MOBILE, Ala. – Tyler Saunders of Team Canada’s Development Squad captured co-medalist honours at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate on Tuesday, earning his first win of his young collegiate career.

Saunders, a freshman at Texas State, shot rounds of 72-66-73 to finish at 5-under par for the tournament, setting the fifth-lowest score in school history in the process. He shared medalist honours with Auburn’s Matt Gilchrest.

“It meant a lot,” said the Sturgeon County, Alta. native. “I felt like I’ve been working pretty hard and hadn’t been getting the results I’ve wanted, so it’s nice to have that reward for how hard I feel like I’ve been trying to improve.”

The 19-year-old topped the field with 16 birdies, helping the Bobcats finish in seventh place overall.

Saunders and the Bobcats will tee-it-up again next week at the Louisiana Classic tournament in Lafayette, La.

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World Golf Hall of Fame member Fred Couples will headline the group of international golf stars headed to Halifax this summer. Couples will look to carry the momentum of Team World’s winning ways in the RBC Canada Cup, the culminating event to the Web.com Tour’s Nova Scotia Open tournament. Canadian legends and Team RBC members Mike Weir, Graham DeLaet and David Hearn will return as Team Canada to battle Team World’s Couples and two to-be-named PGA TOUR stars.

Kicking off the summer, the Nova Scotia Open returns to Ashburn Golf Club – New Course from July 2 – 5. One of 25 stops on the Web.com Tour, the Nova Scotia Open features a field of 156 international golf stars vying for a $650,000 purse and a season long chance to earn one of 50 available PGA TOUR cards next season. The event will also feature an 18-hole pro-am on Tuesday, June 30.

The RBC Canada Cup will take place on Monday, July 6, the day after the Nova Scotia Open concludes in a Team Canada vs. Team World battle for international bragging rights over 18 holes. With Weir, DeLaet and Hearn confirmed for Team Canada, and all-star Fred Couples headlining Team World, fans will have the opportunity to see some of golf’s biggest legends. Both Team Canada and Team World will be joined by a top player from the Web.com Tour’s Nova Scotia Open, rounding out a team of four per side. Previewing the matches, fans are welcome to get an up-close and personal look at the players during the morning 9-hole RBC Canada Cup Pro-Am.

“We’re thrilled to once again host this exciting event, and to be able to bring PGA TOUR and Web.com Tour level excitement to golf fans in Atlantic Canada,” said Roger Howard, RBC Regional President, Atlantic provinces. “With three of our Team RBC ambassadors – Mike Weir, Graham DeLaet and David Hearn – participating once again, the RBC Canada Cup and the Nova Scotia Open will be a treat for supporters of Canadian golf.”

Adored by fans around the globe and affectionately referred to as ‘Freddy’, Couples has an impressive resume. A member of the PGA TOUR for the past 33 years, The Masters and two-time THE PLAYERS Champion has recorded 15 PGA TOUR victories, is a two-time PGA TOUR Player of the Year, Vardon Trophy Recipient, five-time Ryder Cup player and five-time Presidents Cup Team USA player. After a long and successful career on the PGA TOUR, Couples also found success when he joined the Champions Tour in 2010, notching eleven victories, including two major championships.

“I am excited to be part of the RBC Canada Cup and look forward to visiting Halifax this summer,” said Couples. “I’m sure Canadian fans will cheer loudly for Team Canada and I look forward to playing in the international atmosphere as part of Team World. I anticipate a great competition and exciting experience for fans.”

The only Web.com Tour event on Canadian soil, the Nova Scotia Open serves as a homecoming for several Canadians. Last year, 20 Canadians played in the 156-man field, including Nova Scotia Open champion Roger Sloan. After Saturday’s third round play was suspended due to weather, players took to the course for 36 holes on Sunday. Down the home stretch, Sloan needed a par on the 72^nd hole to force a playoff with Derek Fathauer. Sloan would force a playoff and eventually edge out Fathauer on the first playoff hole. As Sloan picked the ball out of the hole, thousands of fans proudly sang ‘O Canada’ for the homegrown champion. The Nova Scotia Open helped pave the way for 15 players, including Sloan, to secure a 2014-2015 PGA TOUR card.

“I was beyond thrilled to win my first Web.com Tour event in Halifax, at the Nova Scotia Open, last year,” said Sloan. “Halifax is where my Canadian heritage began many years ago when my great grandfather emigrated from Holland through Pier 21. With the win, it is now also the place where my PGA TOUR career started. Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia will always have a special place in my heart both on and off the golf course.”

As a community event, the Nova Scotia Open is infused with local culture, cuisine and musical traditions.  “Last year’s tournament at Ashburn Golf Club – New Course was the highlight of the golf season in Halifax, showcasing our beautiful city to golf fans from around the world,” said Mayor Mike Savage. “This July’s Nova Scotia Open and RBC Canada Cup will build on that success and see our city cemented as an excellent golf and travel destination.”

Over 25,000 spectators attended the inaugural Nova Scotia Open and RBC Canada Cup. The event brought the host region an estimated $4 million in net economic activity along with 3.8 million viewers that tuned into Golf Channel’s four-day coverage of the Nova Scotia Open.

“Events attract many first-time visitors to Nova Scotia and, once here, those visitors travel more throughout the province,” said Economic and Rural Development