Soderberg leads at home in Sweden...

 DP World Tour : Scandinavian Masters 

Sebastian Söderberg continued his recent run of fine form to lead the way on home soil after day one of the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.

The Swede already had three top tens on the 2024 season when he finished second, second and third in consecutive events to top the Asian Swing and earn a place at the US PGA Championship.

He made the cut in his second Major Championship appearance last time out and brought that momentum to Vasatorps Golfklubb, carding a bogey-free 63 to get to nine under and lead by two from England's Alex Fitzpatrick and South African Dylan Frittelli.

Malaysia's Gavin Green was at six under and, in the event where 78 men and 78 women play in the same groups for one prize fund and one trophy, Ladies European Tour players Linn Grant and Lauren Walsh were in the group four shots off the lead.

At fifth on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex, Söderberg is the highest-placed player without a win in 2024 but his form suggests that will not be the case for long.

He has made 11 cuts from 11 so far this season, finishing in the top ten in more than half of his starts as he looks to add to his win in Switzerland in 2019.

His effort on Thursday was his third 63 of the season and he was happy to give the home crowds something to cheer in the third event of the European Swing.

"There's a lot of family and friends here and it's easy to put extra pressure on yourself wanting to play good in front of them," he said.

"I did feel a little extra adrenaline on the first tee which doesn't happen that often on Thursday but I got off to a good start and it was nice to have everyone out there the whole day.

Swede Grant, who was the DP World Tour's first female winner after lifting this trophy in 2022, cancelled out a double-bogey with an eagle while also making five birdies, while Ireland's Walsh was bogey-free.

Scottish duo Scott Jamieson and David Law and South African Louis de Jager were also at five under, one clear of a group of seven players.

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Hadwin's day at Jack's Memorial...final scoreboard / TEE TIMES..

 PGA Tour : The Memorial by Workday..Tee Times

 Adam Hadwin had too many birdies to complain about ending his round at the Memorial on a sour note Thursday. His 6-under 66 was enough to lead Masters champion Scottie Scheffler by one shot and give the Canadian hope he is turning the corner at the right time.

Hadwin was among the few who conquered a Muirfield Village Golf Club course that was soft from rain but no less punishing. He birdied four of five holes toward the end of the first round — after four birdies on the front nine — until missing a 5-foot par putt on the tough 18th.

Corey Conners, Collin Morikawa and Ludvig Åberg also were at 68, with defending champion Viktor Hovland among those at 69.

Hadwin and Conners are coming off the RBC Canadian Open, and it's an important time of the year with only two weeks before the 60-man field for the Olympics is finalized. Each country gets two players (a maximum of four if they're in the top 15).

Hadwin hasn't finished in the top 40 since late March, and his world ranking has dropped from No. 44 to No. 59.

Conners is at No. 45, while Taylor Pendrith and Mackenzie Hughes are right behind him at Nos. 64 and 65 (WM Phoenix Open winner Nick Taylor has the first spot sewn up).

“Over the last month I've probably played my way ... not out of the conversation, but certainly out of a good position to be in,” Hadwin said. “So coming into this week, I know the questions are always going to be there, but I think for me in particular, it was very important this week to get into the process.”

Only 25 players from the 73-man field managed to break par, a group that included Rory McIlroy at 70, and that was with four birdies on his last six holes.

Other Canadians

Adam Svensson T26 E 72, Nick Taylor T35 +1 73, Taylor Pendrith T44 +2 74,  Mac Hughes T68 +6 78.

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TEE TIMES at the Memorial includes 6 Canadians..

 PGA Tour : Memorial Tournament Tee Times

So the PGA Tour beat goes on with the US Open in sight on June 13th,  after Bob and his Dad won the RBC Canadian Open its off to Muirfield Village for Jack's Memorial Tournament with the big bucks from sponsor Workday.

Robert MacIntyre alongside father Dougie, who caddied during his victory at the RBC Canadian Open. Image: Shutterstock.

Incidentally, McIntyre has WD from in the restricted 73 man field this week after 5 straight weeks to prepare for the US Open at Pinehurst #2 next week.

Usually hot and humid in Dublin Ohio but with Jack still around the signature event status worth $20,000,000 is guaranteed, and the weather forecast on pgatour.com doesn't have much rain in it after today, mainly sunny and high 70'sf.

