RBC Canadian Open: Jhonattan Vegas defends his title
Jhonattan Vegas defended his RBC Canadian Open by beating Charley Hoffman at the first extra play-off hole.
Final leaderboard
-21 Jhonattan Vegas (Vegas won at the first extra play-off hole), Charley Hoffman
-20 Ian Poulter
-19 Gary Woodland
Scroll down for collated scores
Day four report
Jhonattan Vegas birdied the first hole of a play-off to successfully defend his RBC Canadian Open title in Oakville.
The Venezuelan chipped to a foot on the par-five 18th and Charley Hoffman's birdie attempt from the back bunker slid past the hole to give the 32-year-old victory.
"It's been a special day," Vegas told reporters. "I knew that I had to shoot a good round today to have a chance to win again. I just came out with an aggressive mentality, just feeling really good about my game.
"When I started making a few birdies, especially the putt for birdie on seven, I started feeling the same chills that I felt last year when I won, and I just knew that something good could happen if I kept that going."
Vegas closed with a seven-under 65 to match Hoffman at 21-under 267.
Hoffman, who took a one-shot lead into the final round, birdied the 18th for a 68 and force the play-off.
"I gave myself a chance, except I putted horribly today and left everything short," Hoffman said. "Jhonny played great today. All credit to him."
Ian Poulter finished third.
Final collated scores
267 Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 66 69 67 65 (Vegas won at the first extra play-off hole), Charley Hoffman 68 66 65 68
268 Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 69 68 64
269 Gary Woodland 70 63 68 68
270 Tony Finau 69 67 66 68, Robert Garrigus 70 69 62 69, Brandon Hagy 65 68 69 68
271 Dustin Johnson 67 69 68 67, Kevin Chappell 65 69 66 71
272 Andres Gonzales 67 69 66 70, Sean O'Hair 69 68 70 65, James Hahn 66 73 67 66, Seamus Power (Irl) 68 70 68 66
273 Vijay Singh (Fij) 66 68 71 68, Keegan Bradley 67 69 72 65, J.B. Holmes 67 70 68 68, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Chn) 72 66 67 68, Matt Every 65 68 70 70
274 Kramer Hickok 67 71 67 69, Martin Flores 66 66 72 70, Sam Saunders 68 67 67 72, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 66 70 67 71
275 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 66 67 72, Seung-Yul Noh (Kor) 69 67 71 68, Harold Varner III 69 65 69 72, Chez Reavie 67 69 69 70
276 Nick Watney 68 69 68 71, Smylie Kaufman 66 71 68 71, David Lingmerth (Swe) 67 70 68 71
277 Luke List 72 68 67 70, Blayne Barber 69 68 72 68
278 Hudson Swafford 65 72 71 70, Tag Ridings 67 69 73 69, Matt Kuchar 71 68 70 69, Danny Lee (Nzl) 72 68 70 68, Ryan Ruffels (Aus) 67 67 68 76, Tom Hoge 71 68 70 69, Chad Campbell 66 69 68 75, Mackenzie Hughes (Can) 67 69 74 68, Sebastian Munoz (Col) 69 69 71 69, Jim Herman 66 73 71 68
279 Richy Werenski 67 71 70 71, JT Poston 69 71 69 70, Ricky Barnes 70 70 71 68, Lee McCoy 68 71 67 73, Bubba Watson 66 73 71 69, Daniel Summerhays 67 70 72 70
280 Steven Alker (Nzl) 70 70 69 71, Sam Horsfield (Eng) 68 70 69 73, Chad Collins 70 69 73 68, Patrick Cantlay 68 72 69 71, Kevin Tway 67 71 72 70, Graham DeLaet (Can) 68 68 73 71
281 Ben Crane 68 70 69 74, Ollie Schniederjans 65 71 70 75, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 69 74 67, Steve Wheatcroft 72 68 69 72
282 Peter Malnati 66 74 73 69, Ryan Blaum 70 70 72 70, Ryan Armour 71 69 70 72, Kyung Ju Choi (Kor) 66 73 69 74
283 Scott Stallings 71 69 67 76, Mark Hubbard 67 73 71 72, Stewart Cink 69 69 71 74, Bryce Molder 71 69 70 73, Andrew Loupe 70 70 71 72
284 Robby Shelton 70 70 73 71, Morgan Hoffmann 68 67 74 75, Ken Duke 68 68 74 74285 Chris Kirk 70 69 70 76, Andres Romero (Arg) 70 70 70 75, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 70 69 72 74, Cameron Percy (Aus) 68 71 73 73, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 70 72 75
286 Jim Furyk 68 72 71 75
289 Brett Drewitt (Aus) 68 72 72 77
Day three report
Charley Hoffman birdied the final hole for a seven-under 65 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Canadian Open.
