Corey Conners, a 27-year-old from Listowel, Ont., finished the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Course temporarily tied for top spot. Several men in the group have known Conners since he was a kid, Stewart added. The golfer has long been a star in Listowel, a town of 7,530 people located about 160 kilometres west of Toronto. Everybody’s talking about it.” Over at the Listowel Golf Club, the excitement around Conner is “huge,” said assistant pro John Schmidt. The show, featuring two friends living in the fictional town of Letterkenny, Ont., is loosely based on Listowel.

Source: thestar April 11, 2019 19:30 UTC