(After Rory ghosted the media after his final round on Sunday, your newsletter writer was apparently inspired to do the same so we apologize for arriving in your inbox a day late.)
Well that was a U.S. Open to remember! An absolutely thrilling final round was filled with both wonderful shotmaking and critical mistakes. It was everything you hope for from a U.S. Open.
Anyone else looking forward to a long shower and watering their lawn sometime next week?
Scottie Scheffler won again. SHOCKER. After having the charges against him dropped by the Louisville PD last week, Scheffler dropped the elevated field at the Memorial to win his fifth tournament in 8 starts. Once again, we are witnessing historic golf and the US Open awaits at Pinehurst this weekend.
Busy weekend out there, let’s get to it!
The RBC Canadian Open was played in Hamilton this weekend and while Mackenzie Hughes couldn’t make it two in a row for Canadians, Robert MacIntyre winning in a scrappy effort with his father caddying for him this week was still a great story. It’s great to see the status of the Canadian Open continue to elevate with better fields showing up and exciting competition. Hopefully with the spot on the calendar the week before the US Open perhaps it can carve a niche similar to the Scottish Open where players use it as a tune up to prepare for the Open the next week.
Change is coming to Leading Edge Golf as we prepare to move to a new indoor facility in the coming weeks. That’s right, after many years at our current home we have decided to make the move to our own dedicated facility.
What a classic May Long Weekend. You get all excited, make tee times, plan bbqs, just to get rained on. At least it’s helping with the drought?
At least there was golf on tv and the PGA Championship delivered. A stacked leaderboard fought it out on Sunday before Xander Schauffele nailed a birdie on 18 to take home his first major. Xander gets a lot of grief for no-showing in big moments despite his elite skill level but he showed some real resolve on Sunday at Valhalla.
It’s warming up here in Calgary and the trees are leafing out as it starts to feel like summer. Unfortunately, the feeling of summer lately has also included the burning sensation of wildfire smoke in our nostrils as it did for a bit this weekend. Here’s hoping things don’t get too bad this year.
Look, I know it must have been tough finding out this newsletter is being written by a Canucks fan last week. But with Vancouver set up to play Edmonton in the second round, we’re on the same team now right?
We have another Canadian winner on the PGA Tour as Taylor Pendrith managed to hold on to win the (absurdly named) CJ Cup Byron Nelson for his first victory. Taylor made a move on Saturday when he made back to back eagles and after an up and down Sunday found himself on 18 with a chance to win.
Well, well, well. Someone other than Scottie and Nelly won this weekend. Now, did they both not play? Yes. But still! We at least get to talk about someone else before their rampages through professional golf resume.
The Tour roundup portion of this newsletter is getting repetitive. Something something Scottie and Nelly win again something something. Greatness, etc. To a certain extent, the same player winning each week is a little, dare I say, boring. But this is what a run of elite, elite golf looks like in the moment. Nelly and Scottie are inevitable and that doesn’t make for great competition but it does make history. While they both lack the burning intensity of a young Tiger, the last player to go on a run anything like either of these, the level of play is similar. Embrace it and enjoy.