  Vandermade MC 77 75  Juneau MC 73 77  Gleadall -1 T6 215 Wallace +4 T36 220


Round 3
Marissa Steen won the Friends of Mission Charity Classic on Sunday for her second Symetra Tour victory of the year.The 24-year-old former University of Memphis player closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 8-under 208 at the Country Club of Asheville


Canada’s Natalie Gleadall finished at 1-under and tied for 6th at 215. The other Canadian to make the cut was Jessica Wallace. She finished at 4-over  220 and tied for 36th




http://www.symetratour.com/golf/tournaments/symetra/friends-of-mission-charity-classic.aspx


WEB.com Tour
BMW Charity Pro Am
Thornblade Club
Greer SC
Canadians : Burke -6 66 66,72 72 Wheeldon -4 68 72,68 74 Choi -8 70 71,67 70 Taylor MC-6 70 67,75 Hadwin -10 69 69,68 70 Hughes -2 68 68,7375 Sloan -13 68 69 68 68


Round 4
Max Homa won the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Sunday for his first Web.Com Tour title, closing with an 8-under 63 at Thornblade Club for a one-stroke victory over Jonathan Randolph. Homa, the NCAA individual medalist last year for California, finished at 20-under 266 in the three-course event and earned $117,000 to jump from 64th to ninth on the money list with $142,155.


Homa and celebrity partner Janet Jones-Gretzky tied for ninth in the pro-am portion of the event at 35 under. Canadian pro Adam Hadwin and hockey great Wayne Gretzky won at 44 under. Individually, Hadwin finished at 10-under and tied for 36th. The only Canadian in the field to top Hadwin was Roger Sloan. Sloan finished tied for 18th at 13-under




Live scoring http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/bmw-charity-pro-am-presented-by-synnex-corporation/leaderboard.html


Canadian Women's Tour-BC
Morningstar GC


Final scoreboard http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga142/contest/1/leaderboard.ht


Bryan Angus

King Kaymer wins at TPC Sawgrass, Final scoreboards

PGA Tour
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass
Ponte Verde, Fla
Canadians:  David Hearn T6 -9 70 7168 70 Graham DeLaet +2 69 77 MC


Round 4
Martin Kaymer nearly blew a three-shot lead after a 90-minute rain delay until he holed a 30-foot par putt on the famous 17th island green. He got up-and-down with his putter from short of the 18th green for one last par and a 1-under 71 good enough to win the Players Championship.


Jim Furyk closed with a 66,he had to wait after the rain delay to rap in a 3-foot par putt and it looked as though it might be enough to force a playoff, or even win outright when the 29-year-old German began to crumble. Furyk had to settle for a runner-up finish for the second straight week. Sergio Garcia made a strong run until he hit into the water on the par-5 11th and lost momentum by missing too many putts. He closed with a 70 to finish alone in third at 11 under.


It was the 14th victory worldwide for Kaymer, ended an 0-for-29 drought. His last win was at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa at the end of 2012, right after he delivered the crucial point for Europe in its Ryder Cup comeback. Kaymer was No. 1 in the world in February 2011 until he wanted to retool his swing to be able to hit a greater variety of shots.


Jordan Spieth, tied with Kaymer going into the final round, made his first bogey of the tournament on the fifth hole, and plenty more followed. He closed with a 74.


David Hearn tied for sixth, just four shots back of champion Kaymer. He climbed two spots Sunday after a 2-under par 70. He finished at 279 with four others including Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Francesco Molinari and Jimmy Walker








Live scoreboard http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html


PGA Tour Canada
"Q" School
British Columbia qualifying
Final
California’s David Bradshaw cruised to an eight stroke victory at PGA Tour Canada’s British Columbia Qualifying Tournament Friday, carding a final round 73 to finish 17-under par for the week. Bradshaw was among 18 players to earn exempt status and 42 total players to earn PGA Tour Canada cards for 2014.


