Incredibly, Adam Scott’s bag hasn’t changed much since his 2003 win at TPC Boston

Emergency 9 Here are nine tidbits from the final round of the 50th RBC Heritage that gamers can use tomorrow, this weekend or down the road. Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina plays to 7,099 yards (Par-71). Didn’t See This Coming Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira defeated Korean Si Woo Kim with a birdie on the third playoff hole to win the 50th RBC Heritage. Both players posted 12-under-par 272 to force extra holes as Kim couldn’t convert multiple chances down the stretch. Kodaira, the 46th-ranked player in the world, posted a final round 66 and recovered a six-shot deficit to win for the first time in 15 TOUR events. It is his seventh win in 146 starts worldwide. Kodaira served notice in Round 2 as he posted 63, the lowest round of the week, to jump into the conversation. This was his first round in the 60’s in six TOUR events in 2018 and first since posting 67 in Round 3 at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow last summer. Sunday, he birdied the first three holes of the day and finished with seven total on the round. He squared just two bogeys to post 66 and the clubhouse lead before winning in the playoff. His final three rounds were played in 14 under. He said after the round that this course reminded him of the tracks he played in Japan and immediately felt comfortable. He led the field in proximity for the week and was in the top 10 in SG: Off the Tee, Approach the Green and Tee to Green. He split 42 of 56 fairways (T4) and staked 49 of 72 greens in regulation (T7). He also didn’t make anything worse than bogey for the week. He becomes the sixth winner in a row at Harbour Town to make up a Sunday deficit of at least three shots. He also becomes the 29th winner of the last 36 to play the week before the RBC Heritage. The streak of first-time TOUR winners at this event reaches three events in a row as he joins Branden Grace and Wesley Bryan in that category. He also joins Bryan in winning in his first attempt at the event, suggesting that previous experience isn’t required at Harbour Town. If he chooses to accept TOUR membership, he will get all of the perks of any winner plus all of his non-member points he previously accrued. I’m not sure many gamers thought his T28 at Augusta last week would push him into victory lane this week. Gamers’ Choices — PGA TOUR Fantasy Game presented by SERVPRO Kuchar couldn’t recreate the magic of his 64 on Sunday last year as his 73 didn’t include a birdie in his final 12 holes. Since his win in 2014 he’s dropped each year on the leaderboard. His T23 this year is his worst check since T35 the year before his victory. Gamers’ Choices — PGA TOUR One & Done presented by SERVPRO As I told you in Friday’s Emergency 9, only one player had Kodaira in the PGA TOUR One & Done game presented by SERVPRO. He is truly the big winner this week. Those of you who took a chance this week probably didn’t lose too much ground and saved a “name” for down the road. Close Encounters Si Woo Kim was ready to join a list of BIG NAMES if he would have picked up his third TOUR win today at the age of 23. If. He entered the week 202nd in SG: Putting and that was the club that came back to haunt him. Down the stretch he had a few chances to make a birdie or save a par to increase or maintain his lead. Instead he limped home in 39 to necessitate a playoff. When he made the turn at 15-under, I didn’t think that would be the case. There’s an old saying that you revert to your old habits when the pressure hits and his “old” putter showed up at the wrong time. This adds another chapter of mystery to the already thick novel of last year’s PLAYERS Championship. Rally Cap It did not go according to Hoyle yesterday for Bryson DeChambeau but his bounce-back round on Sunday tells me all I need to know. He could have rolled out of bed for his early tee time today, gone through the motions and said the hell with it. After back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 13 and 14, I thought he might, especially after his finish yesterday. Instead he birdied the last FOUR holes to move up 17 spots to claim a share of third. With two finishes inside the top four in three tries, he’s on my list next year. Steady Simpson His 70-67 finish at Augusta caught my eye last weekend and his excellent play carried over this week. His T5 is his third top-10 finish in his last six on TOUR so we shouldn’t be terribly surprised. After making three bogeys in Round 1 he made a TOTAL of three bogeys the rest of the way. His excellent 2018 has been a product of his new-found putting success but this week his ball-striking helped. He was T4 in fairways and ninth in SG: Tee to green. His T5 included all four rounds in the 60’s and his second-best finish (P2, 2013) at Harbour Town. #Play72 It is great to see Bill Haas (T7) playing well again after being in a fatal car wreck in Los Angeles earlier this year. I didn’t think this would be the week he returned to the top 10 as his only top 25 in 13 previous tries at Harbour Town was T14 in 2016. … World No. 1 Dustin Johnson moved up 25 spots to T16 after closing with 67. It ties his worst finish in stroke-play events this season. Worst, hahaha. … Beau Hossler, runner-up to Poulter at the Houston Open, bogeyed the final two holes to drop out of the top 10 (T16). I liked that he showed up the next time out after a tough playoff loss. Noted. Sunday Silence Maybe the putter finally ran out of putts for Ian Poulter. The 54-hole leader posted 40 on his final nine and lost over two shots on the greens Sunday. In a vacuum, T7 is very solid but investors might argue differently. … Danny Lee began the final round T9 and shot 79 to collect for T55. His three Sunday rounds in 2018 are 78, 75 and 79. … C.T. Pan sounded confident after his round on Saturday after T4 but his 76 on Sunday knocked him all the way down to T19. Study Hall The final round scoring average was 71.416, the second-hardest round of the week. The scoring average for the week was 70.847 and was helped by the early, two-tee start to avoid inclement afternoon weather on Sunday. … DeChambeau and Kim led the field with 22 birdies. They both had a triple bogey on the week as well. … Simpson was the only player in the field to post all four rounds in the 60’s. … Billy Horschel’s T5 was his best finish since last June. He said he’s “close”. … There were no bogey-free rounds on Sunday. … Jon Rahm won the Open de Espana by two shots to pick up his fifth win in 45 career starts as a professional.  

