OAKVILLE, On. – Three Canadians have been invited to compete alongside many of the world’s top aspiring golfers at the seventh annual Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) in Augusta, Ga. from April 1-4.

Vanessa Borovilos of Etobicoke, Ont., Aphrodite Deng of Calgary, Alta. and Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C. will represent Canada in the field and in doing so will set a record for the number of Canadians competing in a single year at ANWA.

Deng, 15, is currently ranked No. 13 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) and is Canada’s lowest ranked amateur golfer. Last season, Deng won the 76th U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, becoming the first Canadian to win the title in tournament history and earned exemptions into ANWA and the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open. She added two additional junior titles last season including the 2025 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the 2025 Mizuho Americas Open and was named junior player of the year by the American Junior Golf Association. Deng also earned the Marlene Stewart Streit Medal, finishing as the Low Amateur at the 2025 CPKC Women’s Open, finishing T20 at 4-under.

“I am honoured and excited to be invited to play in the 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. It will be my first appearance at the event, and I am looking forward to competing with the best amateur players in the world at such a historic location in April,” said Deng.

Kim, 20, is currently ranked No. 18 on WAGR and will be competing in her third consecutive ANWA, the most appearances by a Canadian. Kim finished T14 in her debut in 2024, tying Monet Chun for the best result by a Canadian at the event. Kim is currently in her Junior year at the University of Texas and has earned two collegiate titles to date. The first in her freshman year at the Jackson T Stephens Cup and last year at the Betsy Rawls Invitational. Last season, Kim added eight top 10 finishes and represented Canada at the 2025 World Amateur Team Championships. She also competed in her third consecutive CPKC Women’s Open last August.

“Receiving an invitation to play for the third time at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is really an honour and I think that as my amateur career is coming to a close and I am graduating in a year, I’m just even more honoured to be able to go play at Augusta, especially knowing that when I turn professional, I won’t get this opportunity ever again.”

It’s such a special event, it’s magical and being in Augusta and being on the grounds and playing such a prestigious golf course is really fun and these memories that you make at events like this last forever. I am honestly looking forward to this event, April couldn’t come sooner and I am excited to be there with two other Canadians in the field,” said Kim.

Borovilos, 19, is currently ranked No. 31 on WAGR and will be competing in her first ANWA, however it will not be her first trip to Augusta National. Borovilos will be making her fifth appearance having competed in four Drive, Chip and Putt Championships, and won the 2018 championship in the Girls 10-11 age division. Borovilos is currently in her sophomore year at Texas A&M University. Last season, she earned her first collegiate title at the Chevron Collegiate in February 2025 and added three runner-up finishes during her freshman year. Borovilos also qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open, her first time competing in the major championship. This season, Borovilos has earned a T2 finish at the Carmel Cup and T16 at the Folds of Honor Collegiate. She also competed in her third consecutive CPKC Women’s Open last August.

“Not many things can beat the feeling you get when driving down Magnolia Lane. It’s going to be a fun three months gearing up for April. I can’t wait to experience Augusta in the prime condition we all see on television,” said Borovilos.

The ANWA features a field of 72 amateurs competing over 54 holes of stroke play with a cut following 36 holes. The opening rounds will be contested at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. on Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2. The top 30 players and ties will advance to the final round at Augusta National on Saturday, April 4. The entire field will play a practice round there one day prior on Friday.

The first two rounds of the ANWA will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET. NBC will air the final round on April 4 from Noon – 3:00 p.m. ET.

For more information on the ANWA including past results, click here.

Veteran sports journalist dedicated to elevating Quebec’s sports community and its athletes

Sherbrooke, Que. — Golf Canada mourns the passing of Mario Brisebois, a journalist and columnist who died following an illness. A respected voice in Quebec sport for five decades, Brisebois helped raise the profile of golf, skiing and tennis through his reporting and his longstanding support of athletes and the organizations that serve them.

Brisebois spent 36 years at Le Journal de Montréal and also worked in radio, including 98.5 FM, and appeared on television as a commentator on RDS. His knowledge and insight were frequently sought by sport organizations, including Ski Québec, Tennis Canada and Golf Québec, and he worked closely with Golf Canada for many years.

