Flores leads RBC Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Matt Kuchar rallied to make the cut in the RBC Canadian Open on Friday, a day after fighting dizzy spells. Coming off a second-place finish Sunday in the British Open, Kuchar shot a 4-under 68 to reach 5 under — leaving him seven strokes behind second-round leader Martin Flores at Glen Abbey.
On Thursday, Kuchar had a couple of dizzy spell and sought medical attention during the round. He has an endorsement deal with tournament sponsor RBC.
Flores shot his second straight 6-under 66 on the rain-softened course.
“The course is perfect,” said Flores, winless on the PGA Tour. “But it is a little soft right now, especially coming into the greens as compared to previous years. So the birdies are going to be out there for sure. Unless the wind picks up, but I think it's very gettable.”
He eagled the par-5 second for the second day in a row.
“I hit a great drive,” Flores said. “I had about 185 yards. Hit a nice 7-iron to 15, 20 feet and made the putt. That was a bonus.”
Gary Woodland (63), Matt Every (68) and Brandon Hagy (68) were a stroke back at 11-under. Woodland was a stroke off the course record of 62 set by Leonard Thompson in 1981
Vijay Singh, at 54 the oldest player in the field, had a 68 to join Kevin Chappell (69), Ryan Ruffels (67), Charley Hoffman (66) and Harold Varner III (65) at 10-under.
“If I turn up at a golf tournament and know that I can't win, I might as well go home,” Singh said.
Singh won the 2004 tournament at Glen Abbey, beating Canadian Mike Weir in a playoff.
Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas was 9-under after a 69.
OAKVILLE, Ontario — Brent McLaughlin was temporarily suspended as RBC Canadian Open tournament director Friday during the second round of the PGA Tour event. Golf Canada confirmed the decision, but would not say why McLaughlin was suspended beyond that it was an internal employee matter. McLaughlin also serves as the tournament director for the CP Women's Open, set for Aug. 24-27 at the Ottawa Hunt. The suspension extends to the LPGA Tour event as well.
BRIDGEND, Wales — Bernhard Langer shot a 3-under 74 in rain and wind at Royal Porthcawl to hold onto a share of the Senior British Open lead. The 59-year-old German star was tied at 1-over with Tom Lehman (72), Steve Flesch (71) and Billy Mayfair (72) and Argentina's Mauricio Molina (73).
“The first few holes were extremely tough,” Langer said. “I hit driver, 3-wood on 1 and couldn't even reach the green, and three-putted. I didn't hit a bad shot the first four holes and I was 2-over par the first three holes. It was that hard.”
IRVINE, Scotland — Cristie Kerr birdied three of the last six holes in strong wind Friday at Dundonald Links for a 1-over 73 and a one-stroke lead over Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in the Ladies Scottish Open.
Kerr played the first 11 holes in 4-over, with a double bogey on the par-5 third and bogeys on Nos. 6 and 11. The 39-year-old American had a 5-under 139 total.