It's a sprint to the finish in Calgary..

Bob Tway shot Saturday’s best round of 7-under 63 to finish in a three-way tie for first spot through two rounds of the Champions Tour event at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club and he is tied for top spot at 10-under with Joe Durant and Joe Daley.


Gary Hallberg, Mark McNulty and David Frost finished tied at 9 under through two rounds. Bernhard Langer, Doug Garwood, Woody Austin and Tom Pernice Jr. are in a four-way tie for seventh spot at 8 under.


As for the Canadians in the field, Rod Spittle finished as the low Canuck after carding a 1-under 69. Spittle is in an eight-way tie for 36th place at 3 under heading into the final round. Stephen Ames struggled on Saturday with a score of 3-over 73. Jim Rutledge fared exactly the opposite of Ames as he bounced back with a round of 70 after going 3 over on the opening day of the tournament. Meanwhile, Calgary’s Darryl James followed up a round of 74 with a 75 on Saturday to sit in second last spot at 9 over, just one shot ahead of Sandy Lyle.


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

Tournament marred by the sudden passing of Angela Bennett

To an outsider, the PGA Tour, in particular tournament sites are big, sprawling, at times overwhelming affairs. To the players it is a small, fairly tight knit fraternity of about 150 players, wives, and their caddies, managers and coaches..


When Angela Bennett passed away suddenly from a seizure, the entire group were shocked and saddened. Her husband Lance, is Matt Kuchar's caddie.


Angela and Lance have a 4 year old daughter who has lost her mommy and that's what is important here. Kuchar is getting the Tour involved, players are contributing to a fund to help, but no amount of money will replace Angela..


Still the show must go on, Kuchar has decided to play, and in fact shot a 66 that featured six consecutive birdies and leaves him within a shot of the lead held by Ryan Palmer who had an up and down even-par 71. Jason Day struggled at the end for a 68, they are at -8 134. Henrik Stenson won a year ago at 22-under 262, and the worst winning score since it became a FedEx Cup playoff event was 15-under 269, but this week the wind is blowing and the course, in particular the greens are drying out, making scoring more difficult.


Because 80 players made the cut at 3-over 145, there will be a 54-hole cut today. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup move on to Cherry Hills in Denver next week for the third playoff event. Billy Horschel had a 66 and joined Kuchar at 7-under 135. Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson were among those at 6 under, all hoping to be picked on Tuesday by captain Watson. U.S. Open champion Martin Kaymer had a 66 and joined the group at 5 under that included Jordan Spieth.


Rory McIlroy had a double bogey late in his round that slowed his momentum. He had a 69 and was five shots behind at -3.


Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/deutsche-bank-championship/leaderboard.html

Cornelson leads Wildfire Invitational on PGA Tour Canada

Adam Cornelson did just enough to keep his lead at The Wildfire Invitational presented by PC Financial, firing a 5-under 67 on Friday to reach 14-under par through two rounds at Wildfire Golf Club.


The 26-year old carded five birdies on a bogey-free day, including one at the par-3 ninth, his final hole of the day, to lead by one over player partner Brock Mackenzie of Yakima, Washington.


Cornelson, a fourth-year PGA Tour Canada member, comes to Wildfire at 97^th on the Order of Merit, knowing he needs to make a move up the leaderboard to capitalize on the biggest opportunity of his season – if not his career. The University of New Orleans grad has five career top-25 finishes on PGA Tour Canada, but is looking for his first top-10 after missing five of his past six cuts.


Live scoring  click http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/tournaments/wildfire-invitational-presented-by-pc-financial/leaderboard.html




Brian Decker PGA Tour Canada

Hennie is "Otto"matic at Italian Open

AP...Hennie Otto of South Africa shot a 10-under 62 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the Italian Open on Friday, while Stephen Gallacher’s late bid to qualify for the Ryder Cup also gained momentum.

Otto, who won this event in 2008, carded nine birdies, one eagle and one bogey to move to 15-under at the Circolo Golf Torino. He was three shots ahead of Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger.

After opening with a 72, Gallacher shot a 65 to move within eight strokes of the lead at 7-under.

Gallacher is the only man still capable of moving into the automatic Ryder Cup places in the final qualifying event, with a top-two finish enough to dislodge former U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell from Europe’s team.

Italy’s Francesco Molinari, who shared the overnight lead on his home course with Wiesberger, could only manage a 72 to lie nine strokes back and needs a big weekend to make his Ryder Cup team..

Live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014068/leaderboard/index.html

Pernice and Bryant lead an all-star field in Calgary

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CP..Tom Pernice Jr. and Bart Bryant both tied the course record at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club to sit atop the leaderboard after the opening round of the Shaw Charity Classic.


Pernice and Bryant both carded scores of 8-under 62 on the 7,086-yard, par-70 course to tie Bill Glasson for the course record. Glasson also shot 62 in the final round of the inaugural Shaw Charity Classic one year earlier to finish in a tie for 10th spot with Bryant at the Champions Tour event.


David Frost fired a 63 to end up alone in third spot, while Joe Durant and Joe Daley shot 64 to finish in a tie for fourth spot.


Rod Spittle finished as the top Canadian after shooting a 2-under 68 to finish in a tie for 34th spot. Stephen Ames shot even par to finish in a tie for 57th in just his second Champions Tour event. Jim Rutledge of Victoria, B.C., and Calgary’s Darryl James finished well back after shooting scores of 73 and 74, respectively

Roxburgh wins Canadian Senior title

Vancouver’s Doug Roxburgh shot a 2-under par 69 Friday to claim a wire-to-wire victory at the 2014 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship.


Roxburgh, 62, finished at 7-under 277 (69-69-70-69), three-shots clear of runner-up Brady Exber (74-71-67-68—280) of Las Vegas. Exber, 58, is the reigning (British) Seniors Amateur Champion. Steven Hudson of Birmingham, Ala. finished third at 1-over par 285 (71-71-76-67).


The win today at Capilano Golf and Country Club marks the sixth national golf title for Roxburgh, who won the Canadian Junior Boy’s Championship in 1970 and Canadian Amateur titles in 1972, 1974, 1982 and 1988.




Terry Lenyk Golf Canada

Palmer leads field and Ryder Cup hopefuls at TPC Boston

Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Brandt Snedeker are the consensus choices to be Tom Watson's favourites for his 3 picks this Tuesday..

Ryan Palmer just said ' hold on a minute boys !!"

Palmer took only 21 putts and made birdie on half of his holes Friday on the TPC Boston, giving him an 8-under 63 and a two-shot lead over Keegan Bradley after the opening round of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

He didn’t miss a putt inside 15 feet and closed out his round with a pitching wedge to 18 feet, making the downhill putt for his ninth birdie.

Keegan Bradley (65) matched his low round of the season, though what meant more was the timing. He wants to leave nothing to chance when decision time comes for his captain.

For other Ryder Cup contenders, Webb Simpson had a 66 as did Jason Day of Australia. Jordan Spieth recovered from a double bogey to start his round and, with his entire family in tow, turned it around with four birdies and an eagle for a 67. Also at 67 was Ian Poulter, who seems certain to be a Ryder Cup pick for Europe on Tuesday considering how much damage he’s done to the Americans in the competition.

Rory McIlroy was brilliant at times and sloppy at other times in his round of 70.

David Hearn opened with a 1-under 70 and is tied for 26th, while Graham DeLaet is tied for 29th after an even-par 71.


Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/deutsche-bank-championship/leaderboard.html

Canadian Cornelson leads PGA Tour Canada's Wildfire Invitational

Langley, B.C.’s Adam Cornelson fired a 9-under 63 on Thursday at Wildfire Golf Club to take the first round lead at The Wildfire Invitational presented by PC Financial.


The 26-year old carded seven birdies and an eagle to card his lowest career round on PGA Tour Canada in 37 starts, and led by one shot over Andover, Massachusetts’ Evan Harmeling.


At 97^th on the Order of Merit with three events to go, Cornelson said he was coming to Wildfire in search of a spark, and certainly found one on Thursday.


“We’re all making a push for the end of the season, and every dollar counts on this Tour,” said Cornelson, who has five career top-25 finishes. “It’s been a long summer for me, and I was happy to get a good one in the books. I just kind of slowly got rolling and took it one shot at a time.”


