Read an article on that last week, really unfortunate. Not "right after the Open" unfortunate, but having an elavated event, a major then another elevated event all proceeding the Canadian Open is going to make it next to impossible to attract anyone that doesn't have to be there due to sponsors.
At least leading into the US Open you got some stars that wanted to be warm heading into a major, or needed to work things out. Now the memorial takes all those players. Plus the PGA Championship two weeks earlier. The tour really sandwiched them in as a miss week.
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