Thirteen Canadians earned status on PGA Tour Canada for 2014, bringing the total number of Canadians with playing status for the year to 42


Live scoreboard http://www.pgatourcanada.com/leagues/cantour_leaderboard4.cfm?clientid=3776&leagueid=11752&seasonnum=2014


EUROPEAN Tour
Madeira Island Open
Portugal
Round 2
Daniel Brooks made par on the first playoff hole Sunday to win the fog-shortened Madeira Islands Open, which was overshadowed by the death of a caddie earlier in the day. Scott Henry, who had birdied the last three holes to force a playoff, three-putted for bogey on the first extra hole to finish second.


However, some European Tour members said the tournament should have been stopped after Ian MacGregor, the 52-year-old Zimbabwe-born caddy to Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth, collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack on the ninth fairway – Forsyth’s final hole.






Live scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014036/leaderboard/index.html


Symetra Tour
Women's Health Classic
Greenwood, SC


Canadians:  LeBlanc 74 76 72, Juneau 70 72 78, Richdale 73 78 MC, Vandermade 75 72 77
Round 4
Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu won the Symetra Tour’s Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Charity Classic on Sunday, closing with an eagle for a 4-under 68 and a five-stroke victory.


Sara-Maude Juneau, a former member of Team Canada, finished tied for eighth at even par after a 4-under par 68 during the final round. She picked up a $4,490 (U.S.) paycheck for her troubles. Maude Aimee-LeBlanc of Sherbrooke, Que., currently ranked 10th on the Tour’s money list, tied for 22nd at 5-over par






Live scoreboard http://www.symetrascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


CN Future Links
Pacific Championship
Bear Links, Valley Course


Final
Valérie Tanguay and Alex Francois captured their CN Future Links Pacific Championship divisions at Bear Mountain Golf Resort Sunday in Victoria, B.C.
In the Junior Girls division, Team Canada Development Squad member Tanguay, 18, of St-Hyacinthe, Que., outlasted West Vancouver’s Alix Kong in a sudden-death playoff. The duo both birdied the par-5 18th hole to send the Junior Girls division into extra holes and Tanguay was declared the winner after Kong missed a short par putt on the first playoff hole


Tanguay finished the championship at 11-over 224 after rounds of 71-81-72, while Kong finished in solo second after rounds of 80-71-73.


Alex Francois, 16, of Burnaby, B.C. held on to win by a stroke over Vancouver’s Jordan Lu. Francois carded a final round 2-over 73 to post a 4-over 217 for the championship.


Live scoring
 http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga141/contest/1/leaderboard.ht




Bryan Angus
(files from europeantour.com, pgatourcanada.com BBC Reuters, AP )

Golf Canada launches Young Pro program..

Golf Canada is pleased to announce the names of the athletes who have been selected to the new Team Canada Young Pro program.

In all, five athletes – three female and two male – have been chosen to the inaugural Team Canada Young Pro Squad. Developed in partnership with the PGA of Canada and supported in large part by the Golf Canada Foundation, the Young Pro program was created to bridge the gap between amateur and professional performance on the international golfing stage.

“There has been a critical gap for our top amateur golfers making the difficult jump to professional golf and the launch of the Team Canada Young Pro initiative is designed to bridge that gap,” said Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons. “We have seen tremendous results for Team Canada amateur athletes at national, international and collegiate competitions. With the launch of Young Pro, we expect those strong results to carry over to the professional ranks including the PGA and LPGA Tours, the various developmental tours and ultimately the Olympic Games beginning in 2016.”

A trio of LPGA players including Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Toronto, Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., will join the new Young Pro squad. All three players are graduates of Golf Canada’s National Amateur Squad and have secured full playing status for the LPGA Tour’s 2014 season. Bentham, 22, was the top-earning Canadian on the LPGA Tour last season after finishing a personal best T-11 at the Evian Championship. Kim, 23, secured her full card by finishing in sixth on the LPGA’s Symetra Tour’s Volvik Race to the Card. Kirby, 23, earned her spot after a fifth place finish at the LPGA’s Final Qualifying in December. 