After re-securing his exempt status at the British Columbia Qualifying Tournament earlier this year, the University of New Orleans grad had high hopes for his 2014 season, but hasn’t been as sharp as he would have liked through nine events, with just three made cuts on the campaign


Brian Decker PGA Tour Canada

South Korean Kim leads the field in Portland

AP....I.K. Kim birdied the first four holes on the back nine Thursday and finished with a 7-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic.

The South Korean player birdied seven of the first 13 holes and closed her afternoon round with five straight pars. She won the last of her three LPGA Tour titles in 2010.

Amelia Lewis and Jennifer Song were a shot back in ideal conditions at Columbia Edgewater.

Anna Nordqvist, a two-time winner this year, was another stroke back at 67 along with Mina Harigae, Julieta Granada, Laura Diaz, Alison Walshe, Emma Jandel and Paula Reto.

Juli Inkster, making her 28th appearance in the event at age 54, was in the group at 68. She won the 1999 tournament to wrap up a Hall of Fame spot. Also in that group at 68 is Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont.

So Yeon Ryu, coming off a victory Sunday in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, was in a group at 70 that included Na Yeon Choi, 18-year-old English player Charley Hull and Yani Tseng. Hull, playing on a sponsor exemption, won a Ladies European Tour event in Morocco in March.

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

Defending champion Suzann Pettersen shot 71. She also won the 2011 event

Molinari thrills hometown fans in Turin

Home favorite Francesco Molinari and Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger both shot 66 to share the first round lead at the Italian Open on Thursday, while Stephen Gallacher’s bid to earn a late spot on Europe’s Ryder Cup team ran into trouble.

Molinari – who was born in Turin – and Wiesberger managed six birdies each in their bogey-free rounds to finish six under par. They lead a group of five players, including early leader John Hahn of the United States, by one stroke.

Gallacher, who needs a top-two finish to dislodge former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell from Europe’s team, opened with a par-72. The Scot is the only player still capable of moving into the automatic Ryder Cup places in the final qualifying event.

European captain Paul McGinley said Molinari is “very much in my mind” for one of the three Ryder Cup wild cards he will announce on Tuesday, while the man himself thinks he needs a second Italian Open win on Sunday to guarantee a third consecutive cup appearance at Gleneagles next month.

”I had a chat with Paul when he got here and I think the good thing is that he knows what I can bring to the team because he has seen me as vice-captain on the last two teams,” Molinari said.

Gallacher headed straight to the range after a round featuring four birdies and four bogeys. The 39-year-old Scot squandered a good start after almost holing his approach to his second hole of the day.

Hahn produced six birdies but bogeyed the sixth hole to leave him second with Northern Ireland’s Gareth Maybin, Scotland’s Richie Ramsay, England’s Richard Bland and South African Hennie Otto, with 17-year-old Italian amateur Edoardo Lipparelli among a seven-strong group another shot back

Live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014068/leaderboard/index.html

Roxburgh set to win Canadian Seniors

Vancouver’s Doug Roxburgh edged closer to winning his first Canadian Men’s Senior Championship title Thursday, firing a 1-under-par 70 at Capilano Golf and Country Club to take a 4-shot lead heading into today's final round.


The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame honoured member once again got off to an unsteady start with a bogey on the 1^st hole, but it proved to be the only blemish on his scorecard for the day.


The four-time Canadian Amateur and 13-time British Columbia Amateur champion carded birdies on holes 9 and 10 to fire his third consecutive sub-par round (69-69-70) at Capilano to sit at 5-under 208.


Brady Exber of Las Vegas carded a 4-under 67 Thursday – the low round of the tournament – and now sits alone in second at 1-under 212 (74-71-67), four-shots back of Roxburgh.


Exber is the reigning (British) Seniors Amateur Champion, winning the R&A’s championship earlier this month in North Yorkshire, England to gain entry into the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship


Live scoring click http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga1422/contest/6/leaderboard.htm






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Deutsche Bank Championship.. my picks, live scoring..

Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/deutsche-bank-championship/leaderboard.html




It's week 2 of the Fed Ex Cup playoffs, this time at TPC Boston, the field now down to 100, Geoff Ogilvy scrapped into that spot, and for those of you who care here are some names I expect to do well, mainly because of their present form, and their records at TPC Boston. Remember this one starts Friday and wraps on Monday..




Adam Scott:  has never been outside the top 20 here, and has been playing steadily if not spectacularly.




Jason Day : in form 2nd last week and has been in the top 3 here twice anyways.


Henrik Stenson: is defending his championship on a course he demolished last year when he went on to win everything the pro golf planet can offer. Like Scott he is playing steadily so why not pick him this week..?




Rory : After standing at midfield at Old Trafford with the claret jug and a monumental week of partying his 1st round 74, T22nd last week was not unexpected. He won here in 2012 and I believe him when he says he doesn't want to have letdowns, he wants to be consistently at the top.. I believe he will win this week..




Ernie Els : Ok I pick Ernie at every opportunity, but really guys, he has 2 top 10's recently and this is a long course, Ernie is still long, especially with his new Adam's irons




Keegan Bradley:  Tom Watson makes his 3 picks next Tuesday and unless Keegan sh..s the bed he will be on the team. I believe he will make it easy for captain Watson this weekend..




Rickie Fowler : never outside top 10 is last 5 starts, he has had a summer to remember, outshone by a guy called Rory, but really he is so due..why not this week ?..




Hunter Mahan : everyone pays attention to his win last week but I listened closely to his post win interview and he said he wasn't surprised he won because he has been playing well for a month. In fact he has been T15 in last two starts and if Rory wasn't in the field he'd be my pick..






Bryan Angus

Well done Stephen Ames.. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame..

My congratulations to Stephen Ames and his induction this week into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. I first met Stephen back in 1995 when he was having problems with his visa in the US and subsequently his citizenship here in Canada where he had settled with his Canadian wife, Jodi a former flight attendant with Air Canada who he met on a flight to Quebec. Their two sons are Justin and Ryan and the latter is on the bag for Stephen as he plays in the Shaw Charity Classic where organizers have been hell-bent on bringing the biggest names to Calgary, with defending champ Rocco Mediate, Champions Tour money leader Bernhard Langer, a five-time winner in 16 starts so far this season and a long-shot candidate for Europe's Ryder Cup squad and Fred Couples among the headliners this week at Canyon Meadows


He has always been very accommodating to me and the Canadian media, a handsome guy with strong opinions and blessed with a swing to die for, coached for years by Sean Foley, he certainly is worthy of induction to our GHoF.


I'm not sure if Stephen ever fully reached his potential, he is very laid back, when Weirsy was at his peak, many held to the opinion that the Canadian with the most talent was Ames.


I expect him to play well on the senior circuit, he still looks in good shape and is back in the thick of things as a rookie amongst all his peers.


Whatever the case, he is happy, healthy and now in the same hall as all of this country's greats... Not bad for a kid from Trinidad and Tobago..




Here is a report filed for Golf Canada by Chris Dornan..
Calgary’s Stephen Ames has been inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame  at the Shaw Charity Classic – an event he is a founding partner of.


“It’s hitting home a little bit now for me. It is a real honour,” said Ames. “It’s the highlight of my career right now, an added trophy to the career that I’ve had, which is wonderful. At this stage right now, it’s something to relish.”


Ames, a dual citizen of Canada as well as Trinidad and Tobago is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour. With his induction in the player category, Ames becomes the 74th honoured member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.


“The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame seeks to recognize excellence as golfers, contributors and supporters of the game,” said Ian Clarke, Chair of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Selection Committee. “Stephen Ames has excelled on the biggest stage in our sport and it is fitting that he will be recognized for his respective accomplishments.”


Ames, 50, enters the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame as a prominent professional player, having amassed four PGA Tour victories and over $19.7 million in career earnings. In 2006, Ames captured one of the Tour’s marquee events, winning The Players Championship by six strokes over Retief Goosen. His victory at TPC Sawgrass was played against 48 of the top 50 players in the world and vaulted him at that time to No. 27 in the Official World Golf Rankings.


In 2013, the Stephen Ames Foundation funded the inaugural CJGA Stephen Ames Junior Cup presented by RBC at the Country Club of the Hamptons in Calgary. Since 2005, Ames has proudly hosted the Stephen Ames Cup, a Ryder Cup style tournament featuring a team of Canadian junior players versus Team Trinidad & Tobago. In addition, the Stephen Ames Foundation provides funding for junior golf programs and other children’s initiatives in Canada and Trinidad and Tobago

Split with Tiger won't faze Sean Foley

By now you will know that Tiger and Sean, well more Tiger have decided to move on with their respective lives, without each other on a daily basis..