So all the big boys like Rory and Scheffler are here and there are 6 Canucks in play in pairings of two..

925 1st  Adam Svensson, Cameron Young

955 1st  Mac Hughes Si Woo Kim

1135 1st  Adam Hadwin, Sam Burns

1225 1st  Nick Taylor , Taylor Moore

1245 1st  Corey Conners, Seamus Power

150   1st  Taylor Pendrith, Davis Riley

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Els edges Ames to win Principal Charity Classic.. final results..

 PGA Tour Champions ; Principal Charity Classic..Results

Ernie Els won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career PGA TOUR Champions victory, closing with a 7-under 65 at Wakonda Club to beat defending champion Stephen Ames by two strokes.

It was the fourth Champions Tour victory for Ernie Els, who closed with a seven-under 65 to finish on 21-under for the week. Picture: David Berding/Getty Images/AFP

Tied with Rod Pampling for the second-round lead, Els eagled the par-5 15th and had five birdies in his bogey-free final round. The 54-year-old Hall of Famer from South Africa finished at a record 21-under 195 for his first victory since March 2023.

“It’s very special,” Els said. “You know, I haven’t won for a while. I’ve had quite a few chances, but it gets tougher when you don’t get it over the line. So today was very, very competitive. A lot of players, a lot of great players. I just took my chance when it came.

Ames shot 66. He leads the Champions Tour with two victories this season.

Bernard Langer tied for third at 17 under after a 68. Making his fourth start since returning from an Achilles injury, the 66-year-old German star is the PGA TOUR Champions' career victory leader with 46.

Pampling (69) and David Duval (67) also were 17 under.

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Scotland's Bob MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open...

 Robert MacIntyre, with father Dougie at his side as his caddie, held on to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title.

ROBERT MACINTYRE (MINAS PANAGIOTAKIS/GETTY IMAGES)

Four strokes ahead entering the final round at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, MacIntyre shot a 2-under 68 to beat playing partner Ben Griffin by a stroke. On the par-4 18th, the 27-year-old Scottish left-hander two-putted for par from 12 feet, holing out from 1 1/2 feet.

“Goose bumps. It’s incredible,” MacIntyre said. “It’s a dream of mine to play golf for a living. It’s been a dream of mine to win on the PGA Tour. … I just can’t believe I done it with my dad on the bag. The guy’s taught me the way I play golf.”

MacIntyre finished at 16-under 264 for the breakthrough victory in his 45th career PGA Tour start. The former McNeese State player was a member of Europe’s winning 2023 Ryder Cup team and has two European tour victories, the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown and 2022 Italian Open.

“I was in a dog fight there,” MacIntyre said. “Obviously, Ben made it difficult coming in the stretch. He played well. It’s just incredible to do this with my dad on the bag and have my girlfriend here and I’m sure there’s a party going on back home in Oban.”

Griffin had a 65. He parred the 18th after birdieing the previous three holes.

“I fought hard,” Griffin said. “It felt like there was a lid on the cup for most of the day for me. I hit so many pretty good putts, I wouldn’t say like striped putts, but pretty good putts and just kept burning edges. A couple bad putts, but stayed patient.”

Victor Perez of France was third at 14 under after his second straight 64.

Two-time Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy also shot 64 to tie for fourth with Tom Kim (64) at 13 under. McIlroy won in 2019 the last time the tournament was in Hamilton and again in 2022 at St. George’s in Toronto.

“Three really good rounds of golf, one not so good one,” McIlroy said. “Felt a little out of sorts on Friday. Did a good range session and sort of rectified it.”

Corey Conners was the top Canadian, shooting a 65 to reach 12 under.

“Definitely something to be proud of,” Conners said. “Yeah, obviously disappointing to not win the big trophy, but, yeah, it’s a cool honor.

Fellow Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, tied for second entering the day, was another shot back after a 70.

The final 10 holes were tough on Hughes, with three bogeys dropping him back down as MacIntyre found his rhythm and surged to his first PGA Tour victory.

“Pretty gutted,” said Hughes, pausing to collect himself. “Yeah, I wanted this one pretty badly.

“I don’t know. This one will sting for awhile. I obviously got off to the start I needed to get off to but I just didn’t.”

