Monday 27 July 2015 11:01, UK
Jason Day birdied his final three holes to snatch a one-shot victory over home favourite David Hearn at the RBC Canadian Open.
The Australian, who narrowly missed out on breaking in to a play-off at last week's Open, followed gains at the 16th and 17th with a 20-foot birdie putt at the last to close a four-under 68 and set the clubhouse target at 17 under.
That left Hearn, who had held a two-shot lead heading in to Sunday, and Bubba Watson, who headed to the 18th with four birdies in his previous five holes, needing to card an eagle at the last to force a play-off.
Hearn found the bunker and two-putted to close with a five, while Watson left his eagle putt from thick grass off the green a foot short.
A three-under 69 was enough for Watson to claim outright second while Hearn, who appeared on course to become the first Canadian in 51 years to win their home Open, ended the final round level par despite opening with back-to-back birdies.
"It was one focused mindset the whole day today to do something really special and win the tournament," Hearn said. "It hasn't been done in a long time, and I felt like I had the ability to do it today. I gave it my all, but I didn't quite have my best game.
"I'm real proud of the way I played and I'm really proud to be Canadian today. It was a pretty special day with all of the fans and the support that I had from beginning to finish."
After firing a 15-foot birdie at the first, Jim Furyk went on add three further gains to post a fourth top-five finish of the season, as Tom Hoge rattled four successive birdies late on his six-under 66 to join Stewart Cink four adrift of Day.
Ollie Schniederjans, making his professional debut after a strong showing at St Andrews, fired seven birdies in his final round but still closed with an up and down one-over 73.
