A Canadian win is likely on the way
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There were merely seconds between one of Hearn’s putts to win and a successful putt by 2010 Dakota Dunes Open champion Will Wilcox for a 59 at the Utah Championship.
Despite missing an earlier short putt, Wilcox carded his milestone score with 10 birdies and an eagle. No bogeys and seven pars to round out the card.
Wilcox now has earned $205,000 on the Web.com Tour in 2013 and sits in the No. 6 spot among “The 25” who will earn their PGA Tour cards for 2014.
The Web.com Tour is in Kansas City for this week’s Midwest Classic.
There are only six events left before 25 PGA Tour cards are finalized and 75 players move on to the new Web.com Tour Finals series. No Canucks have won on the PGA Tour since 2009 ( Stephen Ames) and 2007 ( Mike Weir), but there is reason to believe a Canadian win is coming, and coming soon.
There is more optimism now than ever.
To see David Hearn come so close to his first PGA Tour victory, after watching Graham DeLaet get closer and closer, is certainly encouraging.
Brad Fritsch has fit in nicely, too, on the Tour, where more young Canadians could soon join the ranks.
Youngsters like Adam Hadwin, Matt Hill and Nick Taylor are moving up the ranks.
It was a little tough to watch Hearn miss his chances to win the John Deere Classic, including a four- or fivefoot birdie putt.
Those missed opportunities ended up costing him his first PGA title, worth more than $400,000. It also cost him a trip to the British Open, where he would have joined his good friend, DeLaet, and a spot in the 2014 Masters.
“But that wasn’t what I was thinking about when I was over the putts,” Hearn said during a teleconference this week. “It would have been a great opportunity, but getting a week off isn’t the worst thing in the world for me.”
If you’re like me, you put your channel-flipping remote control through a vigorous workout Sunday switching between the PGA Tour coverage on CBS and
The PGA Tour Canada is in Winnipeg, Man., for the Players Cup at the Pine Ridge Golf Club.
Chris Kilmer is the reigning Players Cup champ.
Golfers will be aiming for more than just the $27,000 winner’s prize this week.
The top three on the PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit will earn exemptions into the RBC Canadian Open next week on the PGA Tour, getting a chance to tee it up beside the world’s best players.
hat includes PGA Tour alumni Weir, DeLaet, Hearn and more.
Two-time PGA Tour Canada winner Eugene Wong has already been given a sponsor’s exemption.
It was not quite a walk in the Park at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Waterloo, Ont., this past weekend.
It was Hee Young Park, and not World No. 1 Inbee Park, who ended up claiming the top prize.
Hee Young Park needed a playoff to win over Angela Stanford. He pocketed $195,000 for the win.
Inbee Park was tied for 14th and won $19,702.
That young gun Kenny Perry cruised to a five-shot win over Fred Funk to capture the U.S. Senior Open this past weekend on the PGA Champions Tour.
He turned in a brilliant 7-under 63 Sunday for the victory, his second of the season. He now has four wins on the Champions Tour through three seasons.
Perry is 52.