Grillo's lead at RBC Canadian Open no surprise to me..

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"I am picking out 2 dark horses for this week, American Tony Finau has it all and hits it a mile, and Argentina's Emiliano Grillo who has been knocking on that winner's door for a couple of year's now."

Just saying I told you so.. the above is a little excerpt from my Wednesday preview.

It's not often I'm right and of course it's only round one but the 23 year old rising star from Argentina leads the field after eight birdies en-route to an -8 64 after opening on the 10th with a birdie.

I have been watching him come close on the European Tour for a couple of years now, and he is just getting some starts (6) on the PGA Tour and he is here this week after getting a foreign sponsor exemption into last week’s Barbasol Championship where he finished in the T10 to qualify here. He almost won back in March, when he lost on the first playoff hole to Alex Cejka at the Puerto Rico Open.

A further twist, he was stopped at the border in Buffalo because as an Argentinian he needed a special visa to get into Canada and the matter was eventually resolved when they let him pay for one...

Vaughn Taylor, remember him, also qualified for this week at the Barbasol and in form lefty Brian Harman are T2 after -7 65's, while Steve Wheatcroft,  Erik Compton and a South African, Tyrone Van Aswegen are all T4 along with a brilliant 17 year old Australian amateur Ryan Ruffels at -6 66. This kid is another one to watch, he won the Australian Boys’ Amateur championship last year and is here making his first start on the PGA TOUR on an invitation.

As for the 16 Canadians,  David Hearn and Adam Svensson had the best starts opening with rounds of -3 69. Nick Taylor and Roger Sloan -2 70, Blair Hamilton -1 71, Graham DeLaet playing with a sore left thumb, Richard Jung and Albin Choi E 72, Bill Walsh and Austin Connelly +1 73, Adam Hadwin, Taylor Pendrith and Justin Shin +2 74, Brad Fritsch +3 75, Corey Connors +5 77, Garret Rank +9 81

Big names.. all the headliners seemed to shoot -4 68..Bubba (in front of 25 of his Canadian wife's friends and family), Jason Day, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan all well placed after a beautiful day on the Gen Abbey course that looks as good as we've ever seen it and with the drought we are in here in southern Ontario, is drying out and playing firmer and faster as the week goes on.

Robert Allenby got into an argument with his caddy on the 4th hole and subsequently fired him at the turn, then asked a fan to carry his bag for the last nine holes, shot 81 and promptly withdrew from the tournament.

Bryan