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This magical run will eventually come to an end for Corey Conners, but years from now Canadian golf fans might look back on it as the beginning.

After winning the Valero Texas Open and continuing his fine play at the Masters, nobody can be blamed for thinking the sky’s the limit for the 27-year-old from Listowel, Ont. But beneath all the excitement, there are some very logical reasons to suggest that Conners is maturing into a player who can be an every-week threat on the PGA Tour.

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He hits his drives slightly longer than average, yet watching his swing, it’s safe to say there is power to spare. He’s straighter off the tee than almost all of his competitors, ranking eighth this season in the distance from the edge of the fairway — a stat measuring how far off the short grass his average misses are — at 20-feet-4-inches.

After he’s teed off, it gets even better because Conners is a great ball-striker and his approach shots this year show it. He’s seventh in strokes gained approaching the green at .977, meaning he picks up one stroke against the field per round with his approach shots. In a more traditional stat, greens in regulation, he’s third at 74.7% through 684 holes.