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Hadwin is tied for the lead as of right now, and I thought this might be an event Shane Lowry would show well in and he's only one back. It's a shorter course than usual on tour (a problem with lots of potential Canadian Open hosts) so it may level the playing field. Guys should be able to make lots of birdies though with the greens as soft as they are.

With the US Open being at Pebble it's probably not AS helpful this year due to the massive time change. However, pros know Pebble well so they won't have to spend extra time scoping it out. Next year when it's at Winged Foot the venues will be much closer together. They just need to figure out either a) a permanent host for the event or b) an awesome rotation of the best courses in the GTA. I see b being more likely as a permanent host would likely need to be built and designed first.

This years tournament will barely resemble the Canadian Open of the last decade. Better players, better venue, more coverage. It'll be nice to see our Open get back to the level it should be on the PGA tour.

I was waiting for you to do it! You do all the other ones, but I wanted to get talking because obviously this tournament being so close to me is super exciting. Sneds has been in contention but with the venue change I'm not sure he is someone who I'd be looking at. Hamilton GCC should provide higher scores than the typical -20 that has been in play at the last few opens. Glen Abbey was just not challenging enough for the modern game. DJ always plays well up here (his famous father in-law grew up 45 minutes away from the course). It's hard to put any thought against Brooks right now. That being said, it is very wet in southern Ontario right now, we have had a ton of rain this spring/summer and that will make it harder to get huge rollouts on drives. I would imagine accuracy and ball striking are going to be extremely important this week. I could see Henrik Stensen competing this year. The real question is who will win the Rivermead Challenge Cup (presented to the low Canadian). My pick is Corey Connors.

This is taken right from the tournament website, and I have to say I am very excited about this years event. The last half decade the Canadian Open has been in real shambles due to being scheduled right after the British Open. Very few big name players would enter and as such it lost a lot of its luster. They have also started to rotate the venue to different places outside of Glen Abbey Golf Club (which I love but most pro golfers do not) which is going to help the tournament and has caused some increases in excitement this year. It's being held less than an hour away from where I live (although unfortunately I will not be attending this year). It's great to see the field as crowded as it is with some of the best in the game as they prepare for the US Open next weekend. I hope everyone enjoys watching! There's also a concert series attached this year to help draw more fans, including Florida Georgia Line and the Glorious Sons. There's tons of local Canadians in the field (Mackenzie Hughes' home course is less than 20 minutes away) which adds to the local excitement. It has been decades since a Canadian won this (Mike Wier came the closest since then) so hopefully we get a local victory.

THE CANADIAN OPEN, ORGANIZED BY GOLF CANADA, WAS FIRST CONTESTED IN 1904. Played annually continuously since then, except during World War I and World War II, the Canadian Open is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA TOUR, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. Only two players have been able to capture golf’s Triple Crown (consisting of winning all three National Open titles in the same season); they are Lee Trevino (1971) and Tiger Woods (2000). As a national open, the event had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf. The top three golfers on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit prior to the tournament are given entry into the Canadian Open. Celebrated winners include Leo Diegel, Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour, Harry Cooper, Lawson Little, Sam Snead, Craig Wood, Byron Nelson, Doug Ford, Bobby Locke, Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer, Kel Nagle, Billy Casper, Gene Littler, Lee Trevino, Curtis Strange, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, Mark O’Meara, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods and Jason Day, just to name a few. The Canadian Open is regarded as the most prestigious tournament never won by Jack Nicklaus, a seven-time runner-up.

Hey guys, great thread and conversation about the MTB-X. This will be very useful for me to look at as I was chosen as a tester for the MTB-X for the forum. We just finished handing over all of our information so I am hoping to have the balls in hand within a few weeks and maybe we can have our stage 1's up a bit after that. I am hearing a lot of people are happy with driver and putting performance, which is great. I am surprised people have reported wedge and iron spin as being so low, since the MGS golf ball buyers guide did not show that. I wonder if that's where the higher compression comes into play? Has anyone noticed shots going more offline than normal? I know that was a big concern in the testing as well. I would love to hear some more feedback before I get down to do my testing so I know what to look for. Thanks all!

He was T2 at the Masters this year and T6 at the Open in 2017. So, well

Tier 5: Cameron Champ Winning Score: -11

How did you get on the old course twice? Did you get lucky with the lottery twice or did you work with a golf travel company that guaranteed it? I'd love to take a Scotland trip someday, and I would definitely pay extra to guarantee an old course round.

Awesome chart thin, thanks for all your hard work. I currently have a plethora of chrome soft x and tour b rx balls in my basement. Looks like I'm going to have an excuse for poor rounds of golf this year!!!! Shoutout to @yungkoryfor his awesome spreadsheet as well!

