Tim Clark carded five birdies on the back nine on Sunday to capture the RBC Canadian Open by one stroke over 54-hole leader Jim Furyk.
This is just the second PGA Tour win for the South African, who is in his 16th year as a professional. His only other PGA Tour win came at the 2010 Players Championship.
He is known as a short-hitter with a superb short game. In 284 starts on the PGA Tour, he has 53 top-10’s, has finished runner-up 12 times and earned over $22 million.
His wedge skills were on full display on Saturday as he holed out from the fairway on the par-4 second hole for an eagle-two.
After a pair of 67’s on Thursday and Friday, Clark posted a six-under-par 64 in the third round on Saturday to move into contention and fired a five-under-par 65 on Sunday to catch Furyk and secure the win.
Furyk had led most of the week at Royal Montreal, but his final round one-under-par 69 was not good enough to finish the deal. He carded 67 on Thursday and went low on Friday, firing a seven-under-par 63. He followed with a five-under-par 65 on Saturday to take the lead at the RBC Canadian Open.
This was Furyk’s third runner-up of the year and seventh top-10 in 15 starts. With $4.1 million in earnings, he is No. 5 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Justin Hicks also went low on Sunday to card a six-under-par 64 and finish solo third at 13-under-par.
Matt Kuchar fired his own five-under-par 65 on Sunday to finish at 11-under-par for the tournament and tied for fourth with Michael Putnam and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
The low round of the day on Sunday was posted by veteran Dicky Pride, with a seven-under-par 63. He moved up 14 spots in the field to finish T-7 at 10-under-par for the tournament.
Graham DeLaet was low Canadian for the week at 10-under-par and tied with Pride.
The win moves Clark to No. 27 in the FedEx Cup race with $1.3 million in earnings this year.
The PGA Tour season is rapidly drawing to a close with only four events remaining to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and two of those tournaments are this week.
The big names will all be in the field as the tour moves to Firestone Country Club in Akron for the WGC-Bridgestone Championship. The lesser-known golfers will be in Reno, Nevada for the Barracuda Championship,
The PGA Championship will be held at Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville, Kentucy next week with the Wyndham Championship, the last event prior to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the following week.