golfcanada.com Three of the top four seeded players were ousted Wednesday at the PGA Championship of Canada at Country Hills Golf Club's Talons Course.
Brian McCann, the No. 1-ranked player from the PGA of Canada Player Rankings, lost 2 & 1 to Eddward Boudreau. The No. 2-ranked Danny King fell 5 & 4 to Eric Laporte while Lindsay Bernakevitch took down host head professional Brett Burgeson 3 & 2.
"The seeding in this event is just a number,” Bernakevitch said after his match Wednesday afternoon. "We're all evenly matched in my opinion; we're all great players and it just matters how you play on the day.”
Boudreau, who made six birdies in his match against McCann on a Talons Course that saw less wind than Tuesday, agreed with Bernakevitch, saying the talent level amongst PGA of Canada professionals is impressive.
"We've got some really good players and there's a lot of talent and there's a lot of people here with a lot of history in this game, so whether you're playing a very good veteran or one of the younger guys with talent you know you' re going to have to play very well to win.”
Bryn Parry is the highest seeded player at No. 3 remaining after his 3 & 2 victory of Keir Smith.
Other top-10 seeded players advancing to Thursday morning's third round include No. 5 Dave Levesque and No. 7 Mike Belbin.
Jacklyn Miller, who became the first female participant in the championship’s 91-year history, lost 5 & 4 to No. 4 Brett Burgeson.
Coincidentally, with McCann, King and Burgeson all losing Tuesday; Parry, Levesque and Belbin all still have a chance to earn an exemption into next month's RBC Canadian Open.
The player who sits atop the PGA of Canada Player Rankings at the conclusion of the PGA Championship of Canada earns an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Hamilton, Ont., July 23-29.
McCann currently sits atop the Player Rankings with 160 points. Should Parry, Levesque and Belbin not advance at least to the championship's semi-final matches, McCann would maintain his spot at the top and earn the exemption.
Other winners from Tuesday's action include Ron Kenesky; Conor O'Shea; Dean Brown; Kevin Black; Roger Beale; Bill Walsh; John McCann; Brad Clapp; Bruce Rogerson and Phil Jonas.
As was the case in 2011, this year's championship is contested as a match play event with players from four brackets—Stan Leonard, George Knudson, Al Balding and Moe Norman—looking to advance through the six rounds to the final championship match Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Talons Course at Country Hills Golf Club.
The eventual champion will not only earn a share of the $100,000 purse, but will also capture the historic P.D. Ross Trophy.
Third round matches take place Thursday morning, while the quarter-finals go down on Thursday afternoon.
Brian McCann, the No. 1-ranked player from the PGA of Canada Player Rankings, lost 2 & 1 to Eddward Boudreau. The No. 2-ranked Danny King fell 5 & 4 to Eric Laporte while Lindsay Bernakevitch took down host head professional Brett Burgeson 3 & 2.
"The seeding in this event is just a number,” Bernakevitch said after his match Wednesday afternoon. "We're all evenly matched in my opinion; we're all great players and it just matters how you play on the day.”
Boudreau, who made six birdies in his match against McCann on a Talons Course that saw less wind than Tuesday, agreed with Bernakevitch, saying the talent level amongst PGA of Canada professionals is impressive.
"We've got some really good players and there's a lot of talent and there's a lot of people here with a lot of history in this game, so whether you're playing a very good veteran or one of the younger guys with talent you know you' re going to have to play very well to win.”
Bryn Parry is the highest seeded player at No. 3 remaining after his 3 & 2 victory of Keir Smith.
Other top-10 seeded players advancing to Thursday morning's third round include No. 5 Dave Levesque and No. 7 Mike Belbin.
Jacklyn Miller, who became the first female participant in the championship’s 91-year history, lost 5 & 4 to No. 4 Brett Burgeson.
Coincidentally, with McCann, King and Burgeson all losing Tuesday; Parry, Levesque and Belbin all still have a chance to earn an exemption into next month's RBC Canadian Open.
The player who sits atop the PGA of Canada Player Rankings at the conclusion of the PGA Championship of Canada earns an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Hamilton, Ont., July 23-29.
McCann currently sits atop the Player Rankings with 160 points. Should Parry, Levesque and Belbin not advance at least to the championship's semi-final matches, McCann would maintain his spot at the top and earn the exemption.
Other winners from Tuesday's action include Ron Kenesky; Conor O'Shea; Dean Brown; Kevin Black; Roger Beale; Bill Walsh; John McCann; Brad Clapp; Bruce Rogerson and Phil Jonas.
As was the case in 2011, this year's championship is contested as a match play event with players from four brackets—Stan Leonard, George Knudson, Al Balding and Moe Norman—looking to advance through the six rounds to the final championship match Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Talons Course at Country Hills Golf Club.
The eventual champion will not only earn a share of the $100,000 purse, but will also capture the historic P.D. Ross Trophy.
Third round matches take place Thursday morning, while the quarter-finals go down on Thursday afternoon.
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