Piercy wins RBC Canadian Open

Well he hates the course, says it makes him play boring golf, but he is our 2012 Canadian Open Champion

American Scott Piercy who set a course record of 62 back on Thursday, went on to shoot three consecutive rounds of 3-under par 67 to capture the 2012 RBC Canadian Open title

Piercy, who picked up his second career PGA TOUR win and third top-10 finish of the season, finished with a four-day tally of 17-under par 263, besting both Robert Garrigus and William McGirt by a single stroke. The 33-year-old, who collected $936,000 (U.S.) in winnings, also earned 500 FedEx Cup points and is now ranked 13th in the FedEx Cup standings.

I’ve been playing good for a while now, and you just need a couple of good breaks here or there and just play solid,” said Piercy, who converted five birdies on the day, including four consecutive birdies on the front-9 at No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. “I felt like I got a couple of good breaks and continued to play solid and I’m kind of speechless, to be honest. I’m really excited to be the champion.”

Not otherwise exempt for the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, Piercy earned an invite to the event next week in Akron, OH. Piercy was set to defend his 2011 Reno-Tahoe Open next week, but instead he will be making his first World Golf Championships appearance, at Bridgestone.
He earned a two-year PGA TOUR exemption that will take him through the 2014 PGA TOUR season.
 
 The victory at the RBC Canadian Open makes Scott Piercy the 28th different PGA TOUR winner in 2012

Robert Garrigus, who entered the day atop the leaderboard with a one-stroke lead, shot even-par 70 on Sunday, while McGirt, who was in sole possession of second place to start the day, posted a score of 1-under par 69 as both players finished T2 at 16-under 264.

Josh Teater, Bud Cauley and Chris Kirk finished T4 at 14-under 266, three strokes off the lead, while Vijay Singh, Bo Van Pelt and Scott Stallings were T7 at 12-under 268 for the championship.

In his fourth appearance at the RBC Canadian Open, Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask. earned low Canadian honours, clinching the Rivermead Cup with a final-round score of even-par 70. Brantford, Ont.’s David Hearn finished T71 at even-par 280, while Matt Hill of Bright’s Grove, Ont. and Matt McQuillan of Kingston, Ont. both placed T75 at 3-over par 283

Fresh off a win at the 2012 Ontario Men’s Amateur Championship, Toronto’s Albin Choi, a junior at North Carolina State University and a member of Team Canada’s National Squad, earned top amateur honours and claimed the Gary Cowan Medal, finishing T73 with a four-day tally of 1-over par 281

Ho hum, it's what these guys on the travelling circus called the PGA Tour play for,but this week really could have been the Travellers or the Lake Tahoe or the John Deere, it really lacked any Canadian feel for me, none of our guys were a factor, and Piercy who just ripped the course on Thursday after his record 62 will take our National Championship and all the perks that go with it on to the WGC event next week and go on to be as long forgotten as guys like Chez Reavie who won at the Abbey in 2008..

As I said earlier today, hot weather, hot scoring but no sizzle at this edition of the RBC Canadian Open


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