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Mahan Scorching Hot in Round One

Hunter Mahan fired a 9-under 62 to lead after the first day of the Canadian Open in Markham, Ontario. Mahan became the first player this year to eagle three holes in one round.

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19 years ago

Jul 26, 2007

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(AP Photo/Adrian Wyld, CP) Five birdies plus three eagles minus two bogeys equals a tie for the Canadian Open record. Hunter Mahan had a crazy good round, holing out twice from the fairway on his way to a 9-under 62 on Thursday in Markham, Ontario at Angus Glen North. Mahan tied the Canadian Open scoring record held by Greg Norman, Leonard Thompson, and Andy Bean.

"Yeah, it was crazy," said Mahan. "Two hole-outs on the fairway, so, things I’ve never done before. So I played pretty solid other than that, so it was a good way to start the day. Most people would agree. Mahan started on the back nine with a birdie-eagle- birdie for 4-under through three holes. On the second hole of the day, he stuck his approach shot to ten feet and sunk the putt.

Next he jarred it with a six iron from 189 yards out on the par 4 18th hole. "It was just about as perfect shot as I could hit during a round of play. Hit it solid, saw a little right turn right over, And it seemed like the pitch mark was right next to the hole, and it kind of hopped up and went straight in, I think."

Next he stiffed it from 89 yards out. ""I didn’t see it," Mahan said. "Set kind of a flat sand wedge in there, took a little spin off and it spun right back in the hole."

Hunter’s putter and close approaches made for a smooth finish. He was able to hit 77% of his greens in regulation and finished the day with just 24 putts on the early morning greens to lead the field.

Hot on Mahan’s heels was Steve Allen who fired a 7-under 64. Allen birdied eight holes and had a lone bogey at the par 4 13th hole. "It was perfect this morning. There was hardly a breath of wind. It was warm, greens were soft, and pins were accessible. So it was definitely a good score out there."

Tied at three back are Tripp Isenhour and David Hearn with 65’s.

Six of the top ten leaders at the Canadian Open are ranked 100+ on the money list and five of them are outside of the top 140 in the Fed-Ex Cup points standings. There are a lot of players that could make or break their season at the top of the leader board.

Hunter Mahan summed it up best, "It was a good round. You know, had a couple of eagles, kind of funny things happened. So it’s a nice starting point. You can’t really lose a tournament on the first day. But, you know, I feel like this definitely helps. To not have to really catch up during the week is always nice.
And you know, we’ve still got three games left, so it is quite early. But it’s nice to shoot a good round, you know you can do it. You know you have the confidence to go out there and birdie a lot of holes."

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Photos from the 2026 OccuNet Classic

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2 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

With the PGA Tour across the border in Canada this week, GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore stayed stateside and headed to the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank in Amarillo, Texas.

It’s always interesting to see what the guys are playing on the KFT, and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed so far, with some incredible wedge stamping on display.

Check out links to all our albums below.

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2026 OccuNet Classic (KFT) – Monday #1

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From the GolfWRX Classifieds: Scotty Cameron GOLO 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition

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2 hours ago

Jun 9, 2026

Will Schube

At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @HuskerFlyer is sharing a Scotty Cameron GOLO with a BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition shaft. While the putter is certainly enviable, the Augusta-inspired shaft is equally noteworthy.

From the listing:

Scotty Cameron Golo 6 with BGT Stability Tour2 2022 M Edition Scotty Headcover 34″ $375

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules.

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J.T. Poston delivers career-changing victory after major gear changes

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24 hours ago

Jun 8, 2026

Alistair Cameron

J.T. Poston required extra holes Sunday to earn a handshake from Jack Nicklaus himself and walk away with the biggest victory of his career.

Poston outlasted Ryan Gerard on the second playoff hole at the Memorial Tournament, and the victory at Jack’s place was aided by two significant gear switches ahead of the tournament in Ohio.

Firstly, Poston swapped from the Titleist Pro V1x to the new Pro V1x Left Dash in his last start at the Charles Schwab Challenge. It’s the ball that made headlines just a month ago, when Jordan Spieth also transitioned into the low-spinning variant at the Cadillac Championship.

Poston’s ball change was spurred by a discussion with Titleist Tour reps about testing some options that could be a little better for him in the wind, after the now four-time PGA Tour winner had gained slightly more speed of late and was feeling like his irons and full wedge shots were overspinning.

Poston spent time testing both the current-generation Pro V1 and the new Left Dash at home the week after the PGA Championship, and at Colonial Country Club, he spent more time dialing things in on the range with J.J. Van Wezenbeeck before deciding to tee up the Left Dash that week. At the time, Poston was 85th in SG: Approach (+0.024); he gained +1.402 at Colonial.

“So we felt like today was going to be a good test of that and it obviously performed really well,” Poston said after a second-round 65 at Muirfield Village which propelled him into the lead. “We had a couple shots that I felt like didn’t quite hit ’em perfect and it hung in there pretty well. So I feel like just having that confidence in that too is big, where I just — we’re trying to hit the smart shot and hit the right shot and just trying to execute and go from there.”

On his way to victory, Poston delivered a dominant performance from tee-to-green and was +8.081 in approach and tied for fourth in greens in regulation.

Poston’s Memorial victory was also the first on Tour for the new torched line of TaylorMade’s 2026 Spider putters. Poston also added the L-Neck Tour X at the Charles Schwab Challenge the week prior, something prompted because “it seems to be working for a lot of the other guys.”

A usually reliable putter, Poston had dropped to as low as 89th on Tour in strokes gained, and when he saw his good friend Denny McCarthy using the Spider, he thought about the change. With the new flatstick in hand, Poston gained close to seven shots on the field at the Memorial and ranked third in SG: Putting for the week.

Poston was the first to agree, though, that neither switch was more important than the other.

“The ball got me there, the putter helped me get it in the hole,” Poston said.

See Poston’s full winning WITB here.