Taylor eagles the fourth playoff hole to end 69-year drought Sunday, June 11, 2023 – Nick Taylor has given Canadian sports fans a moment they’ll never forget. Taylor sunk a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole at Oakdale Golf and Country Club to defeat Tommy Fleetwood and become the first Canadian to win theRBC Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954. After shooting the composite-course record on Saturday, Taylor recorded eight birdies in his final round on Sunday good for a 6-under 66. Fleetwood, playing in the final pairing, grabbed a piece of the lead after back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17. He would par 18 to send the tournament to a playoff, the first since 2017.
In the playoff, both Taylor and Fleetwood exchanged birdies on 18, followed by pars on 18 and 9. The fourth hole went back to 18. Fleetwood’s drive found a fairway bunker while Taylor’s second shot gave him a putt for eagle. As the rain continued to fall at Oakdale, so too did Taylor’s eagle putt to clinch victory and send the euphoric Canadian crowd into a frenzy.
O Canada bellowed from the gallery as Taylor hugged his caddie, a champion on the PGA TOUR for the third time.
Taylor becomes the first male golfer to win the Canadian Junior Championship, Canadian Men’s Amateur and the RBC Canadian Open. Brooke Henderson is the only other Canadian golfer to complete the same feat, having won the Canadian Junior Championship, Canadian Women’s Amateur and CPKC Women’s Open.
The 2024 RBC Canadian Open will be contested at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
CANADIAN LEADERBOARD 1 | Nick Taylor | 75, 67, 63, 66 | -17 | T12 | Adam Hadwin | 71, 68, 70, 68 | -11 | T20 | Corey Conners | 67, 69, 70, 74 | -8 | T34 | Roger Sloan | 69, 70, 73, 70 | -6 | T52 | Mike Weir | 72, 70, 74, 70 | -2 | T57 | Stuart Macdonald | 73, 68, 75, 71 | -1 | T65 | Taylor Pendrith | 69, 72, 70, 77 | E | T68 | Will Bateman | 74, 66, 75, 74 | +1 | MC | Aaron Cockerill | 72, 72 | E | MC | Ben Silverman | 71, 73 | E | MC | Étienne Papineau | 73,72 | +1 | MC | Adam Svensson | 73, 73 | +2 | MC | Mackenzie Hughes | 69, 77 | +2 | MC | Johnny Travale (a) | 73, 74 | +3 | MC | David Hearn | 76, 74 | +6 | MC | Michael Gligic | 75, 75 | +6 | MC | Drew Nesbitt | 73, 77 | +6 | MC | Taylor Durham (a) | 77, 73 | +6 | MC | Sebastian Szirmak | 81, 71 | +8 | MC | Myles Creighton | 77, 76 | +9 | MC | Daniel Kim | 82, 71 | +9 |
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