Shane Lowry, Séamus Power and McIlroy all in the field for the Canadian Open
who will seek a third career RBC Canadian Open title at the revamped Hamilton Country Club in Ontario but, also, very much with an awareness that the enthusiasm of the galleries would be tempered by the recent passing of Grayson Murray.
McIlroy is returning to tournament play for the first time since a tied-12th finish in the US PGA Championship – which was preceded by back-to-back wins in the Zurich Classic and the Wells Fargo – and his off-time involved flying to Italy for a friend’s wedding and spending time with his daughter Poppy and his family. He estimated only hitting about 150 balls all of last week.
“You’ve got that longer rough around the bunkers, the rough is very, very thick this week. You miss the green slightly and those really fast run-offs, the ball can run 20, 30 yards off the green, obviously it will be a tough to get it down from some of those places. I think there’s a little bit more precision needed with this redesign.”
As expected of courses set up by the USGA, the examination at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania is anticipated to be a tough one. As Korda put it, “It’s going to test every aspect of just your golf game and even your mental game because it’s a Major championship. You can get ahead of yourself, get lost in the moment. If you make a couple mistakes here and there sometimes it can get away from you, but it’s going to test every aspect of your game out there this week.
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