Here were the two respective releases..


Tiger : Sean is one of the outstanding coaches in golf today, and I know he will continue to be successful with the players working with him. “With my next tournament not until my World Challenge event at Isleworth in Orlando, this is the right time to end our professional relationship.”


Sean : My time spent with Tiger is one of the highlights of my career so far, and I am appreciative of the many experiences we shared together.“It was a lifelong ambition of mine to teach the best player of all time in our sport. I am both grateful for the things we had the opportunity to learn from one another, as well as the enduring friendship we have built. I have nothing but respect and admiration for him


Sean became Tiger's coach after the PGA Championship in 2010. At that time Sean was also our weekly golf analyst on Fairways, having replaced the late great Ben Kern, the man after Jack McLaughlin at Shaughnessy that Sean learned his craft from at the National. I would call Sean every Friday and suggest a golf tip for our audience and we'd do the spot live every Saturday at 725am.  At the time Sean was running the Clublink golf academy first at the Abbey then at Piper's Glen before moving with his beloved wife Katie and 1st son Quinn, to Orlando Florida in 2006, home today of his Core Golf Academy.


The spot was originally for 5 minutes, Ben was very concise, often writing down what he wanted to impart... Sean was the opposite. What started as a tip on the correct grip, would soon morph into a discussion on life, or science or whatever came up in our discussion especially when the rumours of Tiger's interest had emerged..


One thing was always clear with Sean. While he always wanted to be a great golf instructor, it was much more important for him to make a much bigger contribution to his time on this planet... as a husband to Kate first as a father to Quinn and now Kieran second, to those around the world in need and then to his stable of golfers


"For me my ethics and my values and how I perceive myself are important so the bottom line is I'm not going to put my life out of balance to chase money. Family comes first. My tour players are next. Once those two things are covered I'm open to other things from a business perspective but on a limited basis." he told my pal Rick Young at Scoregolf.  Ultimately we'd like to get to a point where 50 per cent of every corporate dollar after taxes goes to a foundation or Blessings in a Backpack or to Africa to build water wells, I'm grateful to have people want to pay me for things and to do things. But for me I'd like to be Robin Hood in a sense where you're able to take care of people who will never have the fortune you have. A lot of this is luck. That's what creates the humility" 


Sean always had a sense of balance and what was right or wrong in his set of values. We'd ask every week if he and Tiger were official, and he'd talk around it, never wanting to say anything that should and eventually did come from Tiger first.


He did say he wanted of course to be asked to coach by the world's greatest golfer, while at the same time saying that he and Kate had discussed the huge change that would mean in their lives, and he seemed confident they were prepared for the maelstrom of attention, prepared for the demands on his time, prepared for the effects it would have on them and Quinn and prepared for the criticism that would eventually come his way.


So today I am sure Sean and Kate are prepared to move on with the family, with Sean's career and with his pursuit of making a difference to this world..


Losing Tiger as a client won't faze Sean, he has far loftier goals, starting right at home..


PS..The day when I was unexpectedly let go from the Fan590 and my beloved Fairways radio show, along with several of my senior colleagues under the new management regime, one of the first guys I spoke with was Sean. After consoling me with his support, he vowed he would never work on Fairways again until I was hosting and producing it, and not surprisingly he stayed true to his word..


Here is what Justin Rose and Hunter Mahan had to say about Sean.


Justin Rose : Sean does not look at me as a golfer. He looks at me as an athlete and from a biomechanical point of view. He is not necessarily wrapped up in what makes a swing pretty. He wants what works for me from a scientific point of view. This is not necessarily the position that everyone strives for, but that is what I like about Sean


Hunter Mahan  First I am happy to have Sean as my coach, more importantly I am happy to have him in my life..




Bryan Angus

Mahan's big day at the Barclay's..

Just over a year ago at Glen Abbey, Hunter Mahan had the 36-hole lead at the RBC Canadian Open when he gave us all the early story of the day when he withdrew shortly before the third round upon learning his wife had gone into labor with their first child opening the door for Brandt Snedeker to win our national championship.

Well, to his surprise, his wife and that little bundle of joy,  1-year-old daughter Zoe were waiting for him when he walked off the 18th green as a winner at the Barclay's.

Mahan finished at 14-under 270 and earned $1.44 million. He moved to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, assured of being among the top five players at East Lake with the best shot at capturing the $10 million bonus.

Open and PGA champion Rory McIlroy, going after his fourth straight victory, closed with a 70 and tied for 22nd while David Hearn end the tournament tied for 38th after shooting 71 the final day.

Mahan pulled away with three straight birdies late in the final round ending more than two years without a title on the PGA Tour. It was the sixth of his career, and one of the most important because he had gone 48 tournaments worldwide without winning and began the FedEx Cup playoffs at No. 62, guaranteed to play only two events.

By closing with a 6-under 65 for a two-shot victory, he is assured of making the Tour Championship and by beating one of the strongest fields of the year, Mahan was sure to make a lasting impression on Tom Watson for when he makes his three captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup on Sept. 2.

Jason Day closed with a 68 and shared second place with Stuart Appleby (65) and Cameron Tringale, who celebrated his 27th birthday with a 66. It was his best finish of his career, and as a byproduct of these FedEx Cup playoffs, it paid off nearly as well as a victory. Tringale, who was No. 61 in the standings, moved all the way up to No. 10 and is virtually certain of being in the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship. That earns him automatic entry into at least three majors, including his first trip to the Masters.

Jim Furyk now has failed to win the last eight times he has held at least a share of the lead going into the final round. He was in the mix until missing the fairway on the 14th and taking bogey, and he wound up with a 70 to finish in eighth place, four shots behind.

The top 100 players in the FedEx Cup standings advance to the second playoff event next week outside Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship.


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

Bradshaw breaks through in Bath..

In Bath, Ontario, David Bradshaw claimed his first PGA TOUR Canada win, capturing The Great Waterway Classic at Loyalist Golf & Country Club.

Bradshaw, a 31-year old Shepherd University graduate, fired a final round 5-under 67 to post 21-under total, securing the win with a two-putt from 25 feet for birdie at the last. Bradshaw won by a shot over Argentina’s Tommy Cocha and Jupiter, Florida’s Adam Long.

Final scores click  http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/leaderboard.html

Hadwin, Sloan earn PGA Tour cards for 2015..

Carlos Ortiz won the Portland Open on Sunday for his third Web.com Tour victory of the season, making him fully exempt for the 2014-15 PGA Tour season that starts in October.

The 23-year-old Mexican closed with an even-par 71 for a one-stroke victory in the regular-season finale. He earned $144,000 to push his tour-leading total to $515,403, with the top 25 on the money list getting PGA Tour cards.

Ortiz finished at 14-under 270 on Pumpkin Ridge’s Witch Hollow course. The former North Texas player opened with rounds of 66, 63 and 70 to take a two-stroke lead over Canada’s Adam Hadwin into the final day

Hadwin and Jason Gore tied for second to each earn $70,400. Gore finished with a 66, and Hadwin had a 70. Hadwin jumped from 10th to fourth on the money list with $293,667, and Gore moved from 17th to ninth with $253,046

When the final putt dropped the first 25 of 50 PGA Tour cards available via the Web.com Tour were handed out. Among the graduates are Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C. and Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C., who finished fourth and 24th respectively

An additional 25 cards will be on-the-line at the four-event series, which begin Thursday with the Hotel Fitness Championship in Fort Wayne, Ind. These 25 cards will be based on money earned in the Finals. The 50 card earners will join the PGA Tour for the 2014-15 season, which begins in October.

Donaldson wins in Czech Republic, earns Ryder Cup spot..

Final scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014066/leaderboard/index.html

Jamie Donaldson held off the challenges of Søren Kjeldsen and Bradley Dredge to win the D+D REAL Czech Masters and book a Ryder Cup debut at Gleneagles next month.

In need of a top-seven finish to secure a place on Paul McGinley’s European Team, the Welshman completed the task in style by claiming a third European Tour title at Albatross Golf Resort in Prague.

A four under par 68 saw him reverse a two shot deficit on compatriot Dredge by finishing with a 14 under total.

Donaldson has had a solid year around the world. Those on this side of the pond will remember him at the WGC – Cadillac Championship, where only Patrick Reed finished ahead of him and Bubba Watson, who tied for second, in a star-studded field.

That performance brought home more than half a million Euro for the easy-going Welshman, who followed that notable display with another high-class week at the Masters Tournament where a tie for 14th further outlined his credentials in the big events.

