It escaped my notice until now, but since the calendar has turned I will start a new annual thread that covers everything golf for 2025. The only thing not covered will be anything to do with PGA v LIV, which retains its own separate thread. I will move the handful of 2025 posts to this thread and close last year’s thread.
A summary of some of what is expected for 2025 to tee off:
We have 4 Canadians in field in Hawaii this week at Kapalua in Hawaii! 
After the 1st round yesterday
Conners T 4th -7
Hadwin T 7th -6
Pendrith T 30th -2
Taylor T 41st E
This is a Signature event
meaning
$20M and 700 Fedex points to the winner
Details here
After day 2 in Kapalua
Conners T 3rd at -14
Hadwin T 13th at -10
Pendrith T 13th at -10
Nick Taylor way back at Par
Even if Taylor never wins another PGA (or Liv) tourney, he’ll be forever enshrined as the Canadian who broke thru nearly 70 yrs of Canadian drought at the Canadian Open. He’s a hero, pure and simple. Lefty Mike Weir became a folk hero when he captured a Masters (albeit vs. weak Sunday field). Weir was top of the world after that win - but quickly descended into a career of mediocrity, now salvaging a bit as a fairly competitive guy on the old man’s tour.
Connors usually follows a hot first round with a toilet plunge the next round, or waits to the weekend to suck Maple syrup.
Hadwin can be exceptional but usually only for 14 to 15 holes - he’ll blow his gasket on 2 or 3 bad holes each round.
Pendrith now the most consistent Canadian. Mackenzie Hughes just as likely to shoot 64s and 74s
Golf world is today is Scottie Scheffler - and all the others.
Scheffler is out with a hand injury
Scheffler had a fantastic year, but so did Dechambeau with one major and Schauffele with two. Tiger also had similar great years and indeed Scheffler’s 2024 is often compared to some of Tiger’s best years. In the end, however history only remembers the majors.
There is talk of Tiger’s great years only when someone like Scheffler has a similar great year. Otherwise all anyone ever remembers in the long run are majors won. Tiger is known for majors won and his 4 on a row in 1999-2000 more than anything, just as Mark O’Meara is known for his two majors won in 1998 and Padraig Harrington for his two majors in 2008 and 3 in 2 years, despite both of those players having long and successful careers. Rory has had many great years over the last 10 but all people talk about is him not winning a major since 2014.
I see that Connors is tied for 9th going in to the final round at Kapalua trailing Matsuyama at minus 27 and Morikama at minus 26 .
Connors is at minus 18
Pendrith with a double Eagle 2 on the par 5, 5th hole
Shoots up the leaderboard to -20, T 5th
Conners finished T5th, -24, paid $744,167, 26 fedex points
Pendrith, T 13th, -22, $410 K, 105 fedex points
Hadwin, 29th, -18, $148K, 34 fedex points
A summary of the first tourny of the year:
A story on the 2025 outlook for Canada’s best male golfer:
Canadians in Honolulu this weekend
Hadwin who is Tied 3rd right now on the 14th hole
Nick Taylor and Cory Conners paired up
7 Canadians total in the field
@jon
Hadwin just eagled the par5, 9th (his 18th)
In the clubhouse early at -5, Tied 3rd
The following players missed the -3 cut
Corey Conners -1
Mackenzie Hughes +8
…
Nick Taylor is the top Canadian going into Sunday
Only 2 strokes off the lead T5th at -11
My homeboy, Nick Taylor, aka Mr. Playoffs chips in for eagle at 18 to get into a playoff with Colombian superstar Nico Echevarria, wins the tourney on 2nd playoff hole by hitting an incredible pitch to 2.5 feet and hole his birdie after Nico missed from 7 feet.
As I’ve stated prior - Nick Taylor is Canadian golf. And he was born in Winnipeg to boot. Even Jim Nance mentioned that his relatives would rather be in Hawaii than Ice Station Winnipeg.
Great for Nick. Unexpected after zero top 10s in his last 23 events.
He’s nowhere as consistent as Corey Connors but he certainly knows how to close.
He is able to golf to his heart’s content since the Bombers won’t be re-signing him.
Those swing changes he took time to make after the Fed Ex are looking good. He needed a more dependable swing when under pressure.
Cashes a cheque for $1,566,000 and 500 FedEx points
More importantly, he’s in the Masters.