Highlights from the final round of RBC Canadian Open – Part 2
A four-way tie was seen for the ninth spot on the leader board, which included Charl Schwartzel, Spencer Levin, John Daly and Patrick Cantlay.
Schwartzel teed off from the front and wrapped it with a score of 37 after carding two birdies, two bogeys and one double-bogey in nine holes. However, things took a twist, when the South African stepped onto the back with a new game plan. He decided to
go long on the green and it worked. The winner of 2011 Masters birdied four holes and sealed the day with a 69.
A similar score was compiled by Levin and Cantlay, who birdied three holes each against two bogeys.
Cantlay the 19-year-old amateur faced trouble in finding the fairways and the greens in the final round. However, he did not let his nerves go haywire and played until the last hole, which he cleared with a par.
This is not the first time for the amateur to take a spot in the top section of the leaderboard. Cantlay performed brilliantly at the US Open, where he finished tied for the 21st place.
Daly made use of his powerful torso to shoot the balls across tees, but could not attain much accuracy in leading them to the fairways. He faced a similar issue on the greens, where he accomplished an average of 33 percent.
The two-time major winner has not touched the Top 10 spots in any of the PGA Tour tournaments since 2005. However, seeing his name on the ninth spot made him extremely happy.
Daly said, “There's no doubt about it. I love the way I chipped the last two days. Under the heat today, I know I was kind of out of it there with four or five holes to go. But I made one heck of a par on 15, 17 and 18. I got them down a lot today. Probably
in the past I would have shot an 80 or 82 today.”
Chez Reavie kicked off with a slow start, which included seven pars, one bogey and one birdie. After stepping onto the last nine holes of the tournament, the player changed his strategy. He decided to attack the pin, instead of playing safe. In doing so,
he grabbed four birdies against a single birdie and sealed the day with a 67.
This was the lowest score attained by the player in the entire tournament.
Article continued in Part 3…
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