Mark Calcavecchia wins Champions Tour’s Montreal Championship
Mark Calcavecchia fired an eight-under par 64 in the final round of the Champions Tour’s Montreal Championship, to record a victory at the Vallee du Richelieu Vercheres, in Sainte-Julie on Sunday, June 24, 2012.
Calcavecchia got off to a confident start and carded three consecutive birdies, starting from the third hole. A couple of birdies on the seventh and eighth hole took him to five-under par for the round through the front nine.
The back nine did not see him record enough birdies, however, a birdie and an eagle was enough to outshine his opponents on the course.
"I made some nice 4-footers for pars, which were nice," Calcavecchia said. "I get a little shaky on those on occasion and for some reason today I just felt good on them, and then that 16th happened and I figured that even if I bogeyed the last two holes,
I'd be fine, which I was".
Calcavecchia played brilliantly throughout the tournament, as he recorded only two bogeys in the three rounds that he played.
"I only made two bogeys all week so I thought that playing this golf course all weekend without a bogey was pretty good," he said.
According to him, he always likes to play in Canada and holds a good track record in the tournaments that he played on the Canadian soil.
In 1997, he recorded a victory in the PGA Tour’s Greater Vancouver Open and the 2005 PGA Tour season witnessed him take the Canadian Open trophy home.
He also holds the record of nine straight birdies that he set during his victory at the Canadian Open. This time, he has once again made a great finish in a tournament to record his third victory in Canada.
Brad Bryant stood second after recording a seven-under par 65 after sinking nine birdies against two bogeys. His overall score was 12-under par 204.
Russ Cochran and Bob Tway were further a stroke back to share the third spot on the leaderboard.
Cochran looked a little disappointed at the end of the tournament, as he had the opening round lead after carding a six-under par 66.
He believes that the second round score of 71 was not enough for a victory at a course where low scores is the key to success.
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