A decade after making his PGA Tour debut on home soil at the 2012 RBC Canadian Open, Mackenzie Hughes is in contention at this week’s event in Toronto and looking to become the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open since 1954.
If he doesn’t shank the win away, that is.
Hughes started strong with an opening-round 66 at St. George’s Golf and Country Club that had him leading most of Thursday. Fast forward to Friday: after starting the round at 4 under and T-5, he’s fluctuated to as high as 1 under due in large part to a nasty toe shank on the par-4 fourth.