Born in Shawinigan, Que., Brisebois developed an early love of golf. In 1973, he caddied for Jocelyne Bourassa during her victory at the LPGA’s La Canadienne tournament in Montréal, an experience that helped shape his path in sport and journalism.

Brisebois was inducted into the Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 2018. He received Golf Canada’s Distinguished Service Award in 2003 in recognition of his contributions to the game in Canada. In 2005, he co-founded the Pierre-Nadon Award, presented annually to recognize individuals who have contributed to the development of golf in Quebec.

His coverage of Quebec athletes in skiing was recognized by the International Ski Federation, which named him an outstanding columnist. In tennis, he was named Journalist of the Year by Tennis Québec and was inducted into the Québec Tennis Hall of Fame as a Builder.

Known for his professionalism, kindness and attention to emerging athletes, Brisebois earned the respect of colleagues and competitors across Quebec’s sport community. His storytelling focused not only on results but also on the work and sacrifice behind them.

Diane Dunlop-Hébert, former president of Golf Canada and Golf Québec and a board member of The R&A, said Brisebois was “a true gentleman” whose career was devoted to elevating Quebec’s top talents.

Brisebois is survived by his partner, Nicole, his daughters, Andréanne and Catherine, and his grandchildren, Olivier, Sara Maude, William, Édouard and Henri. The family thanked the medical teams at the Jewish General Hospital in Montréal and the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke for their care.

A memorial event will be held in the coming weeks. Details will be shared by the family at a later date.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brooke Henderson will have a new face on her bag for the bulk of the 2026 LPGA Tour season as her sister and longtime caddie, Brittany, prepares for a different kind of delivery.

The Henderson family confirmed that Brittany is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Zach Sepanik in June. As a result, Canada’s winningest professional golfer will turn to veteran looper John Killeen to handle caddie duties for most of the upcoming campaign.

“Britt and I have worked so well together for the past 10 seasons — and she is my best friend,” Brooke Henderson said in an interview with Sportsnet’s Adam Stanley. “We travel together all the time, so this is going to be a big change, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

The Henderson sisters have formed one of the most formidable and recognizable partnerships in professional golf. Since Brittany took over full-time caddie duties in 2015, she has been on the bag for 12 of Brooke’s 14 LPGA Tour titles, including two major championships.

The transition will not be immediate. Brittany is scheduled to caddie for the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, which begins Jan. 29. Brooke enters that event as a past champion, having won the tournament with Brittany in 2023.

Following the opener, Killeen will take over the bag as the tour moves to Asia. Killeen brings more than 40 years of experience to the role, having previously worked for Hall of Fame members Juli Inkster and Meg Mallon, as well as major winner Cristie Kerr.

While Killeen handles the yardages, Brittany’s absence will also be felt on the practice range. In addition to her role as caddie, she has long served as Brooke’s de facto swing coach while on the road, acting as the eyes and ears for their father and primary coach, Dave Henderson.

Brittany, a former professional golfer herself and a member of the Coastal Carolina University Athletics Hall of Fame, hasn’t completely ruled out a cameo later in the year. She suggested a return for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in November remains a “hopeful possibility,” provided the timing and logistics of new motherhood allow.

For the 28-year-old Brooke, the 2026 season represents a major shift in her professional environment, but the Smiths Falls, Ont., native said she is focused on the personal milestone for her sister.

“I’m super excited,” Brooke said. “It’s amazing. I’m really happy for Brittany and Zach and I’m excited to be an aunt as well.”

The 2026 LPGA season features a record-breaking schedule, with Henderson expected to remain a central figure in the hunt for her 14th career victory and a climb back up the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.

Each week we write to Golf Canada members who record a hole-in-one, congratulating them and asking if they’d tell us how it happened. These are their stories (edited for length and clarity).

Have you recently accomplished the feat of a hole-in-one? Tell us about it! Share your story, picture / video and course information with us at holeinone@golfcanada.ca.

Rob Green, Briars Golf Club Ltd., Hole #5 (Twice!)

I was playing with my usual group, Chris Burling, Frank Freisen and Ken Maisonville at the Briars Golf Club in our usual 7:10 am tee time.

The first hole-in-one was at the gross match play bracket, I was playing against Mark Woodyatt. From the original blue tee deck on hole #5  from 103 yards. I hit a knock down pitching wedge.

