Snedeker takes one-stroke lead in PGA Tour
gatekeepers of the professional game, we are looking to create a format that would be six holes,” he said.
“That could be an hour, an hourand-a-half content programme... which would be very entertaining.
“Yes, there would be a shot clock, yes there would be music being played, and PA announcements, and players would be dressed a little differently, and maybe they would only play with five or seven clubs.”
Pelley said he envisaged players representing their countries “so you could probably see England playing Scotland in a six-hole match play with time clocks and music and so forth going on and it would be an aspirational goal to be even remotely as successful as Twenty20 cricket.
“If you’re not prepared to change, if you’re not prepared to be innovative, if you’re not prepared to take chances, then I do believe that the sports that aren’t will fall behind.” MONTREAL: Brandt Snedeker drained a seven-foot eagle putt the final hole on Saturday to cap a six-under par 66 that gave him a one-stroke lead in the US PGA Tour’s Canadian Open.
Snedeker’s three-round total of nineunder par 207 put him one shot ahead of US Open champion Dustin Johnson and Canadian amateur Jarde du Toit.
“It was a great way to finish, but I didn’t expect to be ahead at the end of the day,” Snedeker said after his effort at Glen Abbey outside of Toronto.
He needs some solid results to make the US team for the Ryder Cup in September.
“It’s important that I make that team,” he said. “I have to get my game in shape and this was a good start. I just have to pull on my experience tomorrow and play well again. There are a lot of guys right there and I will need to play another great round to win.”
Du Toit, trying to become the first Canadian to win his national championship since Pat Fletcher in 1954, rolled in a 40-foot eagle putt at 18 to cap his 70.
“It feels good,” said du Toit, who will be a senior at Arizona State University and is playing in his first PGA Tour event. “I’ve never been here before, but I’m looking forward to it.
“This will be a new type of pressure at atmosphere for me, but I’m just trying to have fun and golf my ball,” added du Toit, who will play in the last group on Sunday.
World number two Johnson was tied for the lead after each of the first two
Golf and tennis has to be a little more open to letting the youth actually participate KEITH PELLEY, European Tour chief executive
rounds but needed a 12-foot birdie putt at 18 to complete a one-under 71.
Steve Wheatcroft made a 43-foot eagle putt on 18 for a 64 that was the low round of the day. He was two strokes back on 209 and tied with Germany’s Alex Cejka, whose 69 included an 84foot birdie putt at the final hole.
Scotland’s Martin Laird (68), Spain’s Jon Rahm (72) and Americans Cameron Tringale (69), Matt Kuchar (70), Chad Campbell (70) and Ricky Barnes (71) were tied on 210.
World number one and defending champion Jason Day of Australia followed his second-round 76 with a 69 but remained seven off the pace in a tie for 28th.
He was joined on 214 by Luke List, who shared the lead with Johnson after each of the first two rounds but carded a third-round 77 that included a triplebogey and two double-bogeys.