None will be bigger than the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and I am telling you this guy will continue the legacy of furiously competitive Welshmen like Dai Rees, and Brian Hugget who battled to the end against the overwhelming odds in the days when the US stars dominated the event.

Bryan Angus

(notes from europeantour.com)

South Korea's An wins on Challenge Tour in Geneva

Byeong-hun An claimed his maiden European Challenge Tour title after a superlative final round 64 earned him a three shot victory at the Rolex Trophy, becoming the first Korean to win on Europe’s top developmental tour.


The 23 year old, who still holds the record as youngest player to win the US Amateur Championship having won in 2009, began the day an incredible seven shots off the pace but reeled off eight birdies in a stunning eight under par final round to finish on 19 under for the tournament.


Five birdies the seven holes after the turn were enough to secure his place in Challenge Tour history and move to fourth in the Rankings on €85,677, making the Orlando-based player a virtual certainty for The European Tour next year.


 The 2014 season has been a breakthrough campaign for a player upon whose shoulders much expectation rested when he arrived on the Challenge Tour in 2012 - becoming the first player from the Asian nation to earn a card for Europe’s second tier - following a stellar amateur career.

Monasterio wins English Senior Championship

Argentina’s Cesar Monasterio romped to a maiden victory at the English Senior Open in just his fifth start on the European Senior Tour.
Having led by three shots overnight at Rockliffe Hall, County Durham, following a course record-equalling 63 on Saturday, the 50 year old Tucuman native put together a serene two under par 70 to finish five clear of England’s Barry Lane (70) and Scotland’s Andrew Oldcorn (67) and with it become the second rookie in succession to win on the Senior Tour.


England’s Paul Eales finished tied fourth after a best-of-the-day 66, alongside Scotsman Ross Drummond (73).
But it was a result that never really looked in doubt, as Monasterio calmly plotted his way to an aggregate total of 202, 14 under par, to seal a memorable victory and a winner’s cheque of €37,503.

Ryu wins South Korean... eh.. CP Canadian Women's Open

It was a South Korean sweep, 1,2 3 at the CP Canadian Women's Open on a beleaguered London Hunt Club course, softened by rain and left defenseless in calm conditions..


So Yeon Ryu set the course record in her first round, held a four-stroke advantage going into Sunday and led by six going into the back nine. A bogey on No. 15 and Na Yeon Choi’s birdie shrunk the lead to one.


Then she hit a great approach, the key shot of her round, resulting in a birdie on the 16th hole, restoring her lead to two as she wrapped up her first victory in more than two years by capturing the US$2.25-million Canadian Pacific Women’s Open with a 23-under 265.


With that score she beat the tournament record of 18 under but couldn’t break Annika Sorenstam’s LPGA Tour record of 27 under.


Inbee Park, like Ryu and Choi part of South Korea’s International Crown team, finished third at 18 under after winning last week’s LPGA Championship. Spain’s Azahara Munoz, who tied Ryu’s course record Saturday, was fourth at 17 under.


Brooke Henderson of Smith Falls, Ont., shot a 74 Sunday to finish as the low Canadian and low amateur at 2-under 286, two strokes better than Calgary’s Jennifer Ha. Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., shot a 76 to drop to 3 over, and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., shot a 78 to drop to 7 over.


Brook said after receiving her medals that she looked forward to winning her national championship one day, and I know she has the ability. However if we ever needed reminding, the wave after wave after wave of little Asian girls who dominate the pro game is not going away, in fact the girls on the LPGA Tour are just the tip of the iceberg.


A recent look at the women's NCAA championships displayed an astonishingly high percentage of young women of Asian descent, some of them now American, Canadian, Australian etc., citizens. Their love of this game, and their devotion to practicing it has been for me the number one story in women's golf for year's now.


It also make Brook's progression to the final of the US Amateur championship even more remarkable.


So for another week, this time in Canada it is South Korea 1, 2 and 3, a tribute to Ryu, Park and Choi....


Is that good or bad for the LPGA Tour ?  That's a story for another post !


Final leaderboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx

Dunlap breaks through on Champions Tour

Scott Dunlap outlasted Mark Brooks for his first career victory on the Champions Tour. Dunlap was up three strokes twice on the back nine and he appeared headed to an easy victory after making a short birdie putt at the 14^th hole.


However, Brooks, playing in the group ahead of Dunlap, birdied six of his last seven holes, including a clutch eight-foot birdie putt on the final of regulation, to catch Dunlap.


On the first extra hole, the par-5 18^th, Brooks was forced to lay up after hitting his drive in the bunker. Dunlap hit his drive in the fairway and then rifled his 3-wood second shot to within five feet of the hole allowing him to have two putts for victory after Brooks spun his third shot back to the front of the green and missed his birdie effort from 40 feet. Dunlap’s eagle effort slid just past the hole and he tapped in for the win.


Dunlap won his first title on the Champions Tour in his 16th career start on the Champions Tour and claimed his first TOUR victory since the 2008 Panama Movistar Championship on the Web.com Tour. He made 204 appearances on the PGA TOUR and was third three times – T3 2000 PLAYERS, T3-1999 Doral-Ryder Open and T3-1996 Bell Canadian Open.


Rod Spittle finished tied for 32nd after carding 72 in the final round


Final scores click  http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/boeing-classic/leaderboard.html

Dunlap gunning for his first senior win in Seattle..

Scott Dunlap leads the Boeing Classic after his second-round 9-under 63 Saturday.

Dunlap, in his first full season on the Champions Tour, birdied five of his final seven holes for a two-day 12-under 132 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge course.

He leads by one stroke over Doug Garwood, who shot a 6-under 66 for a two-round 11-under 133.

Tommy Armour III and Mark Brooks are tied for third at 9-under 135.

Fred Funk, Woody Austin and Joe Durant are tied at 8-under 136, four behind the leader.

Six of the top seven players are seeking their first Champions Tour victory. Rod Spittle shot 69 for a share of 20th at the end of the second round

Canuck leads Great Waterway Classic

In an impressive show of skill and composure, Kitchener, Ontario’s Chris Hemmerich is making the most of his professional debut at The Great Waterway Classic.

The 21-year, playing on a sponsor’s exemption as a recent graduate of Golf Canada’s National Amateur team, took the solo lead during Saturday’s third round at Loyalist Golf and Country Club before play was suspended due to darkness, reaching 17-under with a birdie on the 15^th hole, his last of the day, to lead by two over England’s Kelvin Day


Live scoring click  http://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/leaderboard.html

Welshmen lead in Czech Republic..

Bradley Dredge shot a flawless 6-under 66 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Czech Masters.

The Welshman, seeking his third European Tour victory, produced six birdies for an overall 12-under 204 at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague.

His countryman and second-round leader Jamie Donaldson shot a 71 to sit tied for second with Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark (68), still on course to secure a spot on Europe’s Ryder Cup team


Live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014066/leaderboard/index.html

Shoot out in store at the Barclay's

Jim Furyk was steady. Jason Day was wild. Both wound up with a share of the lead Saturday at The Barclays.

Day lost his golf ball in a mound of high grass and took double bogey on the par-5 13th, the third-easiest hole at Ridgewood. He also took four shots to get down from a bunker on the par-5 17th for a bogey. But the Australian made enough birdies for a 3-under 68.

Furyk played bogey-free for a 69 and joined Day in the lead at 9-under 204.

The final round of his opening FedEx Cup playoff event was shaping up as a shootout, with 15 players separated by three shots.

Hunter Mahan was tied for the lead until his approach went right of the green on the 18th and he took bogey for a 68. He was one shot behind. Matt Kuchar, who won The Barclays the last time it was at Ridgewood in 2010, was among seven players two shots behind.

The group at 6-under 207 included Ernie Els and Erik Compton.

Missing from the mix – but not entirely out of the picture – was Rory McIlroy. The Open and PGA champion made an early move until he was slowed by a pair of bogeys around the turn. He had a 70 and was five shots behind in his bid for a fourth straight victory.

Adam Scott failed to keep pace. Tied for the lead going in a cloudy Saturday, the defending Barclays champion made only one birdie in a round of 75 and left him five shots out of the lead.

At least he’s still playing. Phil Mickelson missed the 54-hole cut, which is in effect when more than 78 players make the 36-hole cut. For the second straight day, Mickelson hit his tee shot onto the terrace of a grandstand left of the fifth green. He also lost a $20 bet to a fan on the 18th fairway, saying he could make birdie from a tough lie. He made bogey..

