Now, imagine what a win might do for golf in Canada.
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But Day was just getting started. After graduating from the University of Houston earlier this year, he could have turned pro.
The Australian hopes to get that out of his system at the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey this week, an event he won a year ago before following up with his first major title at the US PGA Championship. Those players have not surprisingly made sure the Canadian Open is on their schedule. Despite finishing outside the top 20 at The Open Championship, he still has been great on the Tour, finishing in the top 10 in four of his last five events prior to last week.
The pair swapped the top top spot twice beforre the end of the year though it was Spieth who celebrated New Year’s Eve as the world’s highest ranked golfer.
A Canadian hasn’t won the tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954, with Hearn and Weir (2004, runner-up in a playoff) coming the closest. The RBC Canadian ended in dramatic fashion last season with Day, Bubba and Canada-native, David Hearn all in the mix on Sunday. He also broke the records for lowest four round score (259), largest victory (7 shots, not once but twice) and became the first three time victor in a season. “I know that I’m now ranked the best player in the world”.
There’s just a one week break between Majors, but you don’t have to take a break from fantasy golf if you build your lineup with my DraftKings fantasy golf picks for this week’s RBC Canadian Open on the following slides.
Dustin Johnson, the world No 2, will also be in action in Oakville, Ontario, after an “okay” outing at Royal Troon last week. I need to work harder than I ever have before to keep that spot.
“I’d like to win everything from here on in”, he said. I hit a ton of greens previous year as well.
I’ll be back with the In-Play Blog on Friday. “It’s coming into crunch time for me”. The Utah native makes the most of his long arms and is one of the longest drivers in the game, averaging over 310 yards.
“Had to change the game plan a little bit as it’s just a little tough with how dry everything is, it’s nearly better to get up there around the greens with a wedge in your hand”. Since I’ve been out on the PGA Tour for a while, I know the courses and don’t have to spend as much time learning them as I did when I first got out on tour. It just requires good all-around golf. The seventh hole frustrated several players, with a water hazard and several bunkers surrounding the green, forcing golfers to loft the ball above a tree line and then get victimized by the wind. He really took off after winning the Canadian Open with six more wins in his next 14 starts, including the PGA Championship, which is next week. The event was first established in 1904 and has seen many lovely settings along the way, but has taken a keen liking to Glen Abbey, with this visit being the fifth for the event in the past nine years.
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That’s bad news for the rest of the field.
