Carl Pettersson from Sweden won the RBC Canadian Open, his fourth PGA Tour victory. After making the cut on the mark, he shot 60-67 over the weekend to win by a single stroke from overnight leader Dean Wilson. The win takes Pettersson to World Number 109, an improvement of 98 positions.
Sweden’s Carl Pettersson shot a third round 60 en route to his fourth PGA Tour victory at the RBC Canadian Open. The 32-year-old’s ten under par Saturday was a tournament record and propelled him into contention after only making the cut by a shot. Dean Wilson, playing on a sponsor’s invitation, had led by four overnight but faltered on the back nine to hand Pettersson victory. The win sees the Swede jump almost a hundred spots on the Official World Golf Ranking to 109 with a points average of 1.48.
Richard S Johnson became only the second home player in the last 12 years to win the Nordea Scandinavian Masters after a 30-foot birdie putt saw him triumph by one over Rafa Echenique. The Swede, now based in America, has struggled on the greens all year but a closing 71 was enough to see him delight the home support. His second European victory has propelled the 33-year-old almost 150 places up the ranking and inside the top 200 at 189 with an average points total of 0.96.
Mamo Osonai emerged from a three way playoff on Sunday to take victory at the Sega Sammy Invitational Cup after a three-under-par 69 tied him atop the leaderboard. Highly regarded rookie Shunsuke Sonoda and Korean youngster Min-Gyu Cho were no match for the forty-year-old in sudden death as Osonai claimed his fourth win on the Japan Golf Tour. The reward for this victory is a jump of almost 500 places on the ranking to 316 with an average of 0.54.
A Sunday 64 saw DJ Brigman take victory at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational seven years after his first win on the Tour. Setting out on Sunday the American felt he had to get to 10-under if he was to win, and his superb Sunday showing saw him achieve just that. This triumph sees him climb 238 spots on the ranking to 321 with an average of 0.53.
Australian Daniel Gaunt claimed a one stroke victory at the inaugural English Challenge after a bogey at 18 saw high-flying amateur Tommy Fleetwood concede victory. Gaunt was only playing because of his position atop the EuroPro Order of Merit and he took full advantage becoming the ninth first time winner on the Challenge Tour this season. This success sees Gaunt take a meteoric jump of over 700 places in the ranking to 447 with an average points total of 0.32.