It is so nice to be discussing this test with fellow-MGSers. My local golf forum has people upset about the test because either a) that's my experience so the test must be wrong b) there's too much information or c) how can they discount FEEL? It's the MOST IMPORTANT THING IMO. Just wanted to tell you all how much I appreciate you

I have been reading a lot about Bandon lately, and it is definitely my #1 bucket list destination. I feel like I have to work up to it, and with a young family it's definitely something 5-10 years down the road (45th bday present maybe?) but I am going to play there before I'm through, it just looks like an amazing experience full of golf nerds like me. I also really want to get to Cabot Cliffs in Nova Scotia, might do that one first since it's much closer to me. Thanks for the thread, the inspiration and I am going to start planning my trip right now, in 10 years I MIGHT be as prepared as I would like to be! A question for anybody who flies, how hard is it to get back and forth from the airport? Flights are going to be expensive but is renting a car/suv at that point best or just getting a ride in from the airport? Also might experiment flying into different places to see if the rates change, I know it's a hike from Portland but it might save $$$$

I was not intending to make it seem as I thought Snell had any influence over MGS, just that many will perceive it that way. Similar arguments have been made about Tour Edge, Tommy Armour and EvnRoll as MGS takes advertising dollars from them. Maxfli balls seem like a great option. They don't seem to be available in Canada though, so get as many on sale boxes as you can, but I'm not going to be able to take part. The treatment golfers in Canada get (despite having one of the highest golfers per capita in the WORLD) is criminal as we miss out on lots of companies selling up here and the prices are terrible.

Just getting to catch up from where I left off before the weekend. What an awesome test and response from the MGS community. I love having all this data to read over and check out. I am disappointed the Chrome Soft X finished so low. I have had some success with it, and do enjoy the soft feel, but I may need to look at other options. The lack of distance and spin in most areas is a concern. I have always liked the Srixon's and I have a combination of them and some Bridgestone's right now that I will have to hit into the woods to see if I figure out a new ball to play. I definitely like the way the Bridgestone Bx performed as well. But I'm a guy who likes to save a bit of money. I buy last years golfballs on sale (or when there are sales) I don't like to pay full price for them, so maybe the oncore or snell are more up my alley. Even at their biggest discount numbers, they are still $40/dozen Canadian, while the Srixon is $50 and in stores, not a ton of savings there (and before any shipping costs). Haven't had a chance to view the comments yet but as I am staring at a Snell Golf ad banner, I wonder how many are going to accuse MGS of selling out?

I don't necessarily think I will go out and buy the Most Wanted ball. We know from all the other tests that the winner isn't the best ball for all, just for most. MGS will always encourage you to test and get fit rather then follow their advice blindly. I'm really more interested in who does poorly then who does well (maybe it means I'm an *******). If I'm not playing the "best" ball but I like it, I'm good with that. If I'm playing a ball proven to be poor, well that would push me more.

I also imagine any ball going to tour players is not treated the same as ones headed for packaging. I would imagine they are testing them and only sending the best of the best to their pros. Unless they have really tight QC tolerances, but I can't imagine Phil Mickelson getting a lemon and me getting the best single chrome soft ball ever produced. Whether or not that's ethical or even whether we should be okay with that is another matter.

Congrats on the new arrival. Hopefully you have an understanding wife, I know firsthand doing club reviews and having tiny humans at your house is not the easiest thing in the world. And good luck to everyone, can't wait to start reading more into this, very excited about Cobra's 2019 lineup.

Obviously we lynch Harry if it's not up... so at least we get some fun on Thursday either way!

Guys this is a great thread and I love the updates you are all putting out. Keep up the excellent work everyone, I'm now anxiously looking up when the next Ping fitting date is close to me!

I think a lot of people don't like to believe in putter tech because they feel like they have more control over the result. People will often blame themselves for their putting, but blame the driver when they hit it OB. Sent from my Pixel 2 using MyGolfSpy mobile app

From the way the series is going, looks like lots of Boston Bruins will be hitting the links soon...

I'm glad it's not only Leafs fans who are irrational about trading their best players away. If I read one more article about people wanting to trade William Nylander I will lose my s***.

I can't tell if you're joking or not, but to be honest I think that thing is completely hideous. Reading the MGS stand bag test it sounds like the sun mountain LS 4.5 and the Titleist hybrid are both good options. Anybody have any experience with those?

Great read through this topic. I think I need (okay want) a new bag this year and am looking into the hybrid stand/cart bag sector. I generally use a push cart, but like having the option to carry if I want to. And the convenience of a stand bag at the range can not be beat. I was looking at the sun mountain 4.5 14 but I will have to look at the titleist too as was suggested. Anybody else have any good hybrid bags they would recommend for a push cart?