Four Canadians will tee it up at the season’s fourth and final major, all hoping to push what have successful seasons to another level.

Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith will carry the Maple Leaf hopes into The Open Championship, set to start early Thursday morning at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. They are looking to boost the Canadian results in the oldest of championships.

Over the years, Canadians have fared well in the other three majors. Mike Weir has a win at the Masters, Dave Barr was runner-up in the 1985 U.S. Open, this past May, Pendrith ended up tied for fifth at the PGA Championship. Those are all the best finishes by those from north of the 49th.

But The Open? Hughes has the best result for a Canadian, logging a tie for fifth in 2021. Al Balding had a tie for eighth in 1967 and followed that up a year later with a ninth-place finish.

Conners has the most experience of........

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