As soon as Canadian Corey Conners landed north of the border for the RBC Canadian Open, he immediately made a beeline for a Tim Hortons and ordered an apple fritter and an espresso.
“Don’t know what it is about it, but that makes me feel like I’m at home,” he said of Canada’s largest quick-service restaurant chain.
The COVID-19 global pandemic canceled the 111th playing of Canada’s national championship at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto for the past two years, during which a lot has changed in the golf world. A week before Rory McIlroy claimed the title in 2019 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club, reigning world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler missed the cut the Korn Ferry Tour’s Rex Hospital Open.