New Zealand’s Ryan Fox is the brand new RBC Canadian Open champion.
He beat American Sam Burns in a four-hole playoff on Sunday at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley.
Burns fired an 8-under 62 spherical, the very best of the day, to put declare to the highest of the leaderboard.
Fox, nonetheless, nonetheless had a lot of the course nonetheless to play as Burns was signing his scorecard.
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox shakes palms with Sam Burns of the US after his successful putt on the 18th gap of their four-round playoff on Sunday. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Photos)
He birdied Nos. 14 and 15 to get to inside a shot of Burns after which sank a clutch birdie putt on No. 18 for a 4-under 66 day and to power the playoff.
Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., was the low Canadian, tying for thirteenth at 13 below.
Taylor received the Canadian Open two years in the past at Oakdale Golf and Nation Membership.
TPC Toronto will host the Canadian Open once more subsequent yr.
It was a good leaderboard all through the spherical, with eight gamers tied for first earlier than Fox and fellow third-round chief Matteo Manaserro even teed off.
Eire’s Shane Lowry, for instance, began his day with an eagle and adopted it up with three consecutive birdies to begin his day 5 below by means of simply 4 holes to take sole possession of the lead. He bogeyed Nos. 17 and 18 to fall again, nonetheless.
