Bob Weeks

"It's been a rough year -- but it's golf, it's very difficult." -- Adam Svensson, who leads the 3M Open after an opening-round 60. He is 170th in FedEx standings and right now, with a win, projected to move to 69th.

Adam Svensson posts a 60 at the 3M Open and is in first place. It's early but if he were to win, he'd move from 170 to 68 on the FedEx Cup standings. Hadwin, Silverman first 66s and are T9. Both also need big finishes.

The latest World Amateur Golf Rankings show 15-year-old Aphrodite Deng has move up 12 spots to 24th after her USGA Girls Junior win. She is the second-highest Canadian after Lauren Kim, who is 18th.

With his T10 this week, Corey Conners ends up with two top-10 finishes in the three majors he finished this year. The other was the Masters (T8) and he was T-19 at the PGA. Solid performance in the big 4.

Corey Conners goes 5-under on the back nine and posts his second-consecutive 66. He's currently sitting T6.

Start engraving.

Canada's Aphrodite Deng wins the @usga Girls Junior championship with a 2 and 1 victory over Xinggtong Chen of Singapore. The 15-year-old Deng gets an exemption into the 2026 U.S. Women's Open and the '26 Augusta National Women's Amateur.

After a birdie on 10 (28th hole) Deng is now 4-up with eight holes left to play.

You can watch the finals of the @USGA Junior Girls championship on TSN 3. Canada's Aphrodite Deng, 15, leads by three after 27 holes.

Nice chat with Corey Conners today about his Saturday 66 at Portrush, his ball-striking and putting, and about life in Listowel these days where he recently had a statue raised in his honour. torontosun.com/sports/golf/co…

Canada's Aphrodite Deng leads 4-up over Xingtong Chen of Singapore in the final of the @USGA Junior Girls championship after 18 holes. It's a 36-hole final. Deng is just 15.

Through the first nine holes of the @usga Junior Girls championship match, Calgary's Aphrodite Deng is 1-up over Xingtong Chen of Singapore. It's a 36-hole final.

Corey Conners drained 117 feet of putts in his third-round 66. The one on 18 was 42 feet of that.

Great day at @TheOpen for Corey Conners who drains a bomb on 18 for a round of -5 and -4 for the tournament. He’s T10 at the moment.

First ticket punched! 🎟️ 🥊 Aphrodite Deng has earned her spot into tomorrow's U.S. Girls' Junior championship match.

Aphrodite Deng of Calgary wins her semi-final match at the @USGA Junior Girls championship 2 and 1. She will play the 36-hole final on Saturday. She is the first Canadian to reach the final of this event.

Corey Conners makes the cut on the number and will play the weekend. He made the cut in all four majors this year and has played the weekend in his last nine majors.

After nine holes at the @USGA Women's Junior, Calgary's Aphrodite is 1-up in her semi-final match. There have been 7 lead changes so far!!!!

Corey Conners is sitting right on the projected cut line at +1 after making birdies on 15 and 16.

Calgary's Aphrodite Deng wins her quarter-final match in the US Junior Women's championship 2-up and is into the semis.