Day: June 3, 2022

Adam Hadwin makes wild hole-in-one at Memorial TournamentAdam Hadwin makes wild hole-in-one at Memorial Tournament

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022| 23:57

The 2,863rd time is the charm. That’s how long it took Adam Hadwin to make the first hole-in-one in PGA TOUR competition. He used a 7-iron from 194 yards to ace the 16th hole in the second round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. Then he promptly went crazy. “I think I kind of blacked out for a second when it went in,” said Hadwin, who rallied with a 68 to get to even par for the tournament, well within the cut line. “I had been battling to get myself close to that cut line anyways. And so I knew how important every little shot was. “And to kind of see it go over the lip and fall in,” he added, “I just – you’ve got pure joy as a reaction there. Again, I blacked out. I’m not sure exactly what happened.” Jessica Hadwin, his wife, tweeted that it was the most excited she’d ever seen her husband. Hadwin threw his club in the air and hopped around as the crowd erupted. He said he’d made a hole-in-one in a junior tournament when he was perhaps 15. He also aced the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, although not during the WM Phoenix Open, so no one saw it. This one was a no-doubter, as the roars reverberated across Muirfield Village. The shot was playing downwind, he said, and he aimed a little left, planning for the ball to cut. “And it came off perfect,” he said. “It was cutting right to it. But, you know, I’ve played this game long enough, I’ve hit enough perfect golf shots that don’t end up getting close to a hole-in-one, so there’s a lot of luck involved with that of where it lands on the green and stuff. “I hit the exact shot that I wanted to in that instance,” Hadwin continued. “And it just happened to find the right line on the green. Pretty exciting.”

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Inside the Field: RBC Canadian OpenInside the Field: RBC Canadian Open

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022| 18:00

The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. Scroll below for the RBC Canadian Open field list as of Friday, June 3rd at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. Winner of PGA/U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption) Justin Thomas Winner of The Players Championship (five-year exemption) Rory McIlroy Cameron Smith Winner of The Masters (five-year exemption) Patrick Reed Scottie Scheffler Danny Willett Winner of The Open (five-year exemption) Shane Lowry Winner of World Golf Championships Event (three-year exemption) Justin Rose Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption) Tyrrell Hatton PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption) Sam Burns Cameron Champ Corey Conners Tyler Duncan Tony Finau Dylan Frittelli Jim Herman Sung Kang Martin Laird Nate Lashley Luke List Adam Long Keith Mitchell Sebastián Muñoz Carlos Ortiz C.T. Pan J.T. Poston J.J. Spaun Robert Streb Nick Taylor Brendon Todd Martin Trainer Career Money Exemption Luke Donald Bill Haas Rory Sabbatini Nick Watney * Sponsor’s exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals) Myles Creighton Jared du Toit Sponsor’s exemption (members not otherwise exempt) Mike Weir Sponsor’s exemption (unrestricted) William Buhl Rafa Cabrera Bello Yi Cao Albin Choi Aaron Cockerill Callum Davison Joseph Deraney A.J. Ewart Christopher Gotterup Wesley Heffernan Rasmus Hojgaard Brendan Leonard Stuart Macdonald Max Sekulic Johnny Travale Trevor Werbylo Commissioner Exemption – Two Foreign Players Dean Burmester Past Champion of RBC Canadian Open Jhonattan Vegas Top 125 on prior season’s FedExCup Charley Hoffman Harold Varner III Emiliano Grillo Chris Kirk Harry Higgs Mackenzie Hughes Matt Fitzpatrick Pat Perez Doug Ghim Brandon Hagy Peter Malnati Wyndham Clark Adam Schenk Kramer Hickok Brian Stuard Henrik Norlander Roger Sloan Brandt Snedeker Hank Lebioda Adam Hadwin Matt Wallace Sam Ryder Scott Piercy Brice Garnett # Major medical extension Danny Lee Ryan Moore Jonas Blixt Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25) Stephan Jaeger Joseph Bramlett Korn Ferry Tour graduates via The 25 and The Finals 25 (reshuffled) Sahith Theegala Alex Smalley David Lipsky Patrick Rodgers Aaron Rai Brandon Wu Taylor Pendrith Lee Hodges Hayden Buckley Matthias Schwab Vince Whaley Max McGreevy Adam Svensson John Huh Greyson Sigg Trey Mullinax Austin Smotherman Andrew Novak Justin Lower Dylan Wu Curtis Thompson Paul Barjon Seth Reeves Kelly Kraft Michael Gligic Callum Tarren Ben Kohles Austin Cook Nick Hardy David Skinns Jared Wolfe Scott Gutschewski Dawie van der Walt Brett Drewitt Joshua Creel Nos. 126-150 on prior season’s FedExCup Points List (reshuffled) Mark Hubbard Satoshi Kodaira Ryan Armour Chase Seiffert Cameron Percy Vaughn Taylor Camilo Villegas Jim Knous Bo Van Pelt Bo Hoag $ Reshuffle within categories 34-38 Jonathan Byrd Ben Martin Kevin Chappell Sean O’Hair Tommy Gainey Wesley Bryan Robert Garrigus Seung-Yul Noh David Lingmerth Scott Brown Jason Dufner Mark Hensby Greg Chalmers Ricky Barnes David Hearn D.A. Points Johnson Wagner D.J. Trahan Sangmoon Bae Fabián Gómez Ben Crane Arjun Atwal Richard S Johnson Brian Davis John Merrick Kevin Stadler Matt Every Beyond No. 150 on prior season’s FedExCup Points List Ted Potter, Jr. J.J. Henry George McNeill Andres Romero Charlie Beljan Jason Bohn Parker McLachlin Eric Axley Past Champion member John Huston Carl Pettersson John Rollins Boo Weekley Frank Lickliter II Jonathan Kaye Will MacKenzie Daniel Chopra Glen Day Ted Purdy Spike McRoy Cody Gribble Veteran member (150 or more career cuts made) Brendon de Jonge The PGA TOUR uses a standardized system for determining event fields, based off the current season’s Priority Ranking while also including additional exemption and qualifying categories. Field sizes can vary by event, as can the number of event-specific exemptions. Fully exempt PGA TOUR members are guaranteed entry into all full-field events, with various conditional categories subject to periodic reshuffles based upon FedExCup Points accrued throughout the season. Categories with ‘reshuffle’ notation indicate that a reshuffle period has occurred. * = If all prior year Korn Ferry Tour graduates are eligible for event, exemptions become unrestricted # = Latest medical extension information can be found here. $ = Category breakdown can be found here.