The players at 5-under 208 – four shots back – included Rickie Fowler (67), Ryo Ishikawa (68) and Paul Casey, who had a 71 as he tries to extend his season.

Canada’s David Hearn is tied for 30th after carding 69 in the third round


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Ryu set to smash CP Women's Open scoring record..

Azahara  Munoz rebounded from a shot in the water to fire a 9-under 63 Saturday to shoot up the leaderboard and vault into contention at the $2.25-million Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. She’s tied with Na Yeon Choi in second place, four strokes behind So Yeon Ryu, who leads at 20-under par going into the final round.




Ryu, didn’t drift back to the pack by shooting a 67. She’s looking to become the sixth wire-to-wire winner in this tournament’s history and the first since Michelle Wie in 2010. She Ryu,has been remarkably consistent through three rounds with 21 birdies and just one bogey and Ryu is looking for her first victory since 2012.


She is on pace to snap the tournament record of 18 under set by Suzann Petterson in 2009 and is within range of the LPGA Tour record of 27 under, which belongs to the legendary Annika Sorenstam.


Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 1-under 71 to get to 4 under as the lowest Canadian left. Fellow amateur Jennifer Ha of Calgary moved to 2 under with a 73, while Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., shot a 76 to drop to 1 under and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., shot a 74 to drop to 1 over.

Goodes (64) leads the senior field at the Boeing

Mike Goodes shot an 8-under 64 on Friday for a one-stroke lead in the Boeing Classic.

Goodes, 57, got off to a fast start with an eagle on the first hole, knocking it in from a bunker. He then had six birdies in the first round of the Champions Tour stop at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.

Goodes, who maintained his amateur status until joining the Champions Tour in 2007, is looking for his second career win to go with the 2009 Allianz Championship. The last time he led any round in any tournament was the 2013 Insperity Open in Houston.

Mark Brooks was all alone in second after a 65. The 1996 PGA champion shot a 6-under 30 on the back nine, one short of the course and tournament record of 29 set by Scott Simpson in 2006.

Mark O’Meara, Gene Sauers, Scott Hoch, Mark McNulty and Jeff Sluman are at 6 under. Five players shot a 67, including Mark Calcavecchia. He shot a 5-under 31 on the front nine, matching the course record done 20 times, including by Calcavecchia in the opening round last year.

Live scoring click here http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/boeing-classic.html

Scott, Tringale lead 36 players within 5 shots at the Barclay's

Adam Scott ran off four straight birdies in the middle of his round Friday, and then closed with an approach that settled a foot from the cup for a tap-in birdie and a 6-under 65. That gave him a share of the 36-hole lead with Cameron Tringale at The Barclays.

Three dozen players were within five shots of the lead, a group that includes Open and PGA champion Rory McIlroy. The world’s No. 1 player, going after his fourth straight victory, shook off some rust on the range and was nine shots better than his opening round with a 65

Scott and Tringale were at 8-under 134. Kevin Chappell (67), Brendon Todd (69) and Jim Furyk (69) were one shot behind. The group two shots back included Henrik Stenson (64), Jason Day (64) and Ernie Els, who is playing his sixth straight tournament and shot a 68.

Phil Mickelson birdied his last hole for a 72 to make the cut on the number, including a shot at 17 from the bleachers !

Lee Westwood kept his PGA Tour season going – barely. He shot a 73 and made the cut on the number at 1-over 143. Because 79 players made the cut, there will be a 54-hole cut Saturday, only the second such cut in the playoffs since the new policy began in 2008

Brantford's David Hearn took a tumble down the leaderboard but he was still able to make the cut at the PGA Tour event. He is tied for 50th after following up his two-under-par 69 on Thursday with a one-over par 72 on Friday.

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Jamie Spence leads English Senior Open

England’s Jamie Spence fired a bogey-free 67 to hit the front following the first round of the English Senior Open at Rockliffe Hall.
Spence, who joined the Senior ranks last year after a profitable European Tour career which yielded two victories, made an unblemished five birdies – including four in five holes around the turn – to seize a one-shot lead over Zimbabwean Tony Johnstone (68).
Two back following the opening exchanges in County Durham were Argentinian Cesar Monasterio, American Gary Rusnak and Englishmen DJ Russell and Chris Williams

Burke leads Wheeldon in Bath..

Los Angeles, California’s Micah Burke shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at Loyalist Golf and Country Club to set the new competitive course record and take a one shot lead midway through the second round at The Great Waterway Classic. Burke led by two over Comox, British Columbia’s Riley Wheeldon as play was suspended due to darkness.


The 28-year old Burke chipped in twice and carded six birdies along with two eagles on the day to reach 12-under par through 36 holes, following up his first round 2-under 70 with his best career round in 38 starts on PGA TOUR Canada.

Ryu leads by 5 into weekend at CP Women's Open

So Yeon Ryu of South Korea shot a 6-under 66 Friday in another bogey-free round to take a commanding five-stroke lead at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Ryu set a course record with a 63 on Thursday and continued her sizzling play during Friday’s second round. Her 36-hole 129 (-15) tally is a new Canadian Women’s Open record. Cristie Kerr and Inbee Park held the previous 132 record set in 2013 at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, Alta.

American Danielle Kang, Swede Anna Nordqvist and Na Yeon Choi of South Korea are tied for second at 10-under 134.

Canada’s Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont. continues to lead the way for the Canadian contingent after posting an even-par 72 Friday at London Hunt and Country Club to hold a share of 24th position. The Team Canada Young Pro Squad member will be joined on the weekend at London Hunt by Team Canada national amateur team members Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. and Jennifer Ha of Calgary who sit at 3-under 141 through 36 holes. Also advancing to weekend play is Team Canada Young Pro Sue Kim of Langley, who shot 71-72 (-1) to squeak by the cut line


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Donaldson leads in Prague

Jamie Donaldson outlined his Ryder Cup credentials with an imperious display to claim the first round lead on a dramatic opening day at the D+D REAL Czech Masters in Prague.


The Welshman, who currently sits in one of the automatic qualification places for Europe's side at Gleneagles but is not yet assured of a debut in the biennial contest, fired a six under par 66 at Albatross Golf Resort to lead by one from Sweden's Mikael Lundberg.


Two of Donaldson's main rivals for a place in Paul McGinley's team, Scot Stephen Gallacher and Dutchman Joost Luiten, both fired two under par rounds of 70


Live scoring click http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014066/leaderboard/index.html

Van Pelt leads the pack by a shot at the Barclays

Bo Van Pelt started his year missing seven cuts in nine tournaments before his game slowly started to come around over the last month. He felt he was heading in the right direction and received more confirmation Thursday. Van Pelt didn’t make a bogey, and finished strong with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 16th and the eagle on the par-5 17th hole that put him in the lead with a -6 65. Van Pelt is No. 104 in the FedEx Cup. Only the top 100 advance to the next tournament.


Paul Casey is No. 118 with a lot on his mind, specifically the birth of his first child in two weeks and he played bogey-free at Ridgewood to join seven other players at 66.


That group included Brendon Todd, who is trying to get Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson’s attention as a possible wild-card pick; and Hunter Mahan, who at No. 62 is in danger of missing the Tour Championship for the first time since the FedEx Cup began in 2007.


The Ridgewood GC featured some of the deepest rough of the year, though the greens were soft enough to allow for birdies if players could keep it in the fairway. The average score was 70.8, with 44 rounds in the 60s


Rory McIlroy was not among them. The Open and PGA champion went 13 holes before he made his first birdie and finished with a 74. That ended a streak of 14 straight rounds under par, and it was his highest score in the opening round since a 74 in the Irish Open in June.


Jim Furyk, Charles Howell III, Brendon de Jonge, Ben Martin and Cameron Tringale also were in the group one shot behind. David Hearn is tied for 32nd after carding 69 in the opening round. Graham DeLaet carded a 7-over 78 and is tied for 121st.


Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html






Bryan Angus (files from AP CP BBC Reuters )

Vandeventer leads Great Waterway Classic

In Bath Ontario, Briston, Tennessee’s Jay Vandeventer shot an 8-under 64 at Loyalist Golf Club to take the first round lead at The Great Waterway Classic.


The 23-year old led by one over a group of players that included Baddeck, Nova Scotia’s Peter Campbell, Austin, Texas’ Creighton Honeck, Aberdeen, Scotland’s Paul Cormack and Santee, California’s Daniel Miernicki.




