It was an muggy overcast day in Hamilton, rain overnight mostly softened Hamilton G&CC leaving the course vulnerable to these guys. Here is a Day 1 report from pgatour.com. I will be out on site Friday and Sunday with live reports here.
pgatour.com Scott Piercy shot an 8-under 62 Thursday in the first round of the RBC Canadian Open, taking advantage of perfect scoring conditions at rain-softened Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
Piercy, eagled the par-5 fourth and 17th holes and had five birdies and one bogey in the rainy conditions to match the competitive course record set by Warren Sye in the third round of the 1991 Ontario Amateur. The 33-year-old American is coming off a third-place finish two weeks ago in the John Deere Classic
( Sye it might be added set the record as an amateur on a shorter course than these are playing according to course superintendent Rhodd Trainer in a recent interview)
Greg Owen and William McGirt were a stroke back, and Robert Garrigusopened with a 64.
Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters winner, was at 65 along with 2004 Canadian Open champion Vijay Singh, Troy Matteson, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas, Stuart Appleby and Gavin Coles
Jim Furyk, the winner in 2006 at Hamilton and 2007 at Angus Glen, shot a 70. Ernie Els, the Open winner Sunday at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, opened with a 72.
Adam Hadwin topped the 23 Canadians in the field, shooting a 66. The 24-year-old player from Abbotsford, British Columbia, tied for fourth last year at Shaughnessy in Vancouver.
"It seems every time we hit the end of July, I kind of springboard my game back into shape," Hadwin said. "I shot 4 under and I was 1 over on the par 5s today. So that's pretty good confidence going into tomorrow knowing that if I play those par 5s pretty well I'm going to play pretty well.
Canadian scores
T12 - Hadwin, Adam, Abbotsford, Ont. 32 – 34 – 66 (-4)
T24 - Hearn, David, Brantford, Ont. 34 – 34 – 68 (-2)
T24 - Fritsch, Brad, Manotick, Ont. 35 – 33 – 68 (-2)
T39 - Markle, David, Shelburne, Ont. 34 – 35 – 69 (-1)
T39 - Choi, Albin, (a), Toronto, Ont. 33 – 36 – 69 (-1)
T39 - DeLaet, Graham, Weyburn, Sask. 31 – 38 – 69 (-1)
T66 - Ames, Stephen, Calgary, Alta. 34 – 36 – 70 (E)
T66 - Hill, Matt, Bright’s Grove, Ont. 35 – 35 – 70 (E)
T66 - Renfrew, Cory, Victoria, B.C. 34 – 36 – 70 (E)
T66 - McQuillan, Matt, Kingston, Ont. 36 – 34 – 70 (E)
T95 - Hughes, Mackenzie, (a) Dundas, Ont. 35 – 36 – 71 (+1)
T112 - Gligic, Michael, Burlington, Ont. 38 – 34 (+2)
T112 - Weir, Mike, Bright’s Grove, Ont. 35 – 37 – 72 (+2)
T128 - Couture, Rob, (a) Trenton, Ont. 35 – 38 – 73 (+3)
T137 - Ciesielski, Victor, Cambridge, Ont. 38 – 36 – 74 (+4)
T137 - Doherty, Greg, Mississauga, Ont. 37 – 37 – 74 (+4)
T137 - Ross, Christopher, Dundas, Ont. 37 – 37 – 74 (+4)
T144 - McCann, Brian, Mississauga, Ont. 34 – 41 – 75 (+5)
T144 - Parr, Andrew, London, Ont. 36 – 39 – 75 (+5)
T144 - Taylor, Nick, Abbotsford, B.C. 39 – 36 – 75 (+5)
T152 - Wong, Eugene, North Vancouver, B.C. 38 – 38 – 76 (+6)
154 - Mills, Jon, Oshawa, Ont. 39 – 38 – 77 (+7)
155 - Ferguson, Ben, Ancaster, Ont. 40 – 38 – 78 (+8)
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