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125th PLAYING OF THE U.S. OPEN. WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE STOP BEFORE THEY HEAD TO PITTSBURGH. NORTH OF THE BORDER. HOSTING THE OPEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THREE DIFFERENT 18 HOLE TRACKS ON THE PROPERTY. IT WILL BE CONTESTED ON THE NORTH COURSE. RORY McLROY WAS THE ONLY PLAYER WHO WON TWO. LAST YEAR’S CHAMPION BACK. 2003 MASTER’S CHAMP ONTARIO NATIVE. MIKE WEIR. TEEING UP THIS WEEK. GOD FATHER OF CANADIAN GOLF WITH TWO PLAYERS MAKING THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. GETTING READY FOR HIS TITLE. WITH MORE FROM CANADA. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER HE IS DEFENDING ON THE PGA TOUR AFTER THAT FIRST WIN LAST YEAR AT THE CANADIAN. IT WAS SPECIAL. ONE OF THE MORE SPECIALS, INTERVIEW, MOMENT, HE HAD HIS DAD ON THE BAG. THIS WEEK HE CONTINUES TO RELIVE HOW SPECIAL IT WAS. >> IT WAS SPECIAL. OBVIOUSLY, STRUGGLING A LOT. WAS ON THE PGA TOUR. AND THEN, MY DAD, HE DECIDED I WILL COME OVER AND HELP YOU OUT. THINGS WERE NOT GO WILLING DURING THE WEEK. I HAD TO GET A VISA GOING INTO THE U.S., AND BY THE END OF THE WEEK EVERYTHING MANAGED TO COME TOGETHER. AND YET, SOMETHING THAT I THINK LATER ON IN MY CAREER I WILL REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THAT WAS. JUST KNOW IT WAS A WIN WITH MY DAD ON THE BAG. THAT WAS GOOD. >> HOW MUCH OF A LEGEND IS YOUR DAD BACK IN SCOTLAND AMONG ALL OF HIS FRIENDS? >> YEAH, HE GETS LASTELLED NOWADAYS. HE WEARS A BUCKET HAT ALL OF THE TIME. EVEN AT THE SCOTTISH OPEN OR WHATEVER, HE HAS THE BUCKET HAT ON. THAT IS BOB’S DAD. HE GETS SELFIES. HE HATES THE ATTENTION BUT HE IS PART OF IT, NOW. >> AT THE TIME HE SAID, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE TIMING IS THE SCHEDULE LAST YEAR YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO THE MEMORIAL, U.S. OPEN. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO SCOTLAND AND HAVE A BIG PARTY. DID YOU HAVE THE BIG PARTY AND HOW WAS IT? >> IT WAS NOT MUCH OF A PARTY JUST A GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE ONE THAT HELPED ME GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY. I AM FROM A SMALL TOWN, WE DON’T PRODUCE MANY GOLFERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD SPORTS PEOPLE OUT OF THE TOWN. BUT I JUST THOUGHT, IT WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR ME IS BACK HOME IN SCOTLAND. I REALLY ENJOY IT. AND ALMOST, IT IS A CELEBRATION WITHOUT THE PARTY ELEMENT OF THE SCOTTISH OPEN WIN. IT WAS MORE SO THE GET TOGETHER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME GET TO WHERE I AM. >> Reporter: YOU MENTIONED AT THE TIME OF THE WIN YOU WERE STRUGGLING BEING IN THE STATES, AWAY FROM HOME, BEING ON THE U.S. TOUR. WHERE ARE YOU WITH THAT TODAY? >> IT IS A TOUGH SCHEDULE. MY RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN AS GOOD AS I WANTED THEM. I FEEL LIKE STATISTICALLY I AM IN A BETTER PLACE THAN I WAS LAST YEAR. BUT, IT IS DIFFICULT, RESULTS ARE, RESULTS ARE EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME. IF YOU ARE NOT SEEING THEM, WELL, YOU START TO DOUBT. JUST KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS EXPECT TO SEE A CHANGE IN THE GAME. A COUPLE SPEAKS MADE. WE WILL SEE THEM. >> THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WAS AT THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. WHAT WAS THE POSITIVE THING YOU TOOK FROM THAT WEEK AND WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AS YOU THINK THE U.S. OPEN? >> YES. SO, THURSDAY, FRIDAY WENT WELL. SATURDAY, SUNDAY, HAD TO CHANGE SOME EQUIPMENT. DURING THE WEEK, NOT AT THE START OF THE WEEK BUT DURING THE WEEK THERE WERE THINGS PLAYING UP. WE TRIED TO FIX THAT. DID NOT REALLY WORK OUT. OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS I DUG INTO THAT. AND, I FEEL IT WAS, I WAS WORKING OUT WITH A DRIVER. PUTTING IT NICELY. THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN NICE. DALLAS, A BIG STAB. I FELT MORE CHALLENGED THERE. LAST WEEK, A TOUGH TEST. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE DRIVER GOING STRAIGHT AGAIN. >> HOW CAN YOU USE THIS WEEK TO PREPARE FOR OAKMONT THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT? >> I DON’T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO PREPARE FOR THAT. THAT WILL BE ALMOST THE END OF MY TRIP. THAT WILL BE SIX WEEKS. I WILL TRY TO DEFEND. I AM ALL EYES TRYING TO WIN THIS WEEK IN CANADA. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE PECULIAR DEFENDING CHAMPION ON THE P DPRKS A TOUR? >> IT IS NICE. I AM TRYING TO THINK OF IT AS JUST ANOTHER GOLF TURN. I FEEL THERE IS A BIT MORE LOVE AND, YEAH, IT IS JUST IT IS SPECIAL TO COME BACK. >> Reporter: FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, THEY ARE HOSTING THE PGA TOUR AND THE RBC CANADIAN OPEN. IT IS ONE HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AWAY FROM HAMILTON GOLF CLUB WHERE HE WON HIS TITLE ON THE PGA TOUR. HE SAID, LET’S GO OVER THERE AND HAVE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE. HE AND HIS DAD PLAYED A ROUND YESTERDAY. THEY HAD MEMBERS THAT MADE FRIENDS WITH THEM, HOST THEM, HAD A WONDERFUL DAY WITHOUT THE FANFARE AND MEDIA TO BE ABLE TO RELIVE SOME OF THE EXTREMELY SPECIAL MOMENTS. I DID ASK HIM IF HE