Bud Cauley has broken through for his first PGA Tour win at the RBC Canadian Open, closing with a strong back nine and crediting a four-leaf clover from his grandfather as his lucky charm.
The five-time major champion was in line to produce his best result since leaving LIV Golf and returning to the PGA Tour this year, but now a hand injury that made him withdraw in Canada makes his status for this week’s US Open unclear.
Victory in the Canadian Amateur last July granted Sydney’s Declan O’Donovan direct entry into this week’s Canadian Open, an exemption he was able to retain despite turning professional last October.
It has been quite the journey for New Zealander Ryan Fox, whose career has played out on its own world tour, defined by victories on several continents in a variety of countries, on tours small and large.
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.
Father’s Day came early for Dougie MacIntyre, who showed up for a one-off caddieing gig in Canada and wound up helping son Robert to his first PGA Tour title.
Apparently, security had no idea that Hadwin was a fellow tour pro, a fellow Canuck and a friend to Taylor, with one guard mistaking him for a law-breaking fan and FLATTENING him Terry Tate linebacker style.
McIlroy said his Wednesday press conference was “the most uncomfortable” he’s felt in the past 12 months, and that the more he can focus on birdies and bogeys, the happier he’ll be.
Fitzpatrick said he expected the questions to come and wondered how he should answer them. Ultimately he came to the conclusion that anything regarding the new entity, the re-integration of LIV players, and other issues about the tour’s future is “not really my job”.
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.
Australian Golf Digest
