Scott Piercy shot a final round 67 and was 17-under for the week, earning him a win at the RBC Canadian Open this past weekend. Piercy edged out Robert Garrigus by one stroke as Garrigus posted a Sunday round of 70, after going 64-66-64 the first three rounds.

In the end, Garrigus felt he lost the event more than Piercy won it.

“I should have won this golf tournament by seven shots. Everybody knows that,” said Garrigus. “If I could have just made a putt today. I don’t know. It just wasn’t starting on my lines. I hit a couple too firm and then I hit a couple too soft. I just couldn’t get the feel for it.”

Garrigus took 33 putts in the final round and didn’t card a birdie until the 14th hole.

Piercy, however, remained cool on the classic design course that is Hamilton Golf & Country Club – playing for position instead bombing his driver and firing at flags.

Piercy go busy early on Sunday, with four straight birdies after a par on one. He would give two back, with bogeys on eight and fourteen, but birdied fifteen to get back to three-under. From there, three straight pars to close out the round.

William McGirt was also in the mix down the stretch, getting to three-under on the day, after seven, and finding himself a top the leaderboard after rolling in a 10-foot birdie pull on three. Two untimely errors down the stretch were the difference, though. McGirt bogeyed fifteen and eighteen and cost himself a shot at the upcoming PGA Championship.

McGirt finished with a final round 69 and tied Garrigus for second place.

Piercy was headed back to Reno this week to defend his title from last year, but will instead head to Firestone for this week’s Bridgestone International, his debut in a World Golf Championship event. He’a also punched his ticket to the Masters next year, marking the first time he’ll ever step foot on Augusta National’s hallowed ground.

“I’ve always told myself I’m not going unless I’m in the tournament,” Piercy said.

Another week on the PGA Tour, another sudden death playoff and another classic finish to a thrilling weekend as Zach Johnson took this week’s John Deere Classic in Silvis, IL.

The win was Johnson’s second of the season, his first coming late May at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. It also marked Johnson’s nine career Tour win.

Johnson rolled a bogey-free round of 65 while his closest competition, Troy Matteson, finished with a final round 69 and challenged Johnson in the playoff. Johnson began the day four shots behind Matteson, who led the tournament since going ten-under on Thursday with an opening round 61.

Matteson double bogeyed fifteen while Johnson birdied thirteen and fourteen, finally putting him atop the leaderboard. Another birdie on seventeen gave Johnson a two-stroke cushion as he prepared to tee it up on eighteen, but Matteson wasn’t done, rolling a 60-foot putt for eagle on seventeen.

On the first hole of the playoff, Johnson found the bunker while Matteson sent his shot into the trees, but with a third attempt at eighteen, Johnson had a brilliant second shot that he rolled within two feet of the pin, leaving a routine putt for the birdie and win.

From there, Johnson collected his trophy and boarded a charter jet, sending him across the pond to prepare for and compete in this week’s British Open.

Ted Potter Jr. took this weekend’s Greenbrier Classic as the ultimate underdog; a storyline that always resonates well in the world of sports.

Potter Jr., a former cart barn employee prior to taking up professional golf, posted a final round 64 in Sulphur Springs on Sunday, with an eagle-birdie finish, forcing a sudden-death playoff with Troy Kelly where the rookie prevailed.

A Webb Simpson metldown also opened the door for Potter’s run. Simpson, who had played bogey-free golf for fifty-nine consecutive holes, rattled off four in a five-house stretch on Sunday’s back nine.

Potter Jr. comes from a golf family – but not the country club lifestyle enjoyed by many up and coming Tour pros. Ted Potter Sr. was a golf-course maintenance worker, while mom worked at the local WalMart. Potter Jr. then chose to teach himself the game, without any formal lessons.

Potter Jr. dominated the Hooters Tour almost a decade ago, winning fourteen events. Year one on the Nationwide Tour in 2004 (now called the Web.com Tour), Potter Jr. wound up missing every cut and lost his status. He eventually earned a Tour card by finishing second on the money list, playing the Web.com Tour last season.

The victory early Potter Jr. a trip to the Open in a few weeks, where we know anything can happen.

Sure seems all of that “he’s done” and “he’ll never win again” has subsided now that Tiger Woods has reeled in his third win in seven starts.

After going 923 days without a PGA Tour victory, Woods is now the only three-time winner this season and he’s sitting atop the FedExCup standings for the first time since September 2009. Woods also ranks first in scoring average, fifth in total driving, tenth in greens in regulation and fourteenth in strokes gained-putting. Stats don’t lie.

