Hughes hopes to feel right at home at Quail Hollow
Charlotte, N.C. – It wasn’t hard to spot a Canadian golfer at the PGA Championship on Tuesday. All five were gathered in consecutive groups led by a twosome, and then a threesome, as they tried to figure out a sopping wet Quail Hollow golf course that will host the year’s second major.
“They wouldn’t let us play as a fivesome,” quipped Adam Hadwin, the elder statesman of the group.
Hadwin played in the lead duo along with Mackenzie Hughes, while Corey Conners, Nick Taylor and Taylor Pendrith followed. All five players finished up just ahead of a hard-hitting storm that suspended play for the second day.
Monday’s round was a washout due to storms, while the sun eventually returned after Tuesday’s downpour.
The Canadians are almost always together on Tuesdays. Most weeks, it’s a foursome with east versus west. Hughes, Pendrith and Conners are from Ontario, while Hadwin and Taylor are B.C. boys. They call it the Tuesday game and there’s often a friendly wager on the outcome. And at this time of year, hockey dominates the talk in between shots.
All three Ontarians are diehard Maple Leaf fans and will be tuned in on Wednesday night to watch the fifth game of the series against the Florida Panthers.
Hadwin and Taylor, who root for the Canucks, have moved on in their sporting seasons and are more focused on the Blue Jays right now. Both are ardent Jays fans who have........
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