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Rory McIlroy contending, again, at the Memorial TournamentRory McIlroy contending, again, at the Memorial Tournament

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022| 15:00

DUBLIN, Ohio – Rory McIlroy has a great rapport with tournament host Jack Nicklaus, whom he sees all the time at the Bear’s Club in South Florida. They have lunch, and talk golf and life. RELATED: Leaderboard | The Counsel of Jack Nicklaus As for the bond between world No. 8 McIlroy and Muirfield Village, host of this week’s Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, well… “Muirfield and I have had a bit of a complicated relationship,” McIlroy said this week, before opening with scores of 70-69 to reach 5 under par, two behind leader Denny McCarthy (69) as the afternoon wave teed off Friday. “It seemed to fit me quite well earlier in my career and then the last few years, I’ve sort of maybe struggled with the strategy of how to play it.” In 10 starts here, McIlroy has four top-10 finishes, but he also has two missed cuts, plus two other starts in which he made the cut but finished way, way back. He’s never won, or even had a close call. Still, he keeps coming back because it’s the Memorial. Also, he’s not terribly far off – here or anyplace else. McIlroy has finished second (Masters), fifth (Wells Fargo Championship) and eighth (PGA Championship) in his last three starts. And he’s embarking on a busy four-week stretch that will include not just the Memorial but a (2019) title defense, of sorts, at next week’s RBC Canadian Open and the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Boston the week after that. Then he’s off to the Travelers Championship. “I feel like my game is in good shape,” he said. “So I’m excited for this run and excited to give myself a few more chances to hopefully win golf tournaments.” For McIlroy, 14th in the FedExCup and seeking his first win since THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT last fall, Muirfield presents a special challenge, but not an insurmountable one. He can’t swing the driver with impunity, which means finding other ways to shine. “I feel like a lot of the fairways here pinch in around 310,” he said, “so it allows the sort of average hitters to hit driver. For an example, last year I played with Viktor Hovland the first two days, and the first hole, he can hit driver sort of right to where the bottleneck starts. I can’t hit driver because I’ll hit it too far but then I hit 3-wood, you know, 15 or 20 yards short of his driver. So I’m hitting 6-iron or 7-iron in and he’s hitting an 8-iron or a 9-iron in. “It just seems like the length advantage has sort of been nullified here over the last few years,” he continued. “It’s just finding a different way to play the golf course. A lot more 3-woods. I actually went to one of my old 3-woods this week that’s a lower lofted. It’s sort of like a 2-wood in a way which I think will be good to utilize this week.” That strategy seems to be paying off. Case in point, McIlroy hit a 269-yard fairway finder at the par-5 fifth hole Friday, then nuked a 271-yard 3-wood to within roughly six feet of the pin. He made the putt for eagle to reach 6 under par, only to hit his tee shot in the bunker and bogey the par-3 eighth, his second-to-last hole of the day, to leave a slightly bitter taste. “Yeah, another solid day’s play,” McIlroy said. “Couple of silly bogeys. Bogeyed the 11th par-5 and the 14th for the second day in a row. But I guess it sort of happens around here. It’s getting tricky and you’re going to make bogeys regardless of where they come. “Overall, two solid rounds of golf,” he continued, “right in contention going into the weekend, depending what guys do this afternoon. Yeah, happy with how everything is sort of going.”

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