PGA Tour Honda Classic final scoreboard https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2020/the-honda-classic/leaderboard-old.html
Albin Choi and MacKenzie Hughes grew up playing golf together and against each other in Canada.
In story tale fashion they wrote another chapter in the book of Canadian Golf history on Sunday afternoon.
MacKenzie who'd missed 9 of 11 cuts this year was buoyed by a message from Canadian coaching legend Herb Page who told him after he made it on the number, "you've done the hard part now." He relaxed, found his game with the low score 66 on Saturday then with a hot putter another 66 on Sunday ended up losing by a single shot at -5 275.
By now you'll know he lost to Korean star Sungjae Im and here's the twist. Im's regular caddie had to attend a wedding. Im who's English is poor contacted Korean Canadian Albin Choi who is caddying in Florida while nursing a wrist injury to carry his bag this week.. Choi and Hughes have both won Canadian amateur championships.
Despite his recent struggles, Hughes who is now a new dad has life in perspective, and in particular this week, after losing a close friend Daniel Meggs from Wake Forest whom he dedicated the week to with DM on his golf ball. " I knew Daniel would give anything just to play another round of golf anywhere, and I know I am blessed to be able to play this great game".
It was a hell of a Sunday, besides Mac and Im, Tommy Fleetwood and Brendan Steele also had a chance to win. Only 16 players ended under par and the average score was over 72.0 with par being 70.
Fast Facts:
*Ernie Els told his Presidents Cup team they needed to start winning on Tour to become bi annual contenders. So far with Sungjae Im, Adam Scott, Cameron Champ and Marc Leishman have all done just that.
* Sungjae Im has played in 168 recent PGA Tour events, more than any other player and he plans on playing every week.
* With Nick Taylor's win at Pebble Beach and Mackenzie's 2nd this past week things are looking good for Canada on the PGA Tour.
* Nick and Corey Connors are playing the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week.
Bryan Angus
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