At the Desert Classic, Adam Hadwin was due. The native of Abbotsford, B.C., led with nine holes to go at this event in 2016, shot a 59 in 2017 and finished second, and was in the final group on Sunday a year ago. He didn’t get the job done this year – while eventual winner Adam Long chipped in for birdie two holes in a row, Hadwin faltered down the stretch with a late bogey and a stubbed chip – but his tie for second proved why he’s cemented himself at the top of the group of ever-growing Canadian male professional golfers who are contending for PGA Tour titles. It’s never been a more prosperous time for Canadian golf on the PGA Tour, and Hadwin showed this week why he’s the best of the bunc
Matt Kuchar leaves Hawaii a winner, but not entirely unscathed. That’s the prevailing sentiment from a sect of golf observers, the byproduct of an accusation by a former PGA Tour player on Saturday afternoon. The match was lit at 5:08 p.m. ET; by 10, Kuchar, a beloved and venerated personality by American crowds, had come on the business end of a Twitter roasting . . . over how much he paid a fill-in caddie. Five hours is all it took. Five hours in which Kuchar was on the golf course, oblivious to the drubbing. “It’s not a story,” Kuchar would eventually say. This statement was aimed at the rumors; time will tell if he’s proven right. Through another prism, Kuchar is already wrong. Because s
November 2018 It was a week ago Monday when Paul Azinger’s phone rang. The worst-kept secret in golf was out: Johnny Miller was retiring from NBC after nearly three decades as the network’s lead golf analyst. But the lesser known part of the plan was leaking as well: Azinger would be the man tapped to replace Miller. Of course, Azinger had known about it all for months. Still, Miller was calling to congratulate him and in the process passed along a few words of wisdom. “Continue to tell it like it is,” was the message Miller relayed to Azinger. Sage words, and advice the 58-year-old shouldn’t have any trouble following. Though Miller has long been lauded by viewers and critics (sometimes to
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