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CARDIGAN, Prince Edward Island — A few late birdies lifted Brian Carlson to the highest of the leaderboard Sunday on the Prince Edward Island Open offered by IMP Options. The previous Purdue star shot a 65 within the last spherical en path to his first PGA TOUR Canada victory. He completed at 19-under, simply forward of Chris R. Wilson (18-under) and Austin Hitt (17-under).
“It feels unimaginable. It hasn’t sunk in but. They at all times say that if you win, but it surely hasn’t absolutely but,” mentioned Carlson, whereas praising the opposite gamers on the Tour. “The extent of competitors is so freaking good. So, for a very long time, I believed I used to be by no means going to win.”
Carlson, although, got here via when it mattered most. He had eight birdies on the day. That included pivotal ones on the sixteenth and seventeenth holes to take the lead.
Wilson, in the meantime, had a three-stroke lead coming into the spherical and shot a 69. It wasn’t sufficient, although, for the Canadian to prevail. He had 5 birdies however two bogeys. The latter included a pivotal lack of a stroke on No. 17.
“Dropping by only a shot over 4 days, it’s such a small margin,” mentioned Wilson. “You simply go over your rounds and take into consideration each shot right here and there that might have been higher.
“However on the finish of the day I nonetheless performed a stable spherical myself at present, and I obtained beat,” he continued. “It’s not like I beat myself on the course. So, I believe I’ll be capable to sleep tonight understanding that.”
Canadian Myles Creighton and People Joe Highsmith and Trent Phillips tied for fourth, at 15-under. People Parker Gillam and Joey Vrzich had been 14-under and tied for seventh.
Six golfers from the USA shared ninth-place with scores of 13-under. The group included Cooper Dossey, Parker Gilliam, Charles Huntzinger, Harrison Ott, Brad Reeves and Benjamin Shipp.
The win got here in Carlson’s twenty fourth profession PGA TOUR Canada begin. His previous-best got here on the 2019 Canada Life Open in Vancouver when he tied for second. Final summer time on the Forme Tour, in the USA, Carlson tied for third in a event on his faculty course, the Birck Boilermaker Golf Membership. He performed in all eight LOCALiQ Collection occasions in 2020. It supplied locations to play in the course of the international pandemic and primarily saved his recreation sharp.
“It has positively given me my confidence again understanding that I can win, lastly,” mentioned Carlson. “That is my first occasion that’s greater than sooner or later as a professional getting a victory. It simply offers you the idea that you just’re ok primarily to play skilled golf.”
Because the PEI Open champion, Carlson received $36,000 (Canadian) and picked up 500 Fortinet Cup factors to take the general lead within the season-long factors chase, 12 factors forward of Wil Bateman. The three champions this season—Carlson, Bateman and Scott Stevens—are 1, 2, 3 within the standings, respectively.
The Tour takes a scheduled three-week break, with motion resuming July 21-24 in Caledon, Ontario, for the Osprey Valley Open offered by Votorantim Cimentos CBM Aggregates. TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley is internet hosting the event, which shall be performed on its Heathlands course.
Do you know that in 2020, Brian Carlson performed in all eight LOCALiQ Collection tournaments, designed for the PGA TOUR’s Worldwide Excursions gamers who didn’t have locations to play due to the worldwide pandemic? Carlson’s greatest end got here on the Basic at The Membership at Weston Hills in South Florida in October, the place he tied for third. Earlier within the season, he tied for seventh at The Championship at Echelon Golf Membership within the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta.
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How the Canadians fared
It was a powerful exhibiting by golfers from the host nation, with two gamers incomes top-five finishes. Chris R. Wilson (Toronto) completed second and Myles Creighton (Digby, Nova Scotia) tied for fourth. Right here’s a take a look at how all 10 who made the reduce completed.