Vandeventer, a University of Tennessee graduate, carded six birdies and an eagle on the day, and credited a hot putter for his round, the best of his first season on PGA TOUR Canada.


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Ryu sets course record at CP Women's Open

So Yean Ryu fired a bogey-free 9-under 63 to set a course record and take the opening-round Canadian Pacific Women’s Open lead at London Hunt and Country Club.


With her opening-round 63, Ryu sets the new competitive course record at London Hunt and Country Club. The previous course record 8-under 64 was tied by Na Yeon Choi earlier on Thursday during the opening round.

Ryu’s 9-under 63 ties the lowest score relative to par at the Canadian Women’s Open previously set by Song-Hee Kim in 2009 who shot 9-under 62 at Priddis Green Golf and Country Club.


Anna Nordqvist sits in solo third after a 7-under 65. Azahara Munoz, Danielle Kang, Xi Yu Lin and recent major champion Inbee Park sit three back in a tie for 4th at 6-under-par.

Two-time defending champion Lydia Ko opened with a 2-under 70 and currently sits in a tie for 34th after the opening round.

Canada’s Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont. leads the way for the Canadian contingent after posting a 5-under 67. The Team Canada Young Pro Squad member carded five birdies in her bogey-free opening round playing alongside Canadian amateur sensation Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. and Toronto’s Rebecca Lee-Bentham


Henderson, Bentham and amateur Elizabeth Tong of Thornhill, Ont. all have a share of 34th place after 2-under 70s.


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                                Henderson, Bentham and amateur Elizabeth Tong of Thornhill, Ont. all have a share of 34th place after 2-under 70s

Hayward blows 7 shot lead, Chartrand wins Women's Senior

Sherbrooke, Qué. (Golf Canada) – In a  hole-by-hole playoff against Aurora, Ont.’s Mary Ann Hayward, Helene Chartrand of Pincourt, Qué. claimed the 2014 Canadian Women’s Senior Championship at Club de golf Milby in Sherbrooke, Qué. on Thursday.

Chartrand entered the third and final round seven strokes behind Hayward, who led the field at 5-under 141 after Wednesday’s second round. After Hayward made three bogeys on the front nine followed by four more on the back, Chartrand was able to match the 3-time champion with an even-par score of 219 for the tournament, leading to a hole by hole playoff. Chartrand defeated Hayward with a birdie on the second playoff hole


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Fed Ex Cup playoffs arrrive with a dull thud..why ?

Apart from our pals at the Golf Channel and a group of friends and family, the Fed Ex Cup playoffs get under way this morning at the Ridgewood GC in New Jersey for the Barclay's and now that the majors are done for the year and of course with the Ryder Cup right around the corner, this is the best month in golf, four tournaments with the best players from the world’s strongest tour competing for a shot at $10m


Yet for the general public it arrives with what I describe as a dull thud ! Why ?


There are several reasons in my opinion. Many of you have been turned off by the amount of money pro athletes are making, or complaining about not making while we worry every day about where the rent money is coming from, and over 20 years of broadcasting my Fairway's Golf Show this is a real problem for many. Giving these millionaires a $10m bonus to win is sickening and means nothing to anyone but the pro's..


Another reason is that most of you don't have a horse in the race. If I take you to Woodbine racetrack and we sit in the stands and watch a bunch of well bred fit horses running around the track, chances are you'll be bored by the 3rd race. However if you have $20 on the 5 horse to win you'll be leading the cheers down by the rail !! Yes we have our favourites, but we have nothing at stake. Watch the unbearable tension about to unfold at Gleneagles in 5 weeks time for those of American or European descent at the Ryder Cup to illustrate my point.


No Tiger is sadly a huge factor for many of you who have no interest unless he is in the field...


Lack of characters. Ok who is a real character out there. Bubba can be, Rory is writing history but it's his game that does all the talking. Jimmy Walker ? Adam Scott ? Matt Kuchar ? Jim Furyk ? We had Lee Trevino talking his way around the course often to the annoyance of his playing partner, Arnie charisma oozed, Tom Weiskopf was always angry, Brian Barnes smoked a pipe, Tommy Bolt threw his clubs or snapped them over his knee, then would get into the bottle after the round, his fights with his wife were legendary.. on and on we go..


John Daly is the closest guy to the characters of yore. Now today's pro's are lean, fit, don't smoke or drink, rarely make headlines for anything but their scores, in general are boring..


The courses.. Barclay's at Ridgewood. Deutchbank at TPC Boston, BMW at Cherry Hills or Tour Championship at Eastlake...  All fine courses for sure, especially Cherry Hills outside Denver which has had 9 USGA championships and 2 PGA's. Arnie came from 8 shots back in 1960 to overtake Mike Souchak and add the US Open to the Masters he had won that April.


But do the others have any lore for you ? No apparently..


Summer holiday's are a factor, especially if you have had a cool, wet one like we have in southern Ontario and Labour Day is just 3 weeks away, the urge to get away before the fall is overwhelming.


Other sports. Baseball's wild card/ pennant race is heating up, the NFL rules in the US, EPL, MSL, Serie A, NHL soon...


Still, for me the world's best will be front and center until the end of September, Let's see if Rory keeps it up, will Rickie or Sergio continue their awesome summer's, Delaet and Hearn for Canucks, there are stories galore, pity nobody seems to care..


Hey don't forget the CP Women's Championship at London Hunt and of course the most exciting 3 days in golf the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles..


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Bryan Angus
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Great course, great field set for CP Women's Open

LONDON, Ont. (Golf Canada) – A world-class 156 player field, including 96 of the top 100 players on the LPGA’s Official Money List and 15 Canadians, are set to challenge London Hunt and Country Club in London, Ont. for the opening round of the $2.25 million (US) 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Two time defending champion and the No. 3 ranked player in the world, Lydia Ko, is being coy about her chances for a three-peat at Canada’s national open championship.

“I've been playing pretty consistently well, I think, pleased with how everything is going,” said Ko Wednesday.  “But it's a whole new week. You never know what's going to happen. You don't know what the conditions are going to be like. Every course is a little different, so sometimes it suits longer hitters, sometimes it suits really good putters, etc.  So for me, I'm just going to go out there and try my best.”

Canada’s top ranked women’s golfer, amateur Brooke Henderson, is excited for play to get underway Thursday. But, the Team Canada member from Smiths Falls, Ont. is well aware of the high expectations that come with her success of late.

“I see the pressure and I hear it,” said Henderson, who finished tied for 10th at the U.S Women’s Open last month and runner up at the U.S. Women's Amateur two weeks ago. “I hear that I’m the face of Canadian golf, but I’m just trying to improve and trying to get better.

“First step (this week) is to make the cut, and after that, hopefully climb up the leaderboard a little bit,” added the 16-year-old.  “This is such an awesome event with such amazing Canadian support. I'm just really excited and hopefully I'll play good.”

Hayward set to win 4th Canadian Senior Women's..

Mary Ann Hayward of Aurora, Ont. held onto her opening round lead in the second round of play on Wednesday at the Canadian Women’s Senior Championship, hosted by Club de golf Milby in Sherbrooke, Qué.
Her second round score of 2-under 71 puts her seven strokes ahead of Pincourt, Qué.’s Helene Chartrand, who sits at even-par for the tournament.
“I felt good going into today’s round,” said Hayward. “It’s a very demanding course so you can’t take much for granted out there. I just wanted to have another good ball-striking day.”
The three-time champion is looking for her fourth win, which would earn her an exemption into the 2014 U.S. Women’s Senior. Hayward was a semifinalist in the international event in 2010. She will enter Thursday’s third and final round with a combined score of 5-under 141 for the tournament.


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Conners, Henderson lead Canada into World Amateurs

Oakville, Ont. (Golf Canada) – Golf Canada is pleased to announce the six individuals selected to represent Canada at the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship, conducted by the International Golf Federation. The championships – features both a women’s (Sept 3^rd-6^th) and men’s (10^th-13^th) competition which will take place in Karuizawa, Japan from September 3 – 13, 2014.


Representing Canada on the women’s team is Brooke Henderson, 16, of Smiths Falls, Ont., Augusta James, 21, of Bath, Ont., and Brittany Marchand, 21, of Orangeville, Ont. The trio will vie for the Espirito Santo Trophy at the Kurizawa Prince Hotel Resort’s Oshitate Course and Iriyama Course.


