Johnson got off to a slow start in the morning group, including a double bogey on his third hole, before recovering with four birdies in his back nine to take a one-shot lead over List, his co-leader from Thursday’s first round. He rebounded with six birdies and had a late bogey in a 1-under 71. “After the break, he stumbled to bogey-5s at 10, 11 and 14 (failed scrambles), but cancelled them with birdies on each of the three back-nine par 5s, including a walk-off 4 from 84’6”. Cejka’s putt on the last was the longest of his career and the longest on TOUR this season.
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“I’m playing out of my mind and I still can’t beat him”, said du Toit, with a laugh.
“The day was pretty tough in itself and then I really didn’t have anything going well”, Day said.
The day started well for du Toit, who briefly held a share of the lead after the first nine holes, almost witnessed his round derailed by a hooked drive on his 11 hole of the day. I felt like I played really well. Hit it in a couple awkward spots. “Some of the downwind holes you get it too close to the green where you can’t stop”.
“The wind today nearly feels like it’s a little bit heavier and it’s affecting the ball a little bit more, and it’s a little bit different direction”, said the long-hitting American, who was tied for ninth at last week’s Open Championship.
Amateur Jared du Toit (71) of Kimberley, B.C., was briefly tied for first, but a triple bogey sank him into an eventual tie for third at 6 under, joining Spain’s Jon Rahm and American Kelly Kraft.
Calgary amateur Jared du Toit notched six birdies on the day to maintain his hold on T3. Brandt Snedeker, the 2013 victor at Glen Abbey, had a 68 and was tied with Brendon de Jonge, Steve Wheatcroft and Cameron Tringale.
“Just my attitude right now, if I can keep that up, I’ll be happy with the way I finish”. “I have got to say, him shooting low yesterday did motivate me a lot to do a good round”. An eagle on 18 moved him to eight under and with a chance to become the first Canadian to win this tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954.
World No. 1 Jason Day shot a three-under 69 on Saturday, working his way back up the leader board after making the cut by only two strokes. I had a lot of fun so far in these few days and expectations, you know, [the media] are the ones that put expectations on. Albert Murray, a Canadian also born in England, won in 1908 and 1913.
John Senden (72) joins Day at one over while Robert Allenby (74), Stuart Appleby (75) and Cameron Percy (75) scraped inside the cut at two over.
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“It’s obviously disappointing but it’s another golf tournament, and I’m able to kind of get over it a little bit easier now than I used to be probably”, said DeLaet, who will represent Canada along with David Hearn in the Rio Olympics. “I’ll try to make a few pars in the valley tomorrow and go from there”.