Billed from Dundas, Ont., just eight kilometres away from the course in Ancaster, Ont., — both towns were amalgamated into the city of Hamilton in 2000 and 2001 respectively — Hughes allowed that the pressure of the final round did weigh on him.

“Today I felt sort of the enormity of a few of the putts I had and a few of the shots,” he said. “Kind of felt like I was running out of holes at times and that I needed to make something happen. 

“In this game you can’t really force things or feel like you need to start pressing, it’s kind of a hard game to be pressing.”

There was a small silver lining for Hughes. His performance earned him a spot in the upcoming British Open at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland.

“It’s a great, I guess, bonus after not getting what you want, but kind of hard to think about that at the moment,” said Hughes. “It’s always great to get a major start under your belt and to play at Troon.

“I’ve played there before, so it’s a really fun golf course and looking forward to getting there in July.”

Taylor Pendrith (69) of Richmond Hill, Ont., tied for 21st at 7 under. He is projected to move three spots up to 30th on the FedEx Cup standings, making him the highest ranked Canadian on the PGA Tour.

“A good step in the right direction,” said Pendrith, who went to Kent State University with Hughes and Conners. “I felt like I did a lot of good things, I putted awesome today, saved me a lot.”

Ben Silverman (68) of Thornhill, Ont., tied for 35th, Adam Svensson (70) of Surrey, B.C., tied for 51st. Myles Creighton (70) of Digby, N.S., tied for 57th. Edmonton’s Will Bateman (74) tied for 62nd, and David Hearn (76) of Brantford, Ont., finished 69th in his 20th Canadian Open appearance.

Last year at Oakdale in Toronto, Nick Taylor made a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth hole of a playoff against Tommy Fleetwood to become the first Canadian to win the event since 1954.

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First time winner Canter at European Open ..full results

 DP World Tour : European Open Results

Laurie Canter held his nerve down the stretch to claim a maiden DP World Tour title at the European Open after a tense final day in Germany.

The Englishman entered day four at Green Eagle Golf Courses in a two-way tie at the top of the leaderboard but had three players for company after playing his first ten holes in one over.

With multiple DP World Tour winners Thriston Lawrence and Bernd Wiesberger making moves on the back nine, the pressure was on Canter but he produced three birdies on his way in to sign for a 72 and finish at 13 under.

South African Lawrence and Austria's Wiesberger carded rounds of 68 and 71 respectively to finish two shots behind, one clear of Frenchman Julien Guerrier and Dane Niklas Nørgaard.

After coming through the Qualifying School in 2015, 2016 and 2017, Canter spent the 2019 season on the European Challenge Tour but had his breakthrough in the Covid-affected 2020 campaign.

He finished second at the Portugal Masters and the Italian Open to sit in the top 20 on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and has had two more runner-up finishes, including at this season's AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.

Despite a top ten at last week's Soudal Open, he was playing with a new set of irons this week and that decision has paid dividends as he moves into the top ten on the Race to Dubai and the summit of the European Swing Rankings.

"This is what I've always wanted to do: to win on the DP World Tour," he said.

"Now that I've done it it's going to open up some opportunities for me. If I'm going to try and climb the world rankings and get myself up and playing in the biggest tournaments in the world you have to know how to win and I think you only get that belief once you do it. Hopefully it means I can push on and go from strength to strength.

"It's quite difficult if you feel like you're serially not getting it done to have that almost stigma around you. I know in my own self that I could win. My realisation was to focus on what my close friends and family are thinking of me and be more immersed in that versus trying to win for someone on Twitter. That's probably helped me.

"I tried to not get caught up in the tournament, I tried to keep it as factual as possible. It went my way today and in the past it hasn't and probably now that I've done it, I look back at when I didn't do it and think it wasn't so much what I was doing, it was other people doing stuff.

"Today I holed a great putt on 15 and 16, those sort of things were happening for me today and from my perspective I kept putting one foot in front of the other. I know how to play golf, I just kept telling myself that."

Guerrier carded six birdies and two bogeys in a 69 while Nørgaard made two double-bogeys, a bogey and four birdies in a 74.

