For an hour and 20 minutes, Jhonattan Vegas waited, watched and hoped.
Advertisement
Vegas shot a final round eight-under-64 at Glen Abbey Golf Club to rocket up to 12-under-276, claiming a one-shot victory for his second US PGA Tour title.
Brandt Snedeker drained a seven-foot eagle putt the final hole yesterday to cap a six-under par 66 that gave him a one-stroke lead in the US PGA Tour’s Canadian Open. “It’s a great feeling”.
Vegas, one of six tied for the lead at one point of the back nine, broke from the pack with birdies on his final three holes and four of his last six.
Beginning the day five shots back, Vegas moved himself into a share of the lead with his strong close, but he was in the clubhouse early.
“It’s a insane sport”, Vegas said. “You’ve just got to keep your head down and play hard”.
Vegas had five consecutive birdies on Nos. 2-6, bogeyed the par-4 eighth and birdied the par-5 13th.
“I didn’t have a chance to talk to them after I knew that I had won and it’s special seeing them that happy, enjoying that moment as much as I am enjoying it right now”, said Vegas. Then he dumped an 81-yard approach into a bunker on 17, again could not erase the error, and came to the 18th needing a birdie to force extra frames. “Honestly I got a lot out of my round”.
Johnson, Jon Rahm and Martin Laird tied for second.
Seong earns girls title: Eun Jeong Seong rallied to beat Andrea Lee 4 and 2 in the U.S. Girls Junior in Paramus, New Jersey, to become the first golfer since Hollis Stacy in 1971 to successfully defend the title.
“I had a long talk with my parents”. This was Wheatcroft’s fifth RBC appearance with a previous best of T13 in 2010 (St. George’s G&CC), and just his second top 10 of the season in 23 events, matching a T5 at the Barracuda two starts ago.
“It has to do with the putter. I’ll hang around for a little while”, Ogilvy said. “Tomorrow, hopefully, get some putts to roll in”. I was playing well, hitting it well and making a few putts. I still feel like I’m playing well, driving it really well and that’s the big key for me. I just kept flaring everything out to the right. Still, du Toit finished the week two shots better than world No. 1 Jason Day.
“He just went straight and didn’t break”, Rahm said. I hit some top iron shots into 10 and 15. “Came off flawless off the clubface”.
Rahm tied for third in his pro debut late last month at Congressional.
Overnight leader Brandt Snedeker fired a one-under 71 that left him in a group on 278 alongside fellow Americans Ricky Barnes (68) and Steve Wheatcroft (69) and Germany’s Alex Cejka (69). The victor birdied the par-five sixth, par-four 10th, par-three 13th and par-four 15th in his bogey-free round in mostly cloudy conditions with 8-16 miles per hour wind and occasional drizzle.
As for the Australians in the field, four others aside from Day got around Glen Abbey under-par on Saturday. “Put myself in a position to win a golf tournament and to play the way I did today is disheartening to say the least. I completely gave it away”.
“Tonight, I’m going to do exactly the same thing I did the previous night”, Jimenez said.
Johnson, tied for the lead with Luke List after each of the first two rounds, birdied the final hole for a 71. He birdied 16 and 18.
Advertisement
“Unbelievable”, said du Toit. I just couldn’t figure it out. The Arizona State senior from Kimberley, British Columbia, was trying to become the first Canadian victor since Pat Fletcher, born in England, in 1954. A 31-year-old Venezuelan golfer has made history, winning the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday and recording only his second PGA Tour win.
