Walker edges Musselman in playoff
CALEDON, Ontario, Canada—Danny Walker did what he needed to do. The chief after the second and third rounds capped it off with a playoff win on the Osprey Valley Open offered by Votorantim Cimentos – CBM Aggregates.
After ending regulation tied with Cooper Musselman at 16-under, Walker made a five-foot birdie on the primary playoff gap to assert the PGA TOUR Canada occasion and 500 Fortinet Cup factors that lifted him to the highest of the factors standings by way of 4 tournaments. He was enthusiastic about his first victory since prevailing on the Freedom 55 Monetary Championship in 2018.
“It was a hectic day. Cooper was actually enjoying effectively and pushing me the entire time,” Walker stated of the early begin. As a result of inclement climate was forecasted, officers integrated break up tees and earlier-than-normal begin occasions to beat the rain.
“So, it was hectic, however (I’m) blissful to get it finished,” Walker added.
Walker entered the ultimate spherical with a three-stroke lead. It shortly evaporated, although, as gamers, together with Musselman, reduce into their deficits. Musselman had birdies on 5 of his first eight holes then added a pair on the again 9. The final one, on No. 18, pressured the playoff. Nonetheless, any hopes Musselman had of successful ended with Walker pouring in his birdie putt after a chic strategy shot on the identical gap the place Musselman pressured the additional session.
“He performed nice. I shot 65 at present within the last group and nonetheless didn’t beat him,” Musselman stated of Walker. “That goes to point out that he’s a fantastic participant, an incredible competitor, and we had a whole lot of enjoyable on the market.”
Thomas Longbella and Harrison Ott completed 14-under and in a tie for third. Longbella made a formidable run of 5 consecutive birdies (holes 8-12) at one level to maneuver into competition
Parker Gillam, J.T. Griffin and Jacob Solomon shared fifth place, at 13-under. Cooper Dossey, Gavin Corridor, Jeffrey Kang and Kieran Vincent completed eighth, at 12-under. Corridor made eight birdies en path to his first top-10 end of the season, taking pictures a second consecutive 66.
After third-round play, Walker was requested about Sunday’s climate forecast and if it motivated him to be within the lead simply in case rain canceled the ultimate spherical. Walker acknowledged understanding thunderstorms had been anticipated within the afternoon however added he by no means thought of any situations the place the chief might be declared the winner.
“No, I didn’t. I wasn’t enthusiastic about it that means, particularly with the circumstances out right here. You simply can’t drive something,” Walker stated. “If I used to be considering like, Gosh, I’ve to be first going into tomorrow, I might have simply made some sloppy bogeys.”
Walker’s mindset was firmly set on the ultimate spherical being performed, and he capped per week with 4 sub-70 rounds, together with his second-round 62, his career-low spherical as a professional. He shot a 64 on the 2019 Ellie Mae Basic at TPC Stonebrae on the Korn Ferry Tour.
PGA TOUR Canada strikes to Tottenham, Ontario, subsequent week at Woodington Lake’s (Legend Course) for the Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty Canada Open.
Do you know Danny Walker is the fourth completely different champion in 4 tournaments this season on PGA TOUR Canada? Earlier winners embrace Scott Stevens (Royal Seaside Victoria Open), Wil Bateman (ATB Basic) and Brian Carlson (Prince Edward Island Open).
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How the Canadians fared
Wil Bateman (Edmonton, Ontario), Myles Creighton (Digby, Nova Scotia), Andrew Harrison (Camrose, Alberta) and Max Sear (Markham, Ontario) all completed 10-under and in a tie for thirteenth place. Right here is how the remaining Canadians who made the reduce completed.