The second time on the same hole, from the different tee deck up top. Hit a knock down pitching wedge from 102 yards. Landed about four feet short and bounced once, twice and spun back in.

Nicole Hughes, King’s Forest Golf Club, Hole #14

My hole-in-one happened at King’s Forest on the par 3, hole #14. I hit my seven wood off the lower red tee deck and it went in! It was very exciting!

I was playing with my boyfriend Chris and we happened to have been paired up with a junior golfer named Caden that day. Also, we had friends playing on the hole behind us who witnessed the commotion!

The other cool thing was that we just moved to Hamilton this year and this is our first year as members at King’s Forest. It was actually my second hole-in-one!

My first was June 30, 2023 at Don Valley Golf Course in Toronto, hole #5, par 3.

Jean-Marc Baronette, Lookout Point Country Club Ltd., Hole #2

It was my second hole-in-one. My first one was on hole #8 at King Valley on Sept 13, 2001, 24 years ago!

The photo is me with the other three members of the foursome, from bottom left going clockwise: Patryk Wasiak, Mike Venditteli, Louis Gallardi, and myself. 

The yardage was 128 and I used my left-handed approach wedge. The shot itself was smooth and crisp, and the ball flight was a slight left-to-right draw to the back right pin.

Kevin Fortin, Le Parcours du Cerf (Club de golf) – Le Faon, Hole #14

My first hole-in-one ever! What an amazing experience and an unbelievable feeling. I was fortunate enough to share this special moment with three of my good friends: Martin Adaszkiewicz, James Stewart and Matt Potocki.

With the cold weather creeping in and morning rounds regularly delayed due to frost, which was also the case for us that morning, we knew this would be our last round of the 2025 outdoor season. It also happened to be my 100th round of golf since returning to the sport in August 2024, after undergoing back surgery five years earlier to remove a herniated disc.

It was a gorgeous blue-sky day, though playing conditions were challenging, with firm, fast greens and strong winds. The magic happened on the island green at hole No. 14 at Parcours du Cerf – Faon. I was second to tee off. The posted distance was 135 yards, but the red pin location was playing closer to 125 yards. I hit a smooth pitching wedge. The ball landed softly on the green, just a little right and short of the pin, rolled slightly and appeared to stop. The boys started saying, “That looks so close!”

Pleased with the result, I reached for my tee when, what seemed to happen in slow motion, the ball disappeared. For a split second, we were all stunned and unsure of what had happened. Then we realized it had gone in. We immediately started jumping around and celebrating together.

I would like to extend a special thank you to Parcours du Cerf for making this moment even more memorable. They presented me with a commemorative bag tag, provided a complimentary bottle of champagne to share in the clubhouse, and will be adding my name to the plaque on the wall, making this a moment I will cherish forever.

Tom Johnson, Wailea Golf Club, Hole #16

Hit it from the blue tees, 145 yards and used a 9 iron. A little thin and a little right with a bounce left, straight into the hole!

Orlando, Fla. – Golf Canada’s Derek Ingram and Tristan Mullally were presented with their 2025 PGA of Canada National Awards during Canada Night on Wednesday during the PGA Show in Orlando, Fla.

Ingram of Winnipeg, Man. was awarded the Ben Kern Coach of the Year Award, marking the third time he’s earned the prestigious honour and his sixth career National PGA of Canada Award.

“I am both honoured and thrilled to win the PGA of Canada’s Ben Kern Coach of the Year Award. Ben was a legend playing and coaching in Canada and it is a privilege to win the award with his namesake,” said Ingram.

Ingram’s contributions to both the amateur and professional game make him one of Canada’s most distinguished coaches. Ingram has coached Team Canada at three Olympic Games including Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021 and Paris 2024 and serves as full-time PGA TOUR coach to Corey Conners and Taylor Pendrith. He also coached Sudarshan Yellamaraju through the Team Canada program; Yellamaraju recently earned his PGA TOUR card for 2026. Ingram also serves as coach to Aaron Cockerill and Myles Creighton.

Along with his work in the professional game, Ingram has coached Team Canada at eight World Junior Team Championships, and six World Amateur Team Championships, earning a silver medal in Japan in 2014. A longtime contributor to Golf Canada’s High Performance Program, Ingram is also the head coach of Team Canada’s Men’s National Team.