| Pos. | Participant | Rating |
| 2 | Chris R. Wilson | 71-64-66-69—269 (18-under) |
| T4 | Myles Creighton | 70-67-69-67—273 (15-under) |
| T18 | Brendan MacDougall | 71-70-63-73—277 (11-under) |
| T28 | Drew Nesbitt | 65-75-69-70—279 (9-under) |
| T34 | Riley Wheeldon | 71-71-68-70—280 (8-under) |
| T40 | Andrew Harrison | 69-71-71-70—281 (7-under) |
| T40 | Max Sear | 72-70-68-71—281 (7-under) |
| T48 | Noah Steele | 69-73-67-73—282 (6-under) |
| T50 | Brendan Leonard | 73-69-70-71—283 (5-under) |
| T55 | Wil Bateman | 73-69-74-69—285 (3-under) |
Fortinet Cup Standings
(By way of Prince Edward Island Open offered by IMP Options)
| Rank | Participant | Factors |
| 1 | Brian Carlson (U.S.) | 549 |
| 2 | Wil Bateman (Canada) | 537 |
| 3 | Scott Stevens (U.S.) | 500 |
| 4 | Jake Knapp (U.S.) | 364 |
| 5 | Joe Highsmith (U.S.) | 360 |
| 6 | Chris R. Wilson (Canada) | 329 |
| 7 | Cooper Dossey (U.S.) | 296 |
| 8 | Jorge Villar (Mexico) | 245 |
| 9 | Trent Phillips (U.S.) | 238 |
| 10 | Austin Hitt (U.S.) | 190 |
In addition to having three completely different winners in PGA TOUR Canada’s three tournaments performed up to now, the Fortinet Cup standings have additionally seen a continuing altering of the guard. Wil Bateman, champion of the ATB Basic in Edmonton, wound up capturing 3-under on the PEI Open and was properly out of competition—dropping him to second within the standings, with 537 factors. Match champion Brian Carlson now tops the board with 549. The general chief within the season-long efficiency competitors not solely earns entry into each open 2023 Korn Ferry Tour event, he additionally wins Participant of the Yr honors and nets (Canadian) $25,000.
That is the second consecutive event {that a} participant has shot a 65 within the last spherical and gone on to win. Two weeks in the past, Wil Bateman fired a 6-under 65 that obtained him right into a playoff that he was capable of win. Sunday, Brian Carlson fired a 7-under 65 to win by a shot.
Sunday’s high movers had been People Ryan Gerard and Danny Walker. Gerard shot a 66 and completed the event at 11-under, shifting up 26 positions over the past 18 holes. Walker (9-under) climbed up 19 spots with a 68 within the last spherical.
Brian Carlson had his father serving as his caddie. With Dad on the bag, clearly, it labored out properly with the first-place end. “It’s truly fairly good as a result of we could be trustworthy with one another. We’ve identified one another our complete lives, actually,” mentioned Carlson. “I’m not like an enormous talker, or a talker actually. And he simply does his factor, and I do my factor. We get alongside nice on the course.”
PGA TOUR Canada golfers Harrison Ott and Evan Katz paid a go to to the upkeep crew at Dundarave Golf Course Sunday to personally thank them for his or her onerous work and dedication in making the Prince Edward Island Open offered by IMP Options so successful.
Cooper Dossey continued his flawless streak of nothing however under-par scores this season. He posted scores of 66-71-68-70 this week on his approach to a tie for seventh. These 4 scores go together with his earlier eight rounds: 67-66-64-68-70-67-70-66. Dossey is a mixed 39-under this season. Dossey additionally leads the Birdies class, with yet one more (63) than Danny Walker and Wil Bateman. He’s seventh within the Fortinet Cup standings.
Jake Scott has a streak of his personal going. He’s had 12 rounds at par or higher this season, counting an even-par 70 within the last spherical of the Royal Seashore Victoria Open and an even-par 72 Sunday at Dundarave Golf Course to go together with his 10 under-par rounds this season. Scott is a cumulative 33-under.
Cooper Dossey did have one over-par spherical this yr. He shot a 1-over 73 within the first spherical of the PGA TOUR’s AT&T Byron Nelson in Might earlier than following that with a 2-under 70. He in the end missed the reduce in his home-state occasion outdoors Dallas.
Solely 4 gamers have a number of top-10s this season, and two of them are PGA TOUR College alums. They’re Joe Highsmith and TrentPhillips, together with Cooper Dossey and Chris Crisologo. All of them have two top-10s every within the three official tournaments performed this season.
The Gamers Chip In
“I like golf. I need to do it for the remainder of my life. Ideally, I simply need to compete towards the perfect gamers day in, time out. Successful is nice however with the ability to compete towards the perfect on the earth for so long as you’ll be able to is a objective of mine.” — Brian Carlson
“It’s large. If you happen to advised me I’d end second initially of the week, I might have positively taken it. So, I believe I’ve obtained to be proud of that and hopefully it leads to good issues to come back.” — Chris R. Wilson
“I didn’t take a look at the leaderboard as soon as at present. I didn’t know I received till somebody mentioned you’re profitable by two. I simply needed to see how that labored this week and it did.” — Brian Carlson when speaking about his motto “see what occurs”
“I attempted to stay to my recreation plan at present. Possibly I might have made a couple of extra putts. However I believed, for probably the most half, I did properly.” — Chris R. Wilson
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