Scratch Taylor’s putter flip in the wake of winning the RBC Canadian Open was the interjection point on seemingly the greatest year in Canadian golf history.
Taylor depleted a 72-foot bird putt to end a four-opening season finisher with Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood at the Canadian public men’s title on June 11, the initial time a Canadian had brought home the championship in 69 years. However, Canada’s prosperity on the course went past that, with Canadians succeeding at each level of the expert game remembering four successes for the PGA Visit and one on the LPGA Visit.
I think the territory of Canadian expert golf, particularly on the PGA Visit, has never been something more,” said Taylor, the main Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher did it in 1954. “Our objective, as players, with Golf Canada is to keep that number developing of Visit individuals.
The more players that we can get over here, clearly, it allows us a more noteworthy opportunity of winning to an ever increasing extent.
Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., joined Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., and Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., as champs on the PGA Visit in the 2022-23 season. It was the most wins by Canadians in a solitary PGA Visit mission to date.
The brotherhood is perfect,” said Taylor, whose triumph at Toronto’s Oakdale Golf and Nation Club was the fourth success by a Canadian in the season. “I feel like we play a ton of training adjusts together, houses frequently have meals together, so we as a whole meeting together.
I think we push each other to be better and I feel that is the reason we’ve kept on improving and arrive at new levels.
Conners, who won the Valero Texas Open briefly time on April 2, said that triumphant is the best inclination you can have in proficient golf.
That was most certainly a feature for me,” said Conners. “I think another feature, and something that I’m in every case extremely pleased with, was coming to Eastlake – – the Visit Title – – and being in the main 30 of the FedEx Cup rankings and getting an opportunity to win the FedEx Cup.
Thinking back on the year overall I would have gotten a kick out of the chance to enhance a few things, however making it there is a decent reward since it implies you had an extraordinary year.
Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., won the Precious stone Retreats Competition of Champions on Jan. 22 for her thirteenth triumph on the LPGA Visit, the greater part of any expert player in Canadian golf history paying little mind to orientation.
It was a smidgen all over year for me,” said Henderson, evaluating her 2023. “Yet, it was good to attempt to protect my title at the Evian Title with a second place finish this year, being back in contention was truly fun.
Then same sort of thing to be in our Visit Title in November, it’s dependably a major objective when you start the season is to be in dispute to attempt to win that, that large cash and the race, the CME Globe in November.
Canadian achievement wasn’t restricted to the PGA Visit and LPGA Visit, in any case.
Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ont., and Roger Sloan of Merritt, B.C., both won on the second-level Korn Ship Visit to procure full-time PGA Visit status in 2024. That implies there will be eight Canadians on visit with Silverman and Sloan joining Taylor, Conners, Hughes, Svensson, Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Slope, Ont., and Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford.
Hamilton’s Alena Sharp won an Epson Visit occasion and had five top-10 outcomes on the second-level visit, not missing a cut in 14 competitions played. She likewise won Canada’s second-at any point golf decoration at the Skillet American Games, winning bronze in Santiago, Chile.
Sharp indeed procured LPGA Visit status through definite qualifying, as did Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., and Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont. They’ll join Henderson and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Ont., on the LPGA Visit in the new year.
Two additional Canadians won on the PGA Visit Canada, a feeder circuit for the Korn Ship Visit, with Etienne Papineau of St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., and Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald each guaranteeing a triumph. Papineau completed fourth on the season-long focuses rundown to procure contingent status on the Korn Ship Visit.
Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S., won on the PGA Visit Latinoamerica, another third-level circuit in the PGA Visit framework. Calgary’s Stephen Ames won a momentous multiple times on the Heroes Visit.
On the beginner side, Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. acquired the 109th Canadian Ladies’ Novice Title and Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont. won the 118th Canadian Men’s Beginner, stamping just the third time the two competitions were won by Canadians around the same time beginning around 2011. Monet Chun of Richmond Slope, Ont., turned into the principal Canadian to get it done at the Augusta Ladies’ Public Beginner.
With the Paris Olympics coming in July and the Presidents Cup getting back to Regal Montreal Golf Club in September, Taylor expects 2024 to be a significantly greater year for Canadian golf.