“There is very little more gratifying than being recognized by your peers and the PGA of Canada for the work I have done this year and past years. One simple goal, to help Canadians players achieve their goal of playing on the PGA Tour. Huge thank you to the players and Golf Canada for putting their trust in me. Excited for the future,” added Ingram.

Mullally of Dundas, Ont. was named the Tex Noble Professional Development Award winner in recognition of his contributions to coach education, mentorship and the advancement of professional development in Canada.

“To be recognized by my peers in developing coaches is a truly humbling honour,” said Mullally. “So many mentors had had a significant influence on my career, and it’s been so great to fulfill that role for others on behalf of Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada.”

Mullally works as Golf Canada’s Head of National Talent Identification, overseeing the national talent identification system that was established in 2022. In this role, Mullally provides support to a promising group of young junior golfers and their existing coaching teams to grow the pool of future Team Canada prospects. In 2026, six players have transitioned from Talent ID to Team Canada – NextGen.

Golf Canada congratulates all the 2025 PGA of Canada National Award winners and extends a heartfelt thank you for their continued support and advancement of our sport across the country.

For the full list of award winners and more information on each recipient, please click here.

FootJoy says it has reached the final stage of its footwear development process – a step it calls “TOUR Validation” – as some of the world’s top players begin testing and being fit into two next-generation models: a reinvented Pro/SL and a fully updated Premiere Series.

For the company, getting new shoes onto the feet of Tour players is more than a product milestone. It’s the final check that years of research, testing and iteration have translated into performance that holds up under the demands of elite competition.

“When I think about the essence of who FootJoy is – we are innovators. Our sole focus is to bring performance innovation to the game of golf,” said Chris Lindner, President of FootJoy.

FootJoy says its footwear development journey begins years before prototypes ever reach a tournament range. The process is built around two inputs that run in parallel: lab-driven research and direct player feedback. On the research side, the company points to decades of proprietary work that informs design decisions through mechanical, biomechanical and psychophysical testing. On the player side, FootJoy’s Tour leadership team maintains regular communication with athletes to track evolving needs in key areas such as traction, stability, ground interaction, comfort and fit.

The first public step in this latest validation phase came in late summer 2024, when early prototypes reached players during the PGA Tour Playoffs at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. FootJoy says Sahith Theegala tested early versions of Pro/SL, while Adam Scott worked with prototypes of the Premiere Series, alongside James “Bubba” Kroeger, the company’s senior manager of sports marketing, as the team gathered initial reactions to bring back to its developers.

From there, FootJoy describes four major checkpoints that helped shape the final direction of both models.

At the TOUR Championship in August 2024, Theegala and Scott were among the first to test Round 1 prototypes. “It’s the perfect shoe for me, you really listened to my feedback,” Theegala said.

In January 2025 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Will Zalatoris and Keith Mitchell tested a prototype Premiere Series in practice rounds. Zalatoris’ assessment was emphatic: “The performance is a 12 out of 10. I feel like I’m at a competitive disadvantage if I’m not wearing these.”

The next stop came in March 2025 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, where FootJoy says Cam Young, Theegala and Scott tested Round 2 prototypes. Young pointed to what he noticed immediately. “As soon as I picked it up, I could tell the weight difference,” he said. “For me, I need that trail foot to be locked in. I tried to exaggerate my movement and to make it move — but it’s not going anywhere.”

By October 2025, FootJoy says it moved into final performance fittings at Panther National in Jupiter, Florida, with players including Zalatoris, Justin Thomas, Theegala and Davis Riley. Kroeger was joined by Chris Tobias, FootJoy’s vice-president of footwear, and Dan Buonomo, a footwear product manager. “These are the best prototype shoes I’ve ever tested… I’ll be taking these to put in play next week,” Theegala said.

According to FootJoy, those sessions were enough to confirm the 2026 versions of Pro/SL and Premiere Series were ready for competitive play across tours worldwide.

Much of the work behind the scenes, FootJoy says, is supported by the FJ Performance Lab — a dedicated research and engineering hub established in 2020. “Research, design, and development have always been part of our DNA, but opening the FJ Performance Lab gives us day-to-day access to cutting-edge research and direct connectivity with Tour players — right in our own backyard,” Tobias said.