The win at Congressional marked Woods’ 74th career victory, moving him into second place on the all-time list, ahead of one of his idols, Jack Nicklaus. Next up, Sam Snead, who posted 82 career wins. In regards to majors, Woods needs five more to pass Nicklaus.

Bo Van Pelt gave Woods a run, but in a throwback to the days when Tiger dominated consistently, Van Pelt proved to be another competitor who wilted in crunch time, sitting at three-under entering the final three holes of the day, each of which he bogeyed, eventually falling to Woods by two.

Our guy Pat Perez gave Congressional his all, leading at one point after going 69-69 days one and two. After a Saturday 72, Perez was still in the hunt, but a Sunday round of 77 earned him a T29th finish, moving him to 71st on the official money list and 67th in FedExCup points.

Another recent ProCompression enthusiast has been Chez Reavie, who went 72-72 out the gate and went low with a Saturday round of 67. Sunday got the better of Reavie, as it did so many, with five bogeys en route to a final round 73, highlighted by a birdie on 12 and an ace on 13. Reavie finished T15th.

Next up, this week’s Greenbrier Classic at The Old White TPC in While Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

A safe bet not too many folks had Marc Leishman picked as ‘the guy’ in their golf fantasy leagues this past weekend, but regardless, the Australian carded a final round 62 on Sunday, en route to his first ever PGA Tour win.

San Diego native Charley Hoffman looked like he had the win in the bag, but lost a two-stroke lead on the final two holes, earning Leishman the win and allowing him to hoist the Travelers Championship trophy at day’s end.

This marks the second week in a row that the eventual winner was in the clubhouse and earned the victory by sitting put. Last week it was Jim Furyk and a few costly bogeys that gave Webb Simpson the US Open win, with Hoffman doing his best Furyk this week.

Leishman started Sunday six strokes off the lead, but carded eight birdies in a bogey-free round. He finished the event 14-under 266 and his 62 was the lowest score in a final round by a champion on tour this season.

Hoffman closed with a final round 66 and earned a second place finish with Masters winner Bubba Watson, who shot 65 on Sunday.

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Congrats to Webb Simpson, who became another classic winner in a long line of US Open champions this past weekend. Always a brutal course and a grind-it-out four-day affair, Simpson finished the week +1, one stroke ahead of Michael Thompson and Graeme McDowell.

Simpson shot a final round 68, carding four birdies in a five-hole stretch around the turn, as well as a tough par on 18, finishing the day with a 2-under 68.

Jim Furyk was breathing down Simpson’s neck, as he watched from the clubhouse, but with two bogeys in the final three holes, Furyk shot a final round 74 and finished the event +3.

“I never really wrapped my mind around winning,” said Simpson, who finished at 1-over 281 to win in only his fifth time at a major. “This place is so demanding, and so all I was really concerned about was keeping the ball in front of me and making pars.”

Olympic is known as the “Graveyard of Champions” as many proven winners have lost out to underdogs. It’s happened to Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Payne Stewart and now Simpson’s done the same to some of the bigger names in the hunt this past weekend.

This was Simpson’s first major win and should he continue this type of play, it certainly won’t be his last.

Dustin Johnson proved this past weekend that time away from the game and hard work rehabbing an injury can bring a great player back to winnings ways.

After injuring his back “lifting a jet ski” back in early March, Johnson stepped away from the game, solely focusing on rehab and not rushing back. The result? A one-stroke win over John Merrick after rounds of 67 and 66 over the weekend at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Johnson started Sunday’s round two strokes back and birdied sixteen and seventeen en route to his his sixth career win.

Johnson placed nineteenth at last week’s Memorial and used that comeback week as a springboard to victory.

While we don’t know what kind of role compression played in Johnson’s rehab, his approach to healing falls completely in line with the science behind compression wear and what we believe here at ProCompression.

Many athletes would let their competitive ways get the better of them, rushing through rehab, choosing practice over rest and in the end, would return too soon, which almost always results in a nagging injury or another full-blown blow out.

We’re glad to see that Dustin puts such a high precedence on his training. He’s our kind of Tour pro and we’re going to fire out a box of compression socks a.s.a.p as a congrats for the win, as well as to commend his patience!

Tiger Woods got his seventy-third PGA Tour win this past weekend, tying the legendary Jack Nicklaus as his very own Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.

Beyond that, Woods upped his game, birdying three of the final four holes for a two-stroke win, playing more like it was 2002 than 2012, earning his second victory of the season.

Even more important, the fact that Eldrick is getting his game on track for the around-the-corner U.S. Open and his quest to chase down Jack’s eighteen major championships.

