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Hunter Mahan Withdraws From Canadian Open With 2-Stroke Lead When Wife Goes Into Labor

by Rick Chandler | 10:04 am, July 28th, 2013

Twitter reaction, and one song lyric sung to the tune of Johnny Cash’s Jackson, on Hunter Mahan withdrawing from the Canadian Open on Saturday while he had a two-stroke lead.

Oh we got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout/
I’m leading the Canadian Open, but looks like I’m gonna have to drop out/
Oh my wife’s now in labor/
The kid will be our first/
So Snedeker’s now your leader/
Hey, it could be worse

If Hunter Mahan had withdrawn nine months ago, he wouldn't have had to withdraw today. #Science #BabyTalk

— Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) July 27, 2013

Faith in my Tweepdom remains intact! Nearly everyone in timeline says he'd do same thing as Hunter Mahan. Family 1st. You rock, guys ;)

— Bonnie Bernstein (@BonnieBernstein) July 27, 2013

Kandi was on the way to a Dallas hospital with a family member when she phoned Hunter's agent, Chris Armstrong, who was at Glen Abbey.

— Adam Schupak (@GolfweekSchupak) July 27, 2013