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The RBC Canadian Open goes to Nick Taylor (75 67 63 66) who, after a comeback in the last round, overtook the Englishman Tommy Fleetwood with an eagle on the fourth hole of the play-off. In Ontario, the Canadian celebrated his third career success on the PGA Tour at home, the first since February 2020 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am).
It was since 1954 (Pat Fletcher) that a Canadian could not impose himself in this event.
RBC Canadian Open, results
Nothing to do for the British. While Fleetwood, fifth time runner up on the circuit, was forced to settle for 2nd place, his compatriots Tyrrell Hatton and Aaron Rai shared 3rd place with 272 (-16) alongside Taiwanese Pan Cheng- tsung.
At Oakdale Golf & Country Club (par 72), top 10 and 9th place with 276 (-12) for Rory McIlroy. The Northern Irishman, who had won the last two editions of the event (in 2019 and 2022, in 2020 and 2021 the tournament was canceled due to the health emergency), after finishing the “moving day” in 2nd place he lost ground in the finale.
The exploit earned Taylor $1,620,000 out of a total prize pool of $9,000,000 and dropped him from 69th to 44th position in the world rankings. The PGA Tour is a men’s professional golf tour played primarily in the United States.
The PGA Tour became an independent entity of the PGA in 1968. Prior to 1968, this championship was the PGA of America’s Tournament Players Division. The PGA Tour also operates the Champions Tour, for players 50 and over, and the Web.com Tour, a second-tier championship.
In 1981, the PGA challenged the PGA Tour’s use of the PGA acronym. At the end of August 1981, the championship was renamed TPA Tour for Tournament Players Association, but as of March 1982, the PGA Tour regained its name following the settlement of the dispute with the PGA.
The PGA Tour does not organize the Ryder Cup, contested by team, and the four Grand Slam tournaments. However, these last appointments are on the calendar. The PGA Tour is also not a federation managing golf in the United States.
This role falls to the United States Golf Association. The other tournaments on the calendar, on the other hand, are organized by the PGA Tour.