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With the official Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada sidelined this season due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tour announced Friday that it will hold a series of four tournaments for players residing in Canada. The tournaments are set for Langford, British Columbia, and Caledon, Ontario, in August and September, all events contested under the direction of the Mackenzie Tour and its staff. The Canada Life Series will feature two 54-hole events at Bear Mountain Golf & Tennis Resort Community in Langford on Vancouver Island and two more at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. Fields will consist of Canadian professionals and elite amateurs, as well as Mackenzie Tour members, regardless of citizenship, who are already in Canada. Officials anticipate field sizes between 90 and 120 players, with purses set at $50,000 (CAD) per event. Exempt players for the Canada Life Series will include any Canadian professional who has held status on any of the PGA TOUR’s International Tours since 2018 (Mackenzie Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and PGA TOUR Series-China). In addition, six sponsor exemptions will be used by Golf Canada for its national team members. Canada Life will receive two sponsor exemptions, while both host facilities will have two sponsor exemptions each. The Tour will fill the fields on a first-come-first-served basis if the exempt categories don’t reach their limits. “It was certainly disappointing when circumstances surrounding COVID-19 required us to cancel the 2020 Mackenzie Tour season. We were poised for a great summer of golf, but we never lost sight of the purpose for this Tour, which is to give players opportunities to play tournaments on quality golf courses,” said Scott Pritchard, Mackenzie Tour Executive Director. “Canada Life has been an incredible partner in helping us put this together, and with two terrific venues—Bear Mountain and TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley—we will stage four exceptional tournaments. “To be able to promise the top player from the Canada Life Series additional playing opportunities next season on the Mackenzie Tour only enhances what we’re trying to do, and we’re extremely pleased that will happen,” Pritchard continued. The player who earns the most points during the four tournaments will be granted conditional Mackenzie Tour status and guaranteed six tournament starts on the 2021 Mackenzie Tour. In addition to those playing opportunities, Golf Canada will also award the top player a spot in the 2021 RBC Canadian Open. The players finishing in the second-through-fifth positions on the final points standings earn conditional 2021 Mackenzie Tour status along with two guaranteed Mackenzie Tour tournament starts. The players finishing between Nos. 6-10 earn a discounted rate into one of the 2021 Mackenzie Tour Qualifying Tournaments. “At Canada Life, we believe in helping Canadians achieve their potential. The Canada Life Series is one way we can do that,” said Jeff Macoun, President and Chief Operating Officer, Canada, at Canada Life. “We’re very proud to be able to provide Canadian-based players the opportunity to advance their careers.” The first two Canada Life Series tournaments will be at Bear Mountain’s two courses, both designed by World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus and his son Steve. The Canada Life Series at Bear Mountain: Mountain Course is from August 10-12, while The Canada Life Series at Bear Mountain: Valley Course is August 17-19. The Mountain Course has twice hosted PGA TOUR-affiliated golf, the PGA TOUR Champions’ 2016 and 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship. Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie won the 2016 event, while American Jerry Kelly prevailed a year later. “Bear Mountain’s two courses are quite diverse, and Jack and Steve designed them in such a way that we think the tournaments will certainly have different feels to them while at the same time providing excellent tests of golf,” said Rob Larocque, Bear Mountain Director of Golf. The Series will observe a one-week break, allowing players to travel to the other side of the country for the final two events, outside Toronto. The Canada Life Series at TPC Toronto’s links-style Heathlands course is set for September 2-4. The following week, September 9-11, the players will once again tackle the Heathlands, one of three signature Doug Carrick courses at TPC Toronto, for the Series’ closing event, the Canada Life Series Championship. TPC Toronto is also no stranger to PGA TOUR-affiliated tournament golf. It has been home to the Mackenzie Tour’s Osprey Valley Open presented by Votarantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates since 2018, with the eventual Mackenzie Tour Player of the Year in each season winning both editions of the tournament—Tyler McCumber in 2018 followed by Paul Barjon in 2019. McCumber is currently a PGA TOUR member, and Barjon is playing on the Korn Ferry Tour. “The Mackenzie Tour is a familiar and important partner of ours, and we’re thrilled to be hosting two Canada Life Series tournaments here in September. We look forward to seeing some outstanding players compete on the Heathlands and follow in the footsteps of Tyler, Paul and the other champions who have played here over the last two years,” said TPC Toronto President Chris Humeniuk. “It was gratifying to see TPC Toronto enthusiastically embrace this concept. We planned to play the Heathlands for the 2020 Osprey Valley Open, and we will now use the Canada Life Series events as a chance to showcase this spectacular course to these players,” Pritchard added.

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