The men’s team selected to represent Canada consists of Corey Conners, 22, of Listowel, Ont., Taylor Pendrith, 23, of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Adam Svensson, 20, of Surrey, B.C. Also contested on both the Oshitate Course and Iriyama Course at Kurizawa Prince Hotel Resort, the men will vie for the Eisenhower Trophy.


“The World Amateur Team Championships are a critical benchmark in our evaluation of Golf Canada’s efforts in high performance player development,” said Golf Canada’s Chief Sport Officer Jeff Thompson. “This particular championship allows our players to compete best on best with the top amateur golfing talents from across the globe. It was an extremely difficult selection for this event. The players selected have demonstrated an extremely high level of performance throughout the selection period over a number of world-class competitions and I am very confident that they will represent the country and themselves very well.”

DeLaet, Hearn set for the Fed Ex Cup playoffs

Starting on Thursday, the top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings who qualified for the playoffs, begin play at the Barclay's to be held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. Then the top 100 players qualify for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the top 75 qualify for the BMW Championship and the top 30 qualify for the playoff-final, The Tour Championship.


Rory McIlroy leads the way with 2582 points followed by Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and so on.


Graham DeLaet is 28th with 1113, and David Hearn 82nd with 645.


The event returns to Ridgewood for the the first time since 2010 where Matt Kuchar beat Martin Laird in a playoff. In the last 6 years, RCC has invested almost $8 million into the restoration of its golf course. Among the improvements have been the construction of 26 new tees, a new irrigation system, a new Greens and Grounds complex, an expansion of the pond on hole #1 on the Center nine, and the rebuilding of all the bunkers back to their original A.W. Tillinghast design. The course includes three challenging and scenic nines known as Center, West, and East, referring to their location relative to the clubhouse.




Bryan Angus

Canadian Women's Senior Championship.. Live scoring

The Canadian Women's Senior Championship kicks off today at the Milby GC in Sherbrooke, Quebec where Mary Ann Hayward looks to claim her 4th Senior title.


For live scoring click http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga1421/contest/6/leaderboard.htm

Arnie gets a pacemaker

Arnold Palmer has had a pacemaker implanted to correct an abnormal heartbeat.

According to his website, Palmer had successful surgery Monday at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. The 84-year-old Palmer was to remain in the hospital overnight for observation. He is expected to be released today.

Palmer turns 85 on Sept. 10

Elizabeth Tong brings Canadian total to 15 at CP Women's Open

LONDON, Ont. (Golf Canada) – Twenty-nine players took to Sunningdale Golf and Country Club during Monday’s final qualifying event in hopes of securing one of the four final spots into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Amateur Jillian Hollis of Rocky River, OH and Emma Jandel of Dayton, OH shot matching 2-under par 70s to top the Monday Qualifier leaderboard and earn spots in the field for Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship. The pair will be joined by amateur Elizabeth Tong of Thornhill, Ont., who finished third after a 1-under 71.

Emma de Groot of Sydney, Australia grabbed the final spot, winning a three-for-one sudden death playoff over Carmen Bandea of Atlanta, GA and Hannah Hellyer of Quinte West, Ont. The trio all finished regulation play tied for fourth at even-par 72.

With the addition of Tong to the field, a total of 15 Canadians will now compete for Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship at London Hunt and Country Club.

Click here for complete results from the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open Monday Qualifier at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club.

Monday qualifier for CP Women's Open

The final four spots into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open field will be determined today as the Final Qualifier is set for Sunningdale Golf and Country Club in London, Ont. A total of 32 competitors will challenge for one of four spots into the field for Canada’s National Women’s Open Golf Championship.
The Final Qualifier features 18 holes of stroke play with the low four competitors receiving an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open field.  If necessary, a hole-by-hole playoff will be conducted immediately following the conclusion of play.


Pairings click http://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga1420/index.htm

Weekend wrap...Langer, Park, legends grow.

It won't happen but man I'd like to see Paul McGinley choose Bernhard Langer for his Euro Ryder Cup team on September 2. After he came from 4 shots back to win last night for the 5th time this year, Mark O'Meara who came 2nd.. yet again said it all.." Bernhard is playing the best golf of his career over the last 2 years and Paul McGinley if you hear this, you can't go wrong picking Bernhard to go with you to Gleneagles.. I played good but this guy is just tougher than all the rest of us out here.."




McGinley is on record for saying he is leaning to selecting a player in form that is playing regularly on the European Tour..Bernhard who is as fit as he was when he was 30, unlike many of his colleagues who obviously have let their fitness go was the European Tour's captain at Oakland Hills in 2004 when his team routed Tiger and the USA 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 and as a player he has a 21-15-6 record in 10 appearances..




Inbee Park won the year's final major on the LPGA Tour over a very nervous Brittany Lincicome, this was her 5th major for the little south Korean and she is only 26,and is in London today for this week's CP Canadian Women's Open..






Here is the weekend wrap..






LPGA Tour
Wegman's LPGA Championship http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx

Inbee Park who was was coming off a playoff loss to Mirim Lee last week in Michigan beat Brittany Lincicome on the first playoff hole to win the Wegman's.  Park also earlier this year in Canada and now has has 11 LPGA Tour victories, 5 of them majors.. She’s projected to jump from third to second in the world, passing 17-year-old Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Ko, trying to become the youngest major winner in LPGA history, shot a 70 to finish third at 8 under.

CHAMPIONS Tour

Dicks Sporting Goods Open

http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/dick-s-sporting-goods-open/leaderboard.html

Bernhard Langer rallied to win the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open for his fifth Champions Tour victory of the year. He closed with a bogey-free 66 for a one-stroke victory over Woody Austin and Mark O’Meara. Langer did not make a bogey in the event and finished at 16-under 200 at En-Joie for his 23rd career victory on the 50-and-over tour. Langer, tied for fifth with Bob Charles on the tour victory list, earned $277,500 to increase his tour-leading total to $2,652,520. The German has three victories in his last five starts. Rod Spittle tied for 22nd at 7-under 209

PGA Tour

Wyndham Championship

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wyndham-championship/leaderboard.html


12 players entered the final round within three strokes of third-round leader Nick Watney, who was at 14 under through three rounds and Camilo Villegas wasn’t one of them. He began five strokes back but shot a 7-under 63 and finished at 17-under 263. He earned $954,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points in the final regular-season event to get into the Fed Ex Cup playoffs with his fourth PGA Tour title and first since the 2010 Honda Classic. Bill Haas and Freddie Jacobson tied for second. Haas had a 64, and Jacobson shot 66 while Brad Fritsch finished tied for eighth at 13 under.




EUROPEAN Tour
Made in Denmark
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014064/leaderboard/index.html


Scotland’s Marc Warren held off Bradley Dredge to win Made in Denmark by two shots, shooting a 3-under 68 in the last round to secure his third European Tour title, his first title since winning the 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship, after several recent near misses.




USGA
US Amateur Championship
http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869326&year=2014&type=reversetree


Team Canada’s Corey Conners lost the 36-hole final match of the U.S. Amateur to South Korea’s Gunn Yang, 2 & 1 in a hard fought, even match in rainy John's Creek, Georgia.




WEB.com Tour
News Sentinal Open
http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/news-sentinel-open-presented-by-pilot/leaderboard.html


Martin Piller won the News Sentinel Open at Fox Den in Knoxville to give himself a chance to earn a PGA Tour card through the regular-season money list. The 28-year-old Piller, married to LPGA Tour player Gerina Piller, shot an 8-under 63 for a two-stroke victory over former Texas A&M teammate Bronson Burgoon. Roger Sloan finished at 9-under 275, leaving him in a tie for 30th


SYMETRA Tour
Eagle Classic
http://www.symetrascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx


Marissa Steen won the Eagle Classic on Sunday for her third Symetra Tour title of the year, earning $15,000 to jump from second to first on the money list with $75,348.

Steen, the 24-year-old former University of Memphis player from West Chester, Ohio, closed with a bogey-free 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory. She finished at 14-under 202 at Richmond Country Club. Overnight leader, Nicole Vandermade of Brantford, Ont., carded a 76 Sunday to fall into a tie for 15th at 4-under 212.

EUROPEAN Challenge Tour

The Vacon Open

http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/index.html

Mark Tullo from Chile won for the 3rd time on the Challenge Tour, this time by 3 shots in Finland with a final round -7 64

EUROPEAN Senior Tour

Scottish Senior Open

http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/index.html

England's Mark Davis shot -1 71 in the wind at Fairmont St Andrew's to win the Scottish Senior by at -5 211, 5 shots better than 4 players who T2. This was not played on the old course at St Andrews, rather at a luxury resort located near St Andrews just up the east coast http://www.standrewsbay.com/ 

Bryan Angus

( files from AP CP Reuters, BBC, europeantour.com.

