Like father, like son?

Tway leads at Canadian Open

OAKVILLE, Ont. After any PGA Tour round Kevin Tway calls his longestserving coach: his dad Bob. That pipeline of advice will be especially handy as the Tways try to become the first fatherson duo to win the Canadian Open.

Tway birdied the par-5 18th hole to take the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the RBC Canadian Open on Friday. He fired a 7-under 65 to finish his day at 13-under overall at Glen Abbey Golf Club. No one caught him in the afternoon, putting him in a prime position to win this weekend.

After signing his scorecard and grabbing a meal in the clubhouse Tway expected he would phone his dad.

“I talk to dad every day, no matter if I’m home, here,” said Tway, who is from Edmond, Okla., but resides in Jupiter, Fla. “We talk about every round. He can probably tell you what kind of shots I’m hitting just by like watching on TV. He knows what the swing looks like. He’s been there throughout, so he’s a big key for me.”

Bob Tway won the Canadian Open in 2003 at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, which will host the national championship in 2019.

“It would be great to match (Canadian Open titles),” said Kevin. “He’s given me insight on this course. Although he won (in Hamilton), he’s played here many times.”

Bob Tway twice finished in a tie for ninth at Glen Abbey, in 1986 and 1995.

Keegan Bradley was in Tway’s pairing on Friday morning and made birdieeagle-birdie-eagle on the final four holes to launch himself into a tie with South Korea’s Whee Kim for second at 12 under.