Japan's Keita Nakajima carded a 71 to finish at nine under, a shot clear of Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello and two ahead of Migliozzi, defending champion Tom McKibbin, English pair Tom Lewis and Garrick Porteous and American Johannes Veerman.

Mac Hughes vies for RBC Canadian Open

 Mackenzie Hughes is having fun, he really is. He’s just trying to stay focused as he chases the RBC Canadian Open title.

MACKENZIE HUGHES (BERNARD BRAULT/ GOLF CANADA)

Shouts of “atta boy Mac!,” “Let’s go Canada!” and “We got you, Mac!” rang across Hamilton Golf and Country Club on Saturday as Hughes shot a 3-under 67 to sit in a tie for second with New Zealand’s Ryan Fox and American Ben Griffin. All three are trying to catch Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, who shot a 4-under 66 to build a four-shot lead heading into the final round of Canada’s men’s golf championship.

I never get cheered for like this really ever, because when I’m playing in the U.S., I’m pretty much a nobody,” said Hughes, who is from Dundas, Ont., just eight kilometres away from the course. “Being here at home you feel like they’re really pulling you across the line.

“I made a putt on 10 and it was just like, it was like chills. The putt went in, the crowd went nuts, and just some of those moments and things I felt I’ll remember for a long time.”“

MACKENZIE HUGHES (BERNARD BRAULT/ GOLF CANADA)

If Hughes can catch MacIntyre in the final round it will be the first time in 110 years that Canadians have won the men’s national golf championship in back-to-back years.

Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., ended a 69-year drought at the home open at Toronto’s Oakdale Golf and Country Club in 2023.

As long a wait as it was for a Canadian to win the national title — Pat Fletcher was the last to do it in 1954 — it has been even longer since Canadians won it in consecutive years. Albert Murray (1913) and Karl Keffer (1914) were the last homegrown back-to-back champs.

Hughes has said all week that he’s trying to shelve any pressure to keep the title in Canada and just stay present when he’s on the course, even as the crowd is very vocally in his corner.

“For me, it’s about not trying too hard, not forcing things,” he said. “For the most part I would say I did a pretty good job. 

“There were a few things I would like to do over again, but, yeah, for the most part playing near the lead in your National Open I felt like I did a pretty good job handling everything and kept myself within distance for tomorrow.”

At the hockey-themed No. 13 hole, dubbed The Rink because of the hockey boards surrounding the tee box, Hughes did allow himself to get personal. For a second time at the tournament he pulled on the hockey jersey of family friend Bill Bath, who died April 23.

“I just feel like he was a huge part of my life and my journey to this point,” said Hughes of Bath, who caddied for him in 2019 when the Canadian Open was last in Hamilton. “We walked these hills the last time I was here and it’s just nice to kind of keep him out there with me, if you will. 

“I know we’re in the midst of a lot of chaos and competitiveness on that Rink hole and it’s actually a super hard shot with like a 6-iron or 5-iron, but there are bigger things than golf and he was a really close friend of mine and I’m thinking about him a lot.”

MacIntyre was 1 over on the day through 13 holes, allowing Hughes to briefly take the lead, but he reeled off three consecutive birdies and eagled No. 17 to pull way ahead of the field.

“I didn’t have it great at the start, but I feel like whenever I dropped a shot I bounced back with maybe two good shots into the green, and I would pick up a shot back,” said MacIntyre. “It never got away from me.

“A bit of luck, a bit of myself staying in the moment, staying calm. I got my reward with the putter in the end.”

Two-time Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy remained an obvious fan favourite on Saturday. Roars could be heard every time he made a birdie putt as he fired a 5-under round to bounce back from a disappointing 2-over struggle on Friday. That lifted him into a four-way tie for 11th at 7-under overall.

“I feel like an honorary Canadian at this point and the support I get here is amazing,” said McIlroy, who won his first Canadian Open on the same course in 2019. “I keep saying it, but just a pleasure to play in an atmosphere like that.

“The crowds are so good, they’re so supportive, so enthusiastic, looking forward to one more day of it.”

Corey Conners (67) of Listowel, Ont., was in that group with McIlroy. Taylor Pendrith (66) of Richmond Hill, Ont., was a shot back in a five-way tie for 15th. 

Hughes, Conners, and Pendrith were all on Kent State University’s men’s golf team together.

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