On the men’s side, Web.com Tour players Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and Toronto’s Albin Choi debut as the first two male members of the Team Canada Young Pro program. A two-time Canada Amateur champion, Hughes, 23, finished the 2013 season atop PGA TOUR Canada’s Order of Merit after capturing the Cape Breton Celtic Classic. Choi, 22, is also a former Canadian Amateur champion who earned his ticket to the Web.com Tour after a 15th place finish at final qualifying in December. 

“I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of Team Canada and the new young pro squad,” said Mackenzie Hughes. “The coaching and support staff has played a big role in my development and my transition to pro golf. I also want to thank the Golf Canada Foundation as well as all the sponsors and donors that have made this program possible.”

Each member of the Young Pro squad will receive funding as well as access to Team Canada’s coaching staff and sport science experts. Men’s National Squad coach Derek Ingram and Women’s National Team coach Tristan Mullally will provide coaching to their respective Young Pro players. In addition, the athletes will have access to Team Canada’s sport science staff that includes psychologist, Dr. Adrienne Leslie-Toogood, strength and conditioning coach, Jason Glass, nutritionist, Nicole Springle and physiotherapist Greg Redman.

Holmes, Lewis, Langer, Aquilar amongst weekend winners. Final results

PGA Tour
Wells Fargo Championship
Quail Hollow GC
Charlotte NC

Canadians  David Hearn -1 70 74 71 72   Stephen Ames 72 74 MC  Mike Weir +2 72 71 70 77  Brad Fritsch WD

Sunday

JB Holmes made it harder than he needed to on the final hole at Quail Hollow until rapping in a 3-foot bogey putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory over Jim Furyk in the Wells Fargo Championship. Furyk finished his Sunday-best 65 some two hours earlier.


Jason Bohn had the best chance to catch Holmes. He was one shot behind when he pulled a 4-iron into the water on the par-3 17th, making double bogey. Phil Mickelson never had a chance, missing four putts from the 4-foot range and closing with a 76 to finish out of the top 10.


After 3 years of injury including two rounds of brain surgery, it was only last week, that he earned enough money to keep his card for the rest of the year from a medical extension. Now, he’s headed to The Players Championship next week for the richest prize in golf, and more importantly, secured a spot in the PGA Championship this summer in his native Kentucky


David Hearn shot an even-par 72 to finish tied for 44th at 1-under 287. Mike Weir had trouble finding the bottom of the cup, firing a 5-over 77 on the day to finish tied for 57th at 2-over 290






Live scoring http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wells-fargo-championship/leaderboard.html



CHAMPIONS Tour
Insperity Invitational
The Woodlands
FT Worth, Tx

Canadians  Rod Spittle T9 -4 71 70 71 Jim Rutledge +4 72 77 71

Sunday


Bernhard Langer won the Champions Tour’s Insperity Invitational for the third time, closing with a 1-under 71 for a one-stroke victory over Fred Couples finishing at 11-under 205 at The Woodlands to become the 10th 20-time winner on the 50-and-over tour. Couples who won the 2010 event, finished with a 67.


Colin Montgomerie was third at 9 under after a 70. His best finish on the tour is second in March in Newport Beach. Esteban Toledo, the winner last year, was 7 under after a 71. Jay Haas and Tom Pernice Jr. tied for fifth at 6 under. Haas shot his third straight 70, and Pernice had a 71.


Rod Spittle (71-70-71) finished at 4-under par 212, good enough for a tie for 9th. Jim Rutledge tied for 35th at 4-over 220.


Live Scoring  http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/insperity-invitational/leaderboard.html



LPGA
North Texas LPGA Shootout
Las Colinas CC


Canadians  Lorie Kane 67 77 +2 286  Sue Kim +1 143 MC  Alena Sharp T14 66 71 -5 279


Sunday

In the end it was a runaway for Stacy Lewis who shot a 7-under 64 in the North Texas LPGA Shootout, finishing at 16-under 268 and six strokes ahead of Meena Lee. It was the LPGA Tour’s largest margin of victory since Jiyai Shin won the 2012 Women’s British Open by nine. It was the ninth career LPGA Tour victory for Lewis, her first since August in the Women’s British Open, and will boost the Texan from third to second in the world ranking.


