After draining a long birdie putt on the final hole of the Open Championship, Mackenzie Hughes moved into a tie for sixth place — and into the Canadian record book. It was Hughes’ debut at the final men’s major championship of the season, and his result was the best by a Canadian-born golfer in the tournament’s history. Like Hughes, Conners made bogeys on the first two holes of the day — “You couldn’t have too much of a worse start,” said Hughes — and said Sunday was “more of a battle” than he had hoped. In the end, Conners finished tied for 15th after solid results at the Masters (tie for 10th) and the PGA Championship (tie for 17th after holding the first-round lead). That same confidence helped Hughes — who qualified for next year’s Open at St Andrews with his top-10 finish — rewrite some Canadian history on Sunday.

Source: thestar July 18, 2021 19:30 UTC