FootJoy says the lab’s testing takes place at the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California, and the Titleist Performance Center at Manchester Lane, located near the company’s design headquarters. The aim, it says, is continuous testing across golf-specific machines, multiple turf types and varied soil compositions, allowing new designs to be measured and refined long before they ever appear in competition.

“We’re the only company in the world that combines the mechanics of footwear, the biomechanics of the golfer, and the psychophysics of the golfer — the trifecta of performance — to create shoes for the best players in the game,” said Dr. John Swigart, Principal Footwear Innovation Engineer.

FootJoy says its internal protocols can capture more than 500,000 data points per shoe model, with annual testing producing more than 20 million data points across nine performance metrics. The company adds that fit and wear testing includes a panel of more than 1,000 golfers, with shoes evaluated after 12 to 20 or more rounds using 26 measurement criteria.

On the product side, FootJoy says the updated Premiere Series is designed to improve comfort and traction while maintaining the stable feel and fit Tour players prefer. Pro/SL, meanwhile, is being positioned as a full redesign timed with the model’s 10th anniversary. FootJoy says the next version is 30 per cent lighter, with improved comfort, a new traction pattern and an updated athletic fit.

“Adding the next-generation versions of Pro/SL and Premiere Series to HyperFlex gives our teams an incredible line-up of performance footwear to meet the attributes our Tour players are looking for to perform their best,” Tobias said.

FootJoy says the models will be introduced more broadly following Tour adoption, with further details expected to be shared at a later date.

Canada’s Brooke Henderson has been named to the inaugural group of LPGA Tour players committed to WTGL, a new tech‑driven women’s team golf league launching in the winter of 2026‑27. The LPGA and TMRW Sports announced the first five confirmed athletes on Monday, a group that includes World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, England’s Charley Hull, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, U.S. standout Lexi Thompson and Henderson, the winningest professional golfer in Canadian history.

Henderson, 26, enters the league with a résumé unmatched in Canadian golf: 14 LPGA Tour victories, including two majors, three Olympic appearances and multiple season‑ending honours such as the LPGA Founders Award. Her inclusion places her alongside both the current world No. 1 and several established global champions as WTGL positions itself as a modern, entertainment‑oriented showcase for the women’s game.

WTGL will feature short‑form, team‑based match play inside the custom‑built SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., the same venue that hosts TGL presented by SoFi, the men’s league co‑founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

“WTGL will be a global stage to showcase LPGA Tour stars, and this first wave of committed players represents that opportunity with some of the world’s best,” said Mike McCarley, founder and CEO, TMRW Sports. “These players will thrive in WTGL’s competitive environment as fans will witness their skill and connect more deeply with their personalities through the unprecedented access the league delivers with every player mic’d in the modern match play team format.”

Additional WTGL player announcements and team information are expected in the coming months. More details are available at WTGLGolf.com.

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HONOLULU — Defending champion Nick Taylor was sharp with his irons and handled the par 3s at Waialae Country Club for an 8-under 62, giving him a share of the lead Thursday with Kevin Roy as the PGA Tour season started at the Sony Open.

This is the latest start to the tour season because The Sentry at Kapalua on Maui was canceled due to water issues. The Sony attracted a strong field, with four of the top 10 in the world.

Taylor, who won last year in a playoff, and the early starters caught a break when the wind didn’t arrive until the afternoon. Only four players from the top 16 on the leaderboard played late.

“I think we got lucky with the forecast this morning. I expected some more wind,” Taylor said. “A lot of the wind is going with the dogleg, so it felt like some of the tee shots maybe weren’t as challenging. I hit it great, but this course fits my eye.”

Taylor made birdie on three of the par 3s. The one par 3 he didn’t birdie produced what he felt was his best swing of the day, a 4-iron to the top shelf on the difficult fourth hole that left a 25-footer he narrowly missed.

The Canadian was pleased, though not surprised with his game despite this being the first event of the year. He played just enough in the offseason to stay sharp and still get rest, playing only in Mexico and then the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa.

Roy had seven birdies in 11 holes at the start, and the finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th.

S.H. Kim played late and birdied his last three holes in a bogey-free round for a 67. He was in a group with Ben Griffin, coming off a three-win season and a Ryder Cup debut, and Scottish Open champion Chris Gotterup.

