Nick Taylor turned the primary Canadian in 69 years to win his nationwide open, holing a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff gap to beat Tommy Fleetwood within the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday.

Taylor tossed his putter into the air and jumped into the arms of his caddie after the longest made putt of his PGA Tour profession.

Fellow Canadian gamers Mike Weir, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin had been amongst those that ran onto the inexperienced to congratulate him. Hadwin, Taylor’s shut buddy, was tackled by a safety guard whereas spraying champagne from a bottle.

“I’m speechless. That is for all the blokes which are right here. That is for my household at dwelling,” Taylor mentioned with tears in his eyes. “That is essentially the most unbelievable feeling.”

The final participant from Canada to win the Canadian Open was Pat Fletcher in 1954 at Level Gray in Vancouver. Fletcher was born in England; Carl Keffer had been the one Canadian-born champion, profitable in 1909 and 1914. Weir misplaced a playoff to Vijay Singh in 2004.

With galleries cheering his each transfer and even serenading him with “O Canada” on one tee field, Taylor curled in an 11-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap to complete at 17-under 271 at Oakdale, strolling backwards together with his fist raised because the ball dropped into the cup. He shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday.

Fleetwood wanted a birdie on the reachable par 5 to win in regulation, however he missed his tee shot proper, laid up into a clumsy lie in the correct tough and two-putted for par to pressure the playoff in wet circumstances.

The gamers traded birdies on their first time taking part in No. 18 within the playoff. They each parred 18 and the par-3 ninth earlier than heading again to 18.

Taylor’s tee shot discovered a divotin the green, however he hit his second shot 221 yards to the entrance of the inexperienced, whereas Fleetwood laid up after his drive discovered a fairway bunker. Fleetwood hit his third shot to 12 ft, however didn’t must putt after Taylor’s uphill eagle putt hit the flagstick and dropped.

The 35-year-old Taylor, who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Abbotsford, British Columbia, gained for the third time on the PGA Tour. He shot 75 in Thursday’s opening spherical however rallied with a 67 on Friday to make the lower, then shot 63 on Saturday to start the ultimate spherical three pictures behind chief C.T. Pan.

Two-time defending champion Rory McIlroy, two pictures again of Pan coming into the ultimate spherical, closed with a 72 and completed in a tie for ninth, 5 pictures again.

Fleetwood, a two-time Ryder Cup participant from England and a six-time winner on the European tour, stays winless on the PGA Tour.

“I performed nice at the moment, although I missed some probabilities, in the event you like, on these playoff holes,” Fleetwood mentioned. “Yeah, it was shut. I simply need to take the positives from it and begin practising tomorrow. I received a significant subsequent week. So can’t dwell on it an excessive amount of.”

Tyrrell Hatton (64), Aaron Rai (69) and Pan (70) completed one shot out of the playoff.

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