Michelle Wie, who closed within two before faltering late, had a 67 to finish third at 9 under.
Na Yeon Choi (69) and Kim Kauffman (70) tied for fourth at 8 under. Kraft Nabisco winner Lexi Thompson (69), Cristie Kerr (71) and Suzann Pettersen (72) were among six players at 7 under.


Alena Sharp who started the final round in a tie for 18th, climbed four spots up the leaderboard Sunday thanks to a 1-under 70. She finished at 5-under 279.




Live scoring http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx




EUROPEAN Tour
The Championship at Laguna National
Tampines
Singapore


Round 4


Felipe Aguilar surged into the lead at The Championship at Laguna National with a stunning back-nine 28 – capped by a birdie on the par-3 17th and an eagle on the par-4 18th – and then had to wait to see if anyone could catch him. Co-overnight leader Anders Hansen was the last golfer to have a chance, but he failed to birdie his final two holes to force a playoff, giving Aguilar his first European Tour title in six years.


The Chilean shot a final round 10-under 62 to finish at 22-under 266, one stroke ahead of Hansen and American David Lipsky in joint-second


Live scoring http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014034/leaderboard/index.html






WEB.com Tour

Blayne Barber won the South Georgia Classic for his first Web.com Tour title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a two-stroke victory. The 24-year-old former Auburn player had a 15-under 273 total at Kinderlou Forest. He earned $117,000 to jump from 29th to sixth on the money list with $155,257


Roger Sloan of Merrit, B.C. (70-72-69-70) tied for 14th at 7-under 281






SYMETRA Tour

South Korea’s Min Seo Kwak won the inaugural Patty Berg Memorial at Cypress Lake for her first Symetra Tour title. The 23-year-old Kwak had four consecutive birdies early on the back nine and finished with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Australia’s Stephanie Na.


Canadians :  Maude-Aimée Leblanc (69-74-76) was the top finishing Canadian. The Sherbrooke, Que. native finished tied for 22nd at 3-over 219. Brogan McKinnon (76-73-74) of Mississauga, Ont. and Jessica Wallace (78-71-74) of Langley, B.C. tied for 47th at 7-over 223. Jessica Shepley (70-74-80) of Oakville, Ont. tied for 54th at 8-over 224, while Erica Rivard (75-74-78) of Tecumseh, Ont. tied for 68th at 11-over par.



Mid American Conference Championship

Team Canada’s Corey Conners captured medalist honours on Sunday, lifting Kent State to a record sixth consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship title.
Conners, a Listowel, Ont. native, finished at 11-under par (72-67-65-73) thru 72 holes. The 21-year-old’s play was highlighted by a third round hole-in-one on the par 3 12th – the fourth of his young career. The ace boosted Conners to a tournament low 65, good for a six stroke cushion heading into Sunday’s final round where he went on to shoot 73 and capture his second title in three years (he won it back in 2012).


His final year now features three NCAA titles – he won the General Hackler Championship and Davidson Invitational earlier in the season. Along with his NCAA victories, Conners took home the prestigious Jones Cup in February, one of the highest ranked amateur events in the world.


Taylor Pendrith, also a member of Team Canada, finished runner-up behind Kent State teammate Conners at 6-under par. Pendrith, a native of Richmond Hill, Ont., was the only player to shoot under par in each of the four rounds. The long-driving senior won last year’s title, making this the third consecutive year a Canadian has won the MAC medalist honours





Bryan Angus
(files from europeantour.com, BBC Reuters, AP)

Round 2 underway in Singapore, Cabrera leads Quail Hollow

PGA TOUR
WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP,

Quail Hollow Club,

Charlotte, North Carolina






Canadians  Fritsch 79 WD, Weir E 72, Ames E 72, Hearn -2 70








Thursday








Angel Cabrera played in the early, calm conditions and thrived on the new Bermuda greens at Quail Hollow. He made seven birdies, including a 40-footer from just off the green, and turned in a 6-under 66 that stood as the lead the rest of the day.




He made a couple of long putts, most of the birdie chances one would expect to make and hit it close enough times to post his lowest score of the year, and only his fourth round this year in the 60s.






