Saturday, August 31, 2019
Golf-Canadian Women's Open 2019
Brooke
Henderson may have a problem with Tim Hortons Restaurants. Last
weekend she tied for third at the CP Women's Open at the Magna Golf
Club near Toronto. She played really well, and put a scare into the
leaders on Saturday with a 29 on the back nine.
After all
was said and done, Jin Young Ko from South Korea won the
championship. The week before the tournament, she was having trouble
deciding whether or not she would make the trip from her home to the
tournament. Two things helped her to make the decision. “I like
Canada, and I like ice cappuccino,” she declared after the
tournament. You know where she lines up to buy that product!
As a fine
gesture, Brooke strolled the final fairway to the 18th
green, arm in arm with Ko. She knew she would not be able to catch
Ko. “She's the world's Number One player for a reason. She has had
an unreal season. She has four wins on one of the toughest tours
there is. To get one is hard. To get four is really cool”.
Ko pulled
away from the rest of the field with six birdies on the back nine.
Her winning score of 26 under par is a new CP Women's Open Tournament
record. She has played the last 106 holes without carding a bogey.
She has positioned herself well as the # 1 golfer in the “Race to
the CME Globe”, with one million American dollars as the prize.
Nicole Broch
Larsen, from Denmark, finished second. That was her best LPGA Tour
finish, by five strokes. Lizette Salas tied with Brooke for third
place. Henderson was awarded the Sandra Post Medal as the Canadian
with the lowest score. Anne-Catherine Tanguay, another Canadian in
the field, was tied with Brooke after shooting a 66 on the first day.
She faded as the tournament continued, but did finish 6 under par.
Picton's Casey Ward also competed in the tournament.
One of the
fine features of major tournaments concerns the amount of money that
is raised for charitable causes. Almost $2.5 million was raised at
the event. The majority of the funds was directed to an upgrading of
a Cardiac Operating Suite at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto.
Another
Canadian, Corey Connors, from Listowel, Ontario, was involved in the
Men's PGA event. He was one of thirty players who qualified to play
in the FedEx Championship, with $60 million in prize money. Rory
McIlroy played the last few holes in fine fashion, picking up $15
million in winning the tournament. He sunk a few birdie putts on the
back nine, accompanied by a few fist pumps.
Canadian
Football League fans in Toronto and Vancouver are looking for a quick
turnaround as they prepare for the second half of the season.
Quarterbacks on both those teams should be entitled to danger pay.
The United
States Tennis Open got underway on Monday. Serena Williams was in
fine form destroying Maria Sharapova in the first round. Canada's
Jeannie Bouchard fell in straight sets, her 12th loss in a
row.
The Blue
Jays limped home after their western road trip. The games in Seattle
are always fun, with a large contingent of fans wearing the colours,
causing a ruckus. The development process continues, but it will be a
long one!! You knew that!
James Hurst
August 27,
2019
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