The snow has melted long enough up north for the PGA to squeeze in the Canadian Open at Angus Glen's North Course.
Even though this tournament takes place a week after the British Open and just two weeks before the PGA Championship, the field isn't totally lacking star power. Jim Furyk is back to defend the Canadian Open title he won last season at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Furyk shot a 14-under par last year to edge Bart Bryant by one stroke. Some other big names slated to be in attendance at Angus Glen this weekend include Vijay Singh, who won the Open in 2004 at Glen Abbey, Mark Calcavecchia, 2005 Open champion at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club and Canadian Mike Weir.
Weir may be Canada's best hope to win the homeland open this weekend after finishing tied for eighth at last weekend's British Open. Weir also tied for eighth two weeks earlier at the AT&T National, marking his only Top 10 finishes this season.
Another Canuck to keep your eye on this weekend is Stephen Ames. Ames has three Top 10 finishes this season and there was talk of him supplanting Weir as Canada's best golfer earlier this season. The chances of a Canadian actually winning at Angus Glen probably aren't that good, though, when you consider the last Canadian to win the event was Pat Fletcher was back in 1954. If you pull out your history books for some perspective on that, it was the same year that legendary Sam Snead was winning the third and last of his Masters titles.
Aside from Furyk, Calcavecchia and Singh, other past winners from the last decade teeing off this weekend include 2003 champ Bob Tway, 2002 winner John Rollins, 1998 champ Billy Andrade and 1997 champ Steve Jones.
This is the first time the Canadian Open has been played at the Angus Glen North Course. Its South Course did play host to the Open in 2002. Rollins won that year after defeating Neal Lancaster and Justin Leonard in a three-way playoff.
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