Hearn's 64 gives Canuck hopes a boost at Glen Abbey

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At the start of play Thursday there were 16 Canadians carrying our flag, as play gets under way this morning there are 6 left, with David Hearn giving the hometown fans just what they wanted, a fine -8 64 on a day of low scoring, to get to -11 T3 and right in contention.

Players enjoy week's of good form in a row before they cool off, and David is in form right now, having come within a shot of winning the Greenbrier three weeks ago, then enjoying the trip to the Open at St.Andrews, he is full of confidence, but level headed as ever, he realizes there is a lot of golf to go this weekend. Job one is done, job two is to get into contention for Sunday afternoon, and that starts at 1.36pm today, paired with Johnson Wagner.

Chad Campbell has arrived here from nowhere, to add an impressive 63 to his opening 67 to lead at -14. He was 48th last week at the Barbasol, does have 3 top 10's this year but nothing spectacular, 120th in the Fed Ex standings. He's 41 now and we'll see if this is going to be his week..

Brian Harman is 2nd 65, 67 and like Hearn. the little lefty is in form right now. Jason Day (66 -10) and Bubba (67 -9) are right in it as well.

Graham DeLaet had to withdraw with a nagging thumb injury after he tried it for 4 holes. The cut fell at -2. Other Canadian scores, Austin Connelly bounced back nicely 73, 65 T22 -6, Adam Svennson 69 73 is -3 this morning, now up to -5, Blair Hamilton 71 68 -5 T33, Adam Hadwin 74 67 -3 T58, and Nick Taylor 70 72 -2 is -1 this morning currently -3 as well.

It's overcast and calm early at the Abbey this morning, ideal scoring conditions, and there is some rain in the forecast for the leaders this afternoon after 2 days of blazing sunshine.

So another big moving day at the Canadian Open, none more so than for David Hearn who wants to give the huge galleries and golf fans across his country another real boost today, to give him a chance tomorrow to join Pat Fletcher, the last Canuck back in 1954, to hoist the trophy. What a place to get his first PGA Tour win...

Now I'm getting ahead of myself.. way ahead..

Bryan