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Corey Conners with a nice 5-under 67 today.
A 2-over round yesterday took out of contention for defending his Valero Texas Open title, but he’s still set for a good finish.

Masters Week and we have 2 Flashes to root for as Corey Conners and Mac Hughes are both in the field! Go Flashes....

Corey Conners just aced #6! He’s now 5-under, just two shots out of the lead at The Masters. Go Flashes!

Here’s a YouTube Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DFT6G3cLXk

Conners is playing aggressively so far today. I hope he keeps it up. This could be a wild afternoon.

rough patch of holes for Conners and he wasn't shown much on the coverage after the 4 bad holes- decent back nine!! tied for 8th/nice payday/ top ten Masters finish gets him back for next year!

Another brilliant round from Corey. Shoots 7-under 64 after a 67 yesterday to lead by two currently with the afternoon wave just teeing off. Today’s round was so smooth. Nine birdies, eight pars and what a comeback after an early double bogey.

(04-16-2021 11:40 AM)axeme Wrote:  Another brilliant round from Corey. Shoots 7-under 64 after a 67 yesterday to lead by two currently with the afternoon wave just teeing off. Today’s round was so smooth. Nine birdies, eight pars and what a comeback after an early double bogey.

Hit the links at the local club near sunset and my best hole of the four I played was a double bogey. I did hit three straight tee shots on one hole into the lake though.

A T-4th for Conners, his seventh Top 10 finish of the season, which is pretty amazing. He moves up to 14th on the Fed Ex Cup list.

Hughes finished T-52, which is still a nice paycheck.

Pendrith missed the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour, but still is 3rd in points and on his way to earning a PGA card.

(04-18-2021 05:34 PM)bopol Wrote:  A T-4th for Conners, his seventh Top 10 finish of the season, which is pretty amazing. He moves up to 14th on the Fed Ex Cup list.

Hughes finished T-52, which is still a nice paycheck.

Pendrith missed the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour, but still is 3rd in points and on his way to earning a PGA card.

It's done. Pendrith has his card.

https://twitter.com/KornFerryTour/status...9614744578

Ken Griffey Jr. vs Taylor Pendrith
Fun stuff.
In fairness to Taylor, The Kid, being 51, didn’t hit from the pro tees.

PGA tournament this weekend. Corey Conners in the lead with the first round wrapping-up. Shot a -5. And looking very strong.

Mack Hughes also in the field & still on the course currently at +2.

#GoFlashes

(05-20-2021 05:39 PM)Albert Flasher Wrote:  PGA tournament this weekend. Corey Conners in the lead with the first round wrapping-up. Shot a -5. And looking very strong.

Mack Hughes also in the field & still on the course currently at +2.

#GoFlashes

Conners now T-7th at -3 and Hughes has been cut

Three Flashes in the field at the Memorial this week. Conners and Hughes, as expected, but also Chase Johnson, who’s been playing on the Korn Ferry Tour. What a great opportunity for him as this is one of the most prestigious invitational tournaments of the year. I’m curious as to how he got the invite. Pretty rare for a KF Tour player to play the Memorial. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Chase on the PGA Tour in 2-3 years. Over his collegiate career and minor tours play, he has shown the ability to go really low. Some guys are afraid to shoot low and panic once they get several shots under par.

(06-03-2021 07:45 PM)axeme Wrote:  Three Flashes in the field at the Memorial this week. Conners and Hughes, as expected, but also Chase Johnson, who’s been playing on the Korn Ferry Tour. What a great opportunity for him as this is one of the most prestigious invitational tournaments of the year. I’m curious as to how he got the invite. Pretty rare for a KF Tour player to play the Memorial. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Chase on the PGA Tour in 2-3 years. Over his collegiate career and minor tours play, he has shown the ability to go really low. Some guys are afraid to shoot low and panic once they get several shots under par.

Maybe Chase got an invitation because he is from Ohio and is talented enough to justify it. John Hahn got an invite in 2016 and I assume the Ohio connection made a difference.

Chase has been playing better on the Korn Ferry Tour as of late. He went through a horrible streak of missing 16 of 17 cuts but has made his last five cuts even though his finishes haven't been high. I remember Hughes going through similar slump his first year on the Korn Ferry Tour (it wasn't called that then though), so it's learning to play high caliber competition every week that is a key. It'd be great to see him make that the cut in a PGA Tournament.

Great birdie on the tough 18th to shoot even par 72. Cut line appears like it will probably be +2.

(06-04-2021 11:35 AM)axeme Wrote:  Great birdie on the tough 18th to shoot even par 72. Cut line appears like it will probably be +2.

Too soon. I think they are still playing four rounds and they are just finishing the first round this morning.

Discovered on the PHA Tour site that Chase was one of 6 unrestricted sponsors exemptions, along with Padraig Harrington, Bo Hoag, Luke List, Patrick Rodgers and Camilo Villegas. There were also six sponsors exemptions for Tour members not otherwise exempt. Getting deep in the weeds here for the golf junkies.

The Canadian Golden Flashes after round one of US Open:

T61 Hughes+2
T96 Conners +4
T96 Pendrith +4

The Canadian Golden Flashes after round two of US Open:

T7 Hughes -2
Pendrith +6 Cut
Conners +7 Cut

Cutline was +5