Corey Conners

Corey Conners is a Canadian golfer from Listowel, Ontario, ranked 49th in the world, with a PGA Tour victory at the 2019 Valero Texas Open. He is widely recognized as one of the best iron players on the PGA Tour, a distinction that shows up consistently in the greens-in-regulation statistics where he routinely ranks among the top players in the field.

Conners' win at the 2019 Valero Texas Open was notable for how he got there: he Monday-qualified for the tournament and then won it, one of the rarest feats in modern PGA Tour history. That kind of performance under extreme pressure, knowing that a single bad round in qualifying would have meant watching the tournament from home, revealed a competitive temperament that has defined his career. He does not beat courses with overwhelming power; he dissects them with precise iron play and patient course management, the kind of golf that produces consistently strong finishes even when the win column is not growing as fast as the talent warrants.

His iron game is genuinely elite. Conners hits more greens in regulation than almost anyone on the PGA Tour, giving himself birdie opportunities with a frequency that offsets putting numbers that are closer to average. He represented Canada at the Olympics, an honor that reflects his standing as one of the country's top golfers. Canadian golf has grown significantly in recent years, with players like Conners and others demonstrating that the country can produce world-class talent capable of competing at the highest level. His game is built for major championships, where hitting greens and avoiding mistakes over 72 holes is often the difference between contending and falling back.

In 2026, Conners' iron precision should serve him well across all four venues. Augusta National rewards players who find the correct portions of its sloping greens, exactly the skill Conners excels at. Aronimink features Donald Ross greens that place a premium on approach play accuracy. Shinnecock Hills is a U.S. Open venue where greens in regulation is one of the strongest predictors of success. Royal Birkdale will test his ability to control trajectory in coastal winds. He will compete at all four: The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship. Fans in Canada can follow in Canada time.