Coming off his first missed cut at the Masters in 17 years, Phil Mickelson handled the strong, swirling wind in the afternoon for a 5-under 67, tied with Martin Flores. Mickelson hit only one fairway on the back nine. He bogeyed both the par 3s. He chipped poorly and atoned for that with long par putts








Webb Simpson, a member at Quail Hollow, might have joined Cabrera except for the way he finished each nine. He took double bogey on No. 9 when he hit into the trees and three-putted, and made bogey on No. 18 with another wayward tee shot. Other than that, his card was filled with seven birdies for a 68 along with Stewart Cink and Jonathan Byrd.








Rory McIlroy made six birdies and was in the large group at 69 that included Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer, who played his final four holes in 2-under par despite not making a birdie or a par. Kaymer went bogey-eagle-eagle-bogey.








Canadians : David Hearn opened with a 2-under 70 to sit tied for 16th. Stephen Ames and Mike Weir are two back of Hearn after shooting matching 72′s.


Brad Fritsch struggled to a 79 and withdrew citing personal reasons.














Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wells-fargo-championship/tee-times.html








































EUROPEAN TOUR
THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAGUNA NATIONAL,
Laguna National Golf and Country Club,
Tampines, Singapore








Thursday (round 2 underway)








Scott Jamieson trails first round leader Thailand's Panuphol Pittayarat by a shot after posting -8 64. Pittayarat shot a bogey free 63.




Also in 2nd place, David Lipsky (USA), Byung-jun Kim (Korea) and Quincey Quirk (Singapore)





Live scoring click   http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014034/teetimes/index.html












































LPGA TOUR
NORTH TEXAS LPGA SHOOTOUT,
Las Colinas Country Club,
Irving, Texas












Canadians  Alena Sharp +2 73  Sue Kim E 71  Lorie Kane -2 69, Jennifer Kirby +5 76








Thursday






Suzann Pettersen the 33-year-old Norwegian who has been suffering from a wonky back, is on top of the leaderboard after a bogey-free 5-under 66 in the first round of the North Texas LPGA Shootout.








She has a one-stroke lead over playing partner Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie, Caroline Masson, Christina Kim, Cydney Clanton and Dori Carter.








Pettersen is playing her second tournament since withdrawing before the Kia Classic in late March, and being told rest was the way to heal her back. The world’s fourth-ranked player tied for 28th in San Francisco last week








Canadians :  Lorie Kane is sitting in a tie for 11th after a 2-under 69. Sue Kim (71) Alena Sharp (73) and Jennifer Kirby (76).
















Live scoring click here http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


















































CHAMPIONS TOUR
INSPERITY INVITATIONAL,
The Woodlands Country Club,
The Woodlands, Texas












Canadians   Rod Spittle, Jim Rutledge














Last year, Esteban Toledo parred the third playoff hole to defeat Gene Sauers and Mike Goodes, and capture his first career victory on the Champions Tour.





Also playing this week will be World Golf Hall of Fame members Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Raymond Floyd, Tony Jacklin and Johnny Miller












Live scoring click here  http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/insperity-invitational/past-results.html














































WEB.COM TOUR
SOUTH GEORGIA CLASSIC,
Kinderlou Forest Golf Club,
Valdosta, Georgia












Canadians  Choi +4 76 , Hughes, Taylor, Sloan -2 70, Burke, Hadwin, Wheeldon +2 74








Thursday


Last week it was wind, this week it’s rain at the South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank and Trust Co.








Undaunted by almost everything this season, leading money winner Carlos Ortiz strolled through a bogey-free, 5-under 67 that put him at the top of the standings along with Birmingham’s Jeff Curl.






Last week’s champion, Andrew Putnam shot a 4-under 68 and currently shares third place with  Blayne Barber. Six players are tied for fourth with 3-under 69’s, including a pair of former U.S. Amateur champions from Southern Methodist University, Kelly Kraft and Colt Knost




















Live scoring click  http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/south-georgia-classic-presented-by-first-state-bank-and-trust-company/tee-times.html


































































Bryan Angus
(files from BBC Reuters, europeantour.com, AP )