Vijay Singh, the 62-year-old Hall of Famer who used a one-time career money exemption, had two double bogeys and still shot a 68. Also at 68 was Jordan Spieth, who had six birdies against four bogeys and a late club change that he figures cost him 2 1/2 shots.

Spieth put in a 3-iron instead of his hybrid.

“The problem is I had four months to get ready for this week and I dug five 3-irons out and I hit them the day before I came here and then I brought them all here and then I was trying to figure out which one I liked here and they were all good,” he said. “So then I got to pick one and it just … I just haven’t been playing with it, so I think I’m going to go back to the hybrid.”

Robert MacIntyre of Scotland and Adam Scott were at 67. Scott’s tee shot on the par-5 ninth to end his round hit the net lining the driving range and settled in the mesh at the bottom, inches outside the out-of-bounds stakes. He had to go back to the tee, hit 6-iron to 4 feet and saved par.

Scott was coming from Australia and figured Waialae, one of his favorite courses, was on the way to California for his next two starts. There’s also a feeling this might be the last Sony Open as the tour revamps its entire schedule.

OAKVILLE, Ont. – First Tee – Canada is proud to announce a new partnership with adidas that will support youth programming through the adidas Birdies for Game Changers initiative.

Partnering with five-time PGA TOUR winner and adidas athlete Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., adidas will provide $300 in support to First Tee – Canada for every birdie or better that Taylor makes on the PGA TOUR this season.

“This adidas Birdies for Game Changers initiative provides a platform for Nick’s great play on the golf course to directly benefit youth in Canada,” said Adam Hunter, executive director, First Tee – Canada. “We are very appreciative to adidas and Nick for their continued support. This initiative will allow First Tee – Canada to introduce more children to golf in a way that is welcoming, inclusive and empowering.”

The adidas Birdies for Game Changers initiative supports First Tee – Canada in providing youth from all backgrounds with access to valuable life lessons through golf. First Tee – Canada’s mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character and promote healthy choices.

“At adidas, we believe that through sport we have the power to change lives, so we’re excited to support First Tee – Canada by helping expand access to programs that use golf as a platform for growth,” said Jeff Lienhart, president, adidas Golf. “Knowing we can play a small part alongside Nick’s performance on the PGA TOUR this season to directly impact the next generation of golfers in Canada makes this initiative especially meaningful. We’ll be cheering him on, knowing that every birdie helps create opportunities for young people across the country to build confidence, develop life skills and discover what’s possible through the game.”

A First Tee – Canada ambassador, Taylor has been a champion of the program’s mission and values. Since 2024, the Taylor family has been supporting their regional chapter, First Tee – British Columbia as a charitable beneficiary of the Nick Taylor Charity Classic. A portion of the funds raised at the tournament directly support the growth of the grassroots program in Cultus Lake and surrounding communities in the province.

“Golf has given our family so much both on and off the course,” said Nick Taylor. “Andie and I are very proud of our partnership with First Tee – Canada and thrilled that adidas will continue to strengthen that relationship, guided by our shared values of promoting the game and the valuable life lessons it instills in youth across Canada.”

In 2025, Taylor recorded 309 birdies and six eagles in 24 events played on the PGA TOUR.

The adidas Birdies for Game Changers initiative will begin this week as Taylor opens the 2026 PGA TOUR season with the defence of his Sony Open title in Honolulu, Hawaii on Thursday.

LECANTO, Fla. – Richard T. Lee shot four consecutive rounds in the 60s to finish atop the leaderboard in the LIV Golf League Promotions event at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto, Fla., earning a spot in the league for 2026.

Lee, of Toronto, Ont. recorded rounds of 64, 66, 64, 65 to finish at 11-under and win the tournament by five shots. In doing so, Lee will be the first Canadian golfer to join the LIV Golf League.

Lee is currently ranked No. 171 on the OWGR and has competed on both the Asian Tour and Korean Tour. On the Asian Tour, Lee is a three-time winner, with his most recent victory coming in November 2024 at the BNI Indonesian Masters. In addition, Lee has won four times on the Korean Tour, his last win was in April 2025 at the Woori Financial Group Championship.

Lee has competed in four RBC Canadian Open’s during his career, his best finish was T36 in 2025.