(Toronto) Ontario’s Corey Conners dodged the bogey and shot 67 points on Thursday to share the lead with three rivals at the RBC Canadian Open.
A golfer from Listowel, between London and Toronto, he wants to become Canada’s first tournament champion in 69 years.
Aaron Rai, Justin Lower and Chesson Hadley also missed five shots from par.
Rory McIlroy, winner of the 2019 and 2022 tournament, started with a 71 at the Oakdale Club.
Matt Fitzpatrick, who is looking to defend his US Open title in Los Angeles next week, is one of nine golfers at 68.
With 29e In the world rankings, Conners is the highest-ranked of the 21 Canadians in the tournament.
The last Canadian player to win the event was Pat Fletcher in 1954 at the Point Gray Club in Vancouver.
Due to an urgent personal matter, Conners did not speak to reporters after his round.
He won his two PGA victories at the Texas Open, including in April of this year.
“We were very disciplined from the start. We weren’t trying to do too much,” said Conners caddy Danny Sahl. He threw a lot of balls on the fairway and was good on the greens. Just good golf in general. »
Mike Weir was the last Canadian to lead after the first lap in 2008. The now 53-year-old brought home a 72 card on Thursday. He’s in his 30se Participation at the event.
“He has enough experience to know that one round doesn’t mean much,” Weir said of Conners. I’m sure he just wants to keep going. »
Canadians Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith and Roger Sloan are part of the group when they are three years old.
“You don’t win a tournament on Thursday, but you can get kicked out,” Hughes said. It’s really good to be in a good position, but it takes four pretty solid results and consistency. »
This is the first PGA event since announcing the merger with LIV Golf.
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