The 40-year-old Hoffman had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch at Glen Abbey that ended on the 15th before he bogeyed the par-4 17th only to rebound with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th.
Hoffman was one ahead of fellow American Kevin Chappell, who bogeyed the last hole after finding water to card a six-under 66, with Gary Woodland and Robert Garrigus a further stroke behind.
"When you're playing good, I always say golf is fairly easy," Hoffman said. "It's been a fun run the last month or two months, actually all year, and it's not very stressful, which is good. When you're trying to make cuts, that's when golf is hard. ... Have my family out for the next five weeks. They are off for summer break. It's been fun to hang out and go over to Europe with them and Canada. It's been a good, fun summer vacation."
Hoffman's last tournament success came at the Texas Open last year where he secured his fourth PGA Tour title.
"Anything can happen in the last four or five holes," Hoffman added. "Guys can make eagles, birdies, bogeys. Anything can happen. Obviously, want to get off to a good start on the front nine and play the back nine the way I need to and see how it goes."
Chappell had nine birdies and three bogeys in his six-under 66 but a bogey at the 18th, after hitting his third shot into the water, saw the American finish his round on a disappointing note.
Woodland shot a third round 68 while Garrigus, who matched the course record with a 62, sit a further stroke behind. Garrigus had two eagles and six birdies to tie the Glen Abbey mark set by Leonard Thompson in 1981 and matched by Andy Bean in 1983, Greg Norman in 1986 and John Merrick in 2013.
"Kind of started off with that eagle on 2," Garrigus said. "Missed the green short, like a 30-footer up the hill, through the rough through the first cut and rolled on to the green and went in.
"Next hole, I stuffed it in there. I chipped in on the par 3 and stuffed it on the other par 3 and made it and I chipped in on 8, and I'm just thinking, 'Oh, my gosh, what is going on right now. I'm not going to think about anything. I'm just going to keep going.'"
Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas had a 67 to join Sam Saunders, Andres Gonzales, Tony Finau, Ryan Ruffels and Brandon Hagy at 14-under. Saunders is Arnold Palmer's grandson.
Second-round leader Martin Flores had a 72 to drop into a tie for 16th at 12-under while world No 1 Dustin Johnson also lies at 12-under-par after a 68.
"I feel like the game's starting to come back in good form," Johnson said. "Other than a drive here and there, it was a really good day."
Former world number one and 2004 winner Vijay Singh failed to continue his impressive play from Friday, carding a 71 that had him tied with seven other players at 11-under.
Day two report
Martin Flores shot a second consecutive 66 to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the RBC Canadian Open.
The 35-year-old, now 16/1 to land the title with Sky Bet, shot four birdies and an eagle for a six-under round to take a lead into the weekend over Matt Every (22/1), Gary Woodland (7/1) and Brandon Hagy (22/1).
"The course is perfect," Flores told reporters. "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 second for the second day in a row and added: "I hit a great drive. I had about 185 yards. Hit a nice seven-iron to 15, 20 feet and made the putt. That was a bonus."
Vijay Singh (50/1) shot a four-under round of 68 to move into a share of fifth place on 10 under alongside Kevin Chappell, Ryan Ruffels, Charley Hoffman and Harold Varner III.
Matt Kuchar, who finished second at the Open Championship last week, overcame dizzy spells to rally with an eagle on the 13th and three birdies to close his round and sit seven off the pace on five under after a 68.
Kuchar can be backed at 66/1 for victory, while the in-play outright market is topped by Dustin Johnson at 5/1 after the 33-year-old world number one got himself into contention by following his opening-round 67 with a solid 69 consisting of four birdies and just a single bogey on the par-four eighth.
Day one report
Bubba Watson turned in his first bogey-free round of the season to sit within one of the lead after a rain-interrupted first day of the RBC Canadian Open.
The 38-year-old, starting on the back nine, sunk four birdies on the front nine and followed it up with another two after the turn to sign for a six-under 66.
That left the American one back from Hudson Swafford, Brandon Hagy, Kevin Chappell, Matt Every and our Ben Coley's 80/1 selection Ollie Schniederjans after the opening round in Oakville.
Ian Poulter leads the European charge after the opening round, two shots off the lead following an opening round of 67.
Matt Kuchar, who was second behind Jordan Spieth at the Open Championship last week, fought dizzy spells on his way to a one-under 71.
Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas, Vijay Singh, Jim Herman, Peter Malnati and Martin Flores matched Watson for a share of second after carding 66s.