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TORONTO, Ont. – Even though Rory McIlroy has a different caddy this week at the RBC Canadian Open, it hasn’t seemed to impact his performance through 36 holes. McIlroy’s usual caddy, Harry Diamond, is at home as he and his wife are expecting their second child any day. The defending RBC Canadian Open champion is using long-time friend Niall O’Connor instead. O’Connor caddied for McIlroy once before, at the 2019 DP World Championship in Dubai. The pair met in their late teens. O’Connor played high-level rugby for Ulster and roomed with a good friend of McIlroy’s. He’s also a keen golfer. “Sort of bonded through my love of rugby and him playing and our love of golf,” said McIlroy. “He made the move over to the States a few years ago and (we) kept close.” McIlroy sits at 6-under heading into the weekend and is near the top of the leaderboard as he looks to defend a PGA TOUR title for the first time. “Overall it was a good score today,” said McIlroy. “I scrambled well when I needed to. I didn’t really take advantage of how well I hit it off the tee. But overall I felt it was, a couple under was a fair reflection of how the day went.” McIlroy said Diamond, who he has worked with since 2017, is “hopefully” on the bag next week at the U.S. Open.
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The 122nd U.S. Open takes place next week from Brookline, Massachussetts, at venerable host The Country Club. Scroll below for the field list in alphabetical order as of Friday, June 10th at 5 p.m. ET: Check here for updates. * – (a) denotes amateur Abraham Ancer Adri Arnaus Erik Barnes Andrew Beckler Sam Bennett (a) Daniel Berger Wil Besseling Fred Biondi (a) Richard Bland Jonas Blixt Keegan Bradley Joseph Bramlett Hayden Buckley Sam Burns Brady Calkins Patrick Cantlay Kevin Chappell Stewart Cink Wyndham Clark Corey Conners Sean Crocker Matthys Daffue Joel Dahmen Bryson DeChambeau Adrien Dumont de Chassart (a) Nicholas Dunlap (a) Harris English Tony Finau Matthew Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Ryan Fox Jim Furyk Luke Gannon Sergio Garcia Ryan Gerard Talor Gooch Chris Gotterup Branden Grace Austin Greaser (a) Keith Greene Lanto Griffin Adam Hadwin Stewart Hagestad (a) Harry Hall Brian Harman Tyrrell Hatton Russell Henley Lucas Herbert Bo Hoag Tom Hoge Max Homa Billy Horschel Sam Horsfield Rikuya Hoshino Beau Hossler Viktor Hovland Mackenzie Hughes Sungjae Im Daijiro Izumida Sean Jacklin Dustin Johnson Martin Kaymer Si Woo Kim Chan Kim Joohyun Kim Kevin Kisner Kurt Kitayama Satoshi Kodaira Brooks Koepka Jason Kokrak Junichiro Kozuma Kyoung-Hoon Lee Danny Lee Min Woo Lee Marc Leishman Luke List Ben Lorenz (a) Shane Lowry Richard Mansell Caleb Manuel (a) Hideki Matsuyama Brandon Matthews Denny McCarthy Matt McCarty Rory McIlroy Troy Merritt Phil Mickelson Guido Migliozzi Maxwell Moldovan (a) Francesco Molinari Taylor Montgomery Jed Morgan Collin Morikawa William Mouw (a) Jesse Mueller Sebastian Munoz Grayson Murray Kevin Na Chris Naegel Keita Nakajima (a) Matthew NeSmith Joaquin Niemann Alex Noren Shaun Norris Andrew Novak Thorbjorn Olesen Louis Oosthuizen Yannik Paul Mito Pereira Victor Perez Thomas Pieters James Piot Seamus Power Andrew Putnam Fran Quinn Jon Rahm Patrick Reed Charles Reiter (a) Davis Riley Patrick Rodgers Justin Rose Isaiah Salinda Kalle Samooja Xander Schauffele Scottie Scheffler Adam Schenk Marcel Schneider Adam Scott Chase Seiffert Laird Shepherd (a) Davis Shore Ben Silverman Webb Simpson Todd Sinnott Roger Sloan Cameron Smith Sebastian Soderberg Jordan Spieth Scott Stallings Sam Stevens Sepp Straka Brian Stuard Tomoyaso Sugiyama Callum Tarren Nick Taylor Justin Thomas Michael Thorbjornsen (a) Cameron Tringale Erik Van Rooyen Harold Varner III Travis Vick (a) Aaron Wise Gary Woodland Cameron Young Will Zalatoris 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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TORONTO, Ont. – Scottie Scheffler hopes the old trope, “it’s not how you start but how you finish” will come to fruition this week at the RBC Canadian Open. The FedExCup leader shot a 3-under 67 Friday at St. George’s Golf and Country Club after an opening-round 69. His Thursday score came after he made bogeys on No’s 1 and 2 and was immediately behind the eight ball. But thanks to a nifty chip-in on the par-3 16th late Thursday and starting with three straight birdies on Friday, he is firmly in the mix for his fifth PGA TOUR title of the season. “I feel like my game is in a decent spot right now and so if I just kind of keep doing what I’m doing, not overreact to things,” said Scheffler of his first round. “It’s definitely frustrating, but just kind of stayed in it and I had a chance to turn in a really good score yesterday afternoon and I finished with two bogeys too.” “Other than the start and the finish, yesterday was a great round,” he added with a smile. Scheffler has been dominating the par fives so far this week, shooting 6-under on those holes alone through two rounds. “Today they all came in the beginning of the round and so kind of had to come out of the gates firing,” said Scheffler, who is 7th on TOUR in Par 5 Scoring Average this season. “It’s definitely good to be able to take advantage of those.” Two weeks ago, Scheffler and Sam Burns dueled it out in a playoff at the Charles Schwab Challenge with Burns emerging as the victor. Burns trails Scheffler buy about 1,000 points in the FedExCup standings, sitting number two in the season-long race. This week at the RBC Canadian Open – where they’re both making their tournament debuts – they were paired together for the first two rounds. And appropriately, they’re tied through 36 holes as well. Burns shot a 1-under 69 on Friday and the pair is at 4 under heading into the weekend. Neither golfer lost too much ground on the early leaders – something both Burns and Scheffler were happy about. “It’s just difficult to shoot a really low number,” said Burns of St. George’s Golf and Country Club. “I think if you can just kind of plot your way around this place and shoot 2- or 3-under every day you’re going to have a really good chance.” Scheffler, who missed the cut at the PGA Championship, came to Canada after a rest at home last week. He and Burns both said they liked playing the week before a major to get set for the challenge to come. And Scheffler said the way St. George’s was set up was a solid pre-exam. “I kind of like playing into those events. So for me getting a good prep week here where I can get some practice in and the golf course is somewhat similar is really helpful,” he said. “I think for me I prefer to play the week before, especially an event like this. It hasn’t happened in a couple years, and I know the Canadian fans are really excited for us to be here this week, we’re all excited to play,” added Burns. Scheffler and Burns both said the golf course has risen to the occasion as a challenging layout, especially around the greens. The rough, Scheffler said, is up. And the greens, with a lot of pitch in them, are making birdies hard to come by. “There’s definitely a lot of slope (in the greens). I would say these aren’t as fast as Augusta, but there’s definitely a lot of pitch in them,” said Scheffler. “Even when you hit a really good shot, you’re kind of stuck in a position where you got a putt that has just a ton of movement. It’s definitely a challenging course.” But Scheffler has made tricky golf courses look easy all season long, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if he finishes off another week with aplomb. Burns, though, will be right there – as he has been frequently of late.
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