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In a recent conversation with RBC Canadian Open Tournament Director Bill Paul, we were going back over our 30 years together, at the Abbey mainly, and I asked him who the guys were that could sell tickets for our national championship since 1985.
Keep in mind Jack Nicklaus who designed the Abbey but never won, was near the end of his career, despite his win at Augusta in 1986, so we left him out of the equation. Two names won't surprise you, Tiger of course who won with the shot in 2000, and Mike Weir, who came oh so close, losing to VJ Singh in a playoff in 2004.
The other two ?? Greg Norman who won in 1984, 1992 and John Daly...
Well Daly, who continues to travel the world, where ever a sponsor will have him to help pay his bills, was at his best yesterday at Pebble Beach with a -7 65 T3, his best score in 10 years, to sit just a shot off the lead held by JB Holmes and Justin Hicks -8 64. They each played at Pebble Beach, typically the easiest course in the rotation in what are gloriously benign conditions, and more of the same is in the forecast.
Daly is in a group of seven which includes Brandt Snedeker and Jim Furyk..His last official win was at Torrey Pines in 2004, and his record at this event is brutal, he T20 in his rookie season in 1991 and he hasn't made the cut in 10 tries since. His weight as you know is up and down just like his game, right now he is somewhere in between, but he is unmistakeable with his dyed white hair, and loudmouth pants, not to mention the long smooth swing that has never changed..
Canadian scores... David Hearn T15 -5 67, Roger Sloan T99 72 E, Mike Weir T134 +2 74, Graham DeLaet, Nick Taylor T147 +4 76
Bryan
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