Golf:Scott Piercy cashed in on William McGirt's final-hole bogey to win the RBC Canadian Open in Ontario by one shot. Piercy finished the tournament on 17 under after a final-round 67, but had seemed destined to go into a play-off with McGirt, who was tied for the lead approaching the 18th with overnight leader Robert Garrigus, who was one stroke off the pace.
McGirt fell just short when it mattered, though, and had to be content with joint second place with fellow American Garrigus, who on Saturday broke a 54-hole Canadian Open scoring record that was first set more than half a century ago by Arnold Palmer.
Las Vegas-born Piercy was two shots behind Garrigus at the start of the day but started with great intent, securing a rash of early birdies at the second, third, fourth and fifth holes. Despite having bogeyed the eighth and the par-four 14th, the 32-year-old safely navigated the final four holes to clinch his second career triumph.
McGirt is still seeking a first PGA Tour success following a final-round 69 which comprised four birdies and three bogeys. Crucially, he found a greenside bunker at the last and failed to get up and down.
Garrigus, who had begun the day on 16 under, parred every hole with the exception of a birdie at the 14th and a bogey two holes later. He felt victory would have been his if he had found his groove with the putter.
"I should have won this golf tournament by seven shots.Everybody knows that," he said on www.pgatour.com. "If I could have just made a putt today. I don't know. It just wasn't starting on my lines. I hit a couple too firm and then I hit a couple too soft. I just couldn't get the feel for it."
A bogey-free round of five under for the day helped Josh Teater share fourth spot with Bud Cauley and Chris Kirk. Vijay Singh fleetingly looked a danger, too, with an eagle at the par-four fifth supplemented by four birdies.
Three bogeys proved costly, however, as the Fijian finished 12 under for the tournament after a final-round score of 67 which gave him a share of seventh place with Bo Van Pelt and Scott Stallings. England's Gary Christian will be satisfied by his day's work after closing with a creditable 10-under par 66 to tie for 10th spot.
Collated final round scores & totals(USA unless stated, par 70):
263Scott Piercy 62 67 67 67
264Robert Garrigus 64 66 64 70, William McGirt 63 66 66 69
266Chris Kirk 69 66 63 68, Bud Cauley 70 63 67 66, Josh Teater 67 65 68 66
268Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 67 69 67, Scott Stallings 69 66 63 70, Bo Van Pelt 65 66 67 70
270Nathan Green (Aus) 70 67 65 68, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 70 63 69, Gary Christian (Eng) 71 68 65 66, Kevin Kisner 69 65 67 69, Troy Matteson 65 68 69 68
271Brian Davis (Eng) 69 68 65 69, J.B. Holmes 68 68 64 71, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 66 68 65, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 62 72 67
272Martin Flores 69 67 68 68, Ryan Palmer 69 67 64 72, Will Claxton 70 66 68 68, Gavin Coles (Aus) 65 69 70 68, Brian Harman 74 63 71 64, Brendon Todd 69 66 66 71, Ken Duke 70 65 67 70, Tom Gillis 70 65 73 64, Cameron Tringale 67 69 67 69
273Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 66 69 69, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 67 67 70, Brian Gay 70 67 70 66, Jimmy Walker 68 68 69 68, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 65 74 67 67, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 65 69 69 70
274Scott Dunlap 69 69 66 70, Matt Kuchar 67 69 68 70, Brandt Snedeker 70 67 71 66
275Patrick Sheehan 68 66 69 72, J J Henry 67 70 68 70, Bill Lunde 66 70 67 72, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 70 67 70, Chez Reavie 68 70 72 65
276Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 67 69 73 67, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 73 63 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 65 74 69 68, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 68 71 72 65, Billy Horschel 71 68 73 64, Daniel Summerhays 67 68 69 72
277Ricky Barnes 71 67 68 71, John Daly 69 69 73 66, Hunter Mahan 70 69 72 66, Michael Bradley 69 68 70 70, Colt Knost 71 67 71 68, Richard H. Lee 70 67 70 70, Heath Slocum 67 70 70 70, Tommy Gainey 69 65 69 74
278Ted Potter, Jr. 69 66 72 71, Greg Owen (Eng) 63 72 73 70, John Huh (Kor) 67 70 70 71, Russell Knox (Sco) 68 66 73 71, Graham Delaet (Can) 69 69 70 70
279Jerry Kelly 70 68 72 69, Chris Stroud 72 67 74 66, Jeff Overton 71 68 71 69, Kyle Stanley 71 68 71 69, Patrick Cantlay 69 70 74 66, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 65 68 74, Michael Thompson 68 70 73 68, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 70 67 74 68, Matthew Every 70 69 71 69, Camilo Villegas (Col) 69 64 73 73
280Jason Kokrak 69 67 72 72, David Hearn (Can) 68 68 72 72
281Albin Choi (Can) 69 68 72 72, Kevin Streelman 68 71 72 70
283Matt Mcquillan (Can) 70 67 77 69, Matt Hill (Can) 70 69 71 73
284Spencer Levin 68 71 70 75, Tim Herron 70 68 73 73
286Harrison Frazar 69 69 77 71
