Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Canada high: Perfect 10 birdies give McIlroy win
RORY McIlroy hit a superb final round of 62 to retain the RBC Canadian Open.
McIlroy, who started the day in a share of the lead with Tony Finau, hit 10 birdies in his eight-under-par round to finish two shots clear of the American on 19 under.
Finau closed with a 64, as did Justin Thomas, who was third on 15 under, while Justin Rose hit the best round of the day, a 10-under 60 earning him a share of fourth place, a shot further back.
■ PAUL Lawrie missed out on the Jersey Legends title as Australian golfer Richard Green claimed victory at the third play-off hole.
Overnight leader Phillip Price could not hold on to his advantage as he finished nine under par.
That allowed Aberdeen’s 1999 Open champion Lawrie to force his way into the play-off as both he and Green birdied the final hole to finish 10-under for the tournament.
The Aberdonian and Green halved the 17th and 18th holes in fours before playing the 17th again.
With Lawrie taking five shots at the third extra hole a third 4 was enough to give Green his maiden tour victory.
■ LINN Grant hopes she has struck an important blow for women’s golf by becoming the first female winner of a DP World Tour event.
Grant claimed a commanding nine-shot victory in the Volvo Car
Scandinavian Mixed in her native Sweden.
Flying the flag for the Ladies European Tour at the mixed event at Halmstad Golf Club, 22-year-old Grant saw off her male challengers in style thanks to a spotless final round of 64, which took her to 24 under par for the tournament.
She said: “I hope this victory is big. I hope it brings women more forward and it gets people’s eyes on us a little bit more.
“It is always nice to say that you beat the guys for a week. To be able to speak Swedish and hear everyone out there cheering for you, it was amazing.
“All week I just felt like it’s the girls against the guys and whoever picks up that trophy represents the field.”
■ THE United States retained the Curtis Cup, with Rachel Kuehn securing the winning point for the second successive year.
Great Britain and Ireland were up against it in the biennial women’s amateur event – trailing by 8.5 to 3.5 as they entered the final day of eight singles at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
It meant the United States hosts required only 1.5 points to make it three wins in a row.
The Americans duly completed that task when 21-year-old Kuehn, in the second match out, beat Caley McGinty 2 and 1 as Rose Zhang had already defeated Louise Duncan 7 and 5.