10 reasons Tiger should not play the Ryder Cup

The last time the US won the Ryder Cup was in 2008 at Valhalla, also the last time Tiger Woods won a major. It was only the second Ryder Cup the Yanks won out of the last nine, and Tiger has been the main man in them all and that was when  he was playing well!!!  http://www.rydercup.com/usa/history/2014-ryder-cup-past-results


The captain of that winning team Paul Azinger says that he would not select him because he's not fit, not playing well and doesn't know where the ball is going.


The captain of this year's squad Tom Watson held court yesterday, his team of nine is listed here http://www.rydercup.com/usa/2014/team/usa-ryder-cup-points-list?atrack=hp_carrousel-t1_16. The debate that rages is will Tiger be in his 3 captain's picks, and Tom was saying all the politically correct things, while giving him the out I believe he must use when the final decision is made on September 2.


I can't assess his medical condition and I honestly can't assess how he's playing," Watson said. "It really is going to be having to come from information from Tiger himself. But, again, I don't make this comment loosely. He is Tiger Woods and he brings a lot to the team, if he has the ability to play and he's healthy. He brings a lot to the team. And I'd be a fool not to consider him. He's a very positive influence on the players. But the most important thing is can he play? Can he physically play and is he playing well?


Well Tom here are 10 reasons you should not pick Tiger no matter what he says...

1. Woods has gone more than a year without winning. He played eight tournaments and completed 72 holes only three times. He missed two cuts, withdrew from the final round of two other tournaments and missed a 54-hole cut at Torrey Pines, where he is an eight-time winner. His best finish was a tie for 25th at Doral, where Woods played in the next-to-last group on Sunday and posted his highest score ever (78) in the final round.

2. He finished at No. 70 in the Ryder Cup standings.. come on !

3. His Ryder Cup record 13-17-3 is mediocre at best and that was compiled in the main when he was the best on this planet .. by far

4. US has only won twice in the last nine outings with him as the man at the heart of the team.

5. There is a new sheriff in town called Rory, and Tiger no longer rattles the pots and pans of any of this European team. Respect yes..Fear..no  (Team Europe http://www.rydercup.com/europe/2014/team/european-ryder-cup-points-list?atrack=hp_rc_points_list_13 )

6. Injury reports pending, Dufner, Moore, Todd, Bradley and Kirk have all earned selection and they are next in line, all of them have played well recently, which is what Watson is looking for, further down Simpson, Snedeker and good old Steve Stricker are in form.

7. Here are Tiger's stats this year http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.08793.tiger-woods.html/statistics they are not pretty including an actual scoring average of 72.48, he only hits a little over 50% of fairways, is pulling everything he misses way left.

8. He desperately needs to play competitive rounds, and now he can't because the Fed Ex playoffs start next week and he is of course not eligible, so is left practicing in south Florida, which of course tells captain Watson nothing.

9. NBC who have the Ryder Cup rights through 2030 are lobbying hard to get Tiger in the team, because they don't mind if he shoots 64 or 84, he moves their ratings needle, and for the good of the game, it's future and the US Team's future, their view is understandable, however short sighted. Time to move on...

10. Selecting Tiger makes a mockery of the whole points accumulation system, he is 70th in the standings, if it were anyone else they wouldn't even get a mention, and I wouldn't be writing this.

Watson's stance has been if Tiger says he's good to go, he's in. If Tiger is honest he needs to relieve Tom of making that mistake.

Pick up the phone Tiger, offer to be an assistant captain, a cheerleader, a resource.. anything but a player...See you at Augusta..

Bryan Angus

McIlroy leads the Sunday shootout at Valhalla

Valhalla is a big, difficult championship course,.. however it is soft..and the field is taking advantage with Rory McIlroy as he has been all summer the main culprit !!


He finished off a 4-under 67 with an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole, getting up-and-down from a bunker to maintain a one-shot advantage after the third round.

It was another day for going low. Plenty of players did, most notably Bernd Wiesberger. The strapping 6'5" young Austrian provided the lowest score of the round, shooting a 65 that put him in the final group of a major for the first time.

Rickie Fowler was right in the mix again at another major, shooting a 67 that left him two shots behind McIlroy’s 13-under 200. Fowler has been the runner-up at the last two majors, and finished fifth at the Masters.

Then there’s Phil Mickelson, who already has five major titles. Lefty hasn’t won since the 2013 Open Championship but he’s clearly back on his game. He birdied four of the last five holes for a 67 and was three shots off the pace.

Australia’s Jason Day was also three strokes behind, having lost some ground despite a 69 that included a barefooted shot. After hitting his drive left of a creek at No. 2, he had to take off his socks and shoes and roll up his pants to get across the water. He wound up saving par.

37 players got into the 60s. Hunter Mahan joined Weisberger with a 65, matching the best round of the week, and seven guys shot 66. At one point, there was a five-way tie for the lead. When it was done, McIlroy was still on top but a dozen players were separated by only five shots, meaning the leader will have to work a little harder for this major than he did for the three first three championships

Graham DeLaet is tied for 10th after carding 68 in the 3rd round. He’s sitting 8-under, five shots back of McIlroy.

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Bryan Angus  ( files from AP,BBC, Reuters )

Tiger's gone, now let's get on with it...

So after all the insane, over the top hysteria from a way to many of my colleagues, many of them at the Golf Channel over the mere appearance of Tiger Woods at this PGA Championship, his pairing with Phil, the shots of him opening his car door, then his trunk, on and on and on.. blah blah blah...well he's back home in Florida after a pair of 74's as he continues to yank the driver left, and putt poorly.


We so often lay the story of what is actually happening with the competition, all the story lines, to concentrate on Tiger, then when he's gone it's ho hum, let's see and report on the tournament...this is always what is at the heart of those of us who should know better, who actually love watching the greatest player of this era, but who despise the dismissal of this great game and all those playing it just to chase ratings and concentrate on one guy, no matter how great he was..

Rory McIlroy once again is the story as he marches on his way to not only winning his 3rd in a row, but two of them majors to boot !!. He started on the back nine with two birdies paying with such confidence, then claimed the lead for the first time when he made a long eagle putt at the 18th hole ( his ninth) before picking up two more birdies in his final three holes for a 4-under 67 -9, for a one-shot lead over Jason Day (65) and Jim Furyk (68).

To me Rory has just grown up so much over the past year, his break up with Caroline, the whole Nike / new management issue, his harsh self criticism...he just seems happier now. To be constantly at the top of this game you have to be selfish, By that I mean, your preparation, your focus is all about golf first and foremost.. not your girlfriend, or wife or even family... golf..( look at what it eventually cost Tiger.)

Now Rory plays, practices then goes to the gym.. it's all about him and his game and it shows doesn't it...His head is up, shoulders back..you never saw Jack looking hangdog when he was playing did you ? annoyed at times you bet, but he carried himself like the champion he was and is..

So we go into the weekend with these questions...Can Rory do it ? If not who will top him. Jason Day always seems to play well in majors and is due.. Jim Furyk continues to play superbly, another kid who has grown up a lot this year Rickie Fowler shot 66 and is only two shots back at -7. Did you know he has finished in the top five of the first three majors of the year.

Great to see Phil Mickelson in contention after an 8-footer for eagle at the final hole for a 67, just three shots back. Ryan Palmer turned in the best round of Thursday's leaders shooting 70, Lee Westwood slipped with a 73 and is four shots back at -5 while Kevin Chappell struggled to a 74 and dropped six strokes off the pace.

Steve Stricker who was picked as an assistant U.S. Ryder Cup captain this week made four birdies on his first nine holes on the way to a 68, which left him at -5 along with Westwood. Others at -5 are Graham DeLaet (68), Victor Dubuisson (68), Joost Luiten (69), Henrik Stenson (71).

Kenny Perry at home in front of friends and family made the cut after  69, while his pals from the senior circuit Vijay Singh and Colin Montgomerie, also made the cut.


It is raining lightly this morning, it rained overnight, so another hot, humid soggy day ahead in a very soft Valhalla which sets up for spectacular shot making and low scoring.


Rory is off at 3pm and as has been the case all summer, he will be able to see what all the others out before him are doing. from the drivers seat..

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