Way to go Jim Furyk! He successfully defended his title at the Canadian Open this past weekend. I always enjoy someone winning back to back years and it is especially nice to see someone like Jim Furyk do it. He is a class act and a great player for the PGA Tour. It was good to see him win again...
The winner last year at traditional Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Furyk had a 16-under 268 total on Angus Glen's links-style North Course. He earned $900,000 for his 13th PGA Tour victory and first since last September in Ancaster.
And he guaranteed the name-starved event will have at least one top player next year at Glen Abbey.
"I'll be here," Furyk said. "I always think you should come back and defend a championship. ... I felt a lot of support out there."
Three strokes behind Singh after the third round, Furyk birdied two of the first three holes -- holing a 35-foot putt on the par-5 first and a 9-footer on the par-4 third -- before moving ahead at 13 under with his third career ace.
"You dream of a start like that," Furyk said.
Furyk used a 5-iron to attack the back-right pin position on No. 4, a hole he birdied the first three days. His ball landed in the fringe just over a large bunker and rolled about 30 feet straight into the hole.
"Tough pin on four," Furyk said. "To be able to fly a 5-iron back there on the fringe, have it release out and go in the hole is, obviously, a special bonus."
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