Fox was sixth in strokes gained/approach the green, beating the field average by more than seven shots with his split set of Srixon irons. However it was his 15-degree Srixon ZXi 3-wood that struck the deciding blow.
In his first start since his worst finish this season – a T-47 in the PGA Championship – the reigning Masters champion suffered an extremely rare setback – he missed the cut at the RBC Canadian Open.
Robert MacIntyre’s RBC Canadian Open win with his dad caddieing for him is one of the best feel-good golf stories in recent memory. But a call home with his mother shortly after was just as awesome to watch.
It’s not often a winner ranks outside the top 25 in both strokes gained/off the tee and approach to the green (29th and 44th, respectively), but MacIntyre came up big around and on the greens.
The RBC Canadian Open revealed a fun change to its logo overnight, swapping out a boring old golfer taking a swing with Nick Taylor’s epic putter drop from this year’s event.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed, after Tuesday’s historic partnership between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, that LIV Golf members will have the chance to regain membership with the tour. Rory McIlroy, however, believes discipline should still be in order.
Amid all the chaotic content surrounding the launch of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, Rory McIlroy has been adamant that he will remain loyal to the PGA Tour. Fitting, then, that he picked up his 21st PGA Tour victory just one day after the completion of the first LIV Golf Invitational event outside London.
McIlroy carries just two wedges aside from his pitching wedge, a 54 and 60-degree but he used them well enough to rank second for the week in scrambling.
Monahan, who refused to mention LIV Golf by its name, was asked if the players who played in the 54-hole event in London this past weekend will ever be allowed to return to the PGA Tour. His answer was hardly a confirmation.