Huge surprise at takeover that ends golf’s toxic split

As Monahan met the players last evening, the air outside in Toronto stayed toxic. And that felt right.

NEXT STEP? If Rory McIlroy did know something was in the offing, he was quite clearly in the minority. There was a low but steady murmuring of surprise and debate around the Oakdale clubhouse yesterday morning in the hour or so after the news broke. Pic: Darron Cummings/AP

THE Tuesday morning air was hazardous in Toronto’s northern suburbs.

Canada’s Environment and Climate Change ministry issued alerts to warn citizens of its most populous city that wildfires raging across the nation but specifically here in Ontario and the neighbouring province of Quebec were causing hazardous air quality conditions.