Woods’ play at Muirfield Village sent CBS’ ratings through the roof and his play shows that the game’s veterans have the ability to grind in a way that many of todays young guns don’t, just yet. No disrespect to some of the hotter names in golf today, but look at some of the names in the top twenty five besides Woods.

Rory Sabbatini. Justin Rose. Luke Donald. J.B. Holmes. Bo Van Pelt. Jim Furyk. Davis Love III. Vijay Singh. K.J. Choi. Pat Perez. You had to look a long way down before finding a Rickie Fowler type, while guys like Rory McIlroy didn’t even make the cut.

Speaking of Perez, ProCompression is hitting the road in the coming days to spend some time with PP at home in Scottsdale, talking shop, dropping socks and taking some pics for both his site and the PC blog. Check back soon for all the latest.

Zach Johnson picked up his eighth PGA Tour win this past weekend, winning the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and again, it was another down-to-the-wire finish, chock full of drama.

This victory was Johnson’s first since winning at Colonial two years back. The win also prevented Jason Dufner from taking two in a row and three in his last four events.

Johnson finished twelve-under and beat Dufner by a stroke, but not without some controversy and drama. Down the stretch there were seven lead changes, four two-stroke swings and two balls in the water. Still, it was a ball marker that did the most damage.

Johnson rolled in his four-foot, seven-inch par putt on eighteen, which looked like it had all but secured a three-stroke victory. Johnson and caddy Damon Green celebrated. Green lost his father two weeks back and the moment over took player and caddy.

Seconds later Green asked Johnson if he’d moved his ball mark, prior to Dufner’s final pull. Johnson did, but quickly realized he never moved it back. Rules official John Mutch informed Green of the violation and a two-stroke penalty was assessed.

Even more fortunate for Johnson, the fact that the error was noticed before signing his scorecard. CBS on-course reporter Peter Kostis noticed before anyone else, which set things into motion, with Johnson able to charge himself with a double-bogey on the final hole. Had he signed for the par, he’d have been disqualified from the event, making Dufner the winner by default.

Johnson took the penalty and thankfully had enough of a lead that it didn’t cost him a win in a hard-fought event that was clearly all his as Sunday wrapped up.

Our man Pat Perez wound up with a T63rd finish after barely making the cut on Friday. An opening round 69 had him in the mix, but things unraveled in Round Two. After going par-birdie-par-par, Double P double bogeyed number six and was plus-one, but the real damage came on the ninth hole, when shooting a nine on a par-four.

Plus-six at the turn, Perez tried to grind back. Back-to-back birdies on ten and eleven were followed by two pars. After bogeying fourteen, he netted three straight pars before a birdie on eighteen gave him a 74 on the day and had him plus-three after two.

Perez slid in under the cut line and fired a Third Round seventy on Saturday followed by a final round 74 on Sunday. Perez is back in action this week at the Memorial, will attempt a Monday qualifier for the U.S. Open next week and will head home to Scottsdale for a down week. He enters this week 58th in FedExCup points and 61st on the overall money list.

Stay tuned for Memorial coverage this week, as well as a road trip to Scottsdale next week at Team ProCompression will get some down time with Perez in Arizona and his home club Estancia.

Jason Dufner earned his second win in three tries and the PGA Tour is finally doing something to replace the void of Tiger Woods, as newbies are coming out of the woodworks, asserting themselves and becoming household hands.

Prior to the Zurich Classic in New Orleans in late April, Dufner was 0-for-163 in Tour events. Since then, he’s 2-for-3 regarding first-place finishes. A twenty-five foot putt on Sunday’s final hole helped Dufner avoid a playoff with Dicky Pride, an eighteen-year Tour vet seeking his first career win.

Regarding Pro Compression endorsees, Pat Perez carded his first top ten finish of the 2012 season, going 67-67-72-69 over four days for a T9th finish.

Perez missed back-to-back cuts for the first time this season in New Orleans and Charlotte, but responded with a T25th at last weeks PLAYERS Championship before this past week’s run at the Byron Nelson.

The past two weeks earned Perez a cool $222,547.50 and has him 57th on the official money list and 53rd in FedExCup points entering this week’s event at Colonial.

When asked the difference between the past two weeks and the previous two missed cuts, Perez stated that he forgot his Pro Compression socks at home for New Orleans and Charlotte, but that the new ones we sent to Ponte Vedra Beach were the absolute difference-maker in both events.

OK, not really … but we think he would, if that were the case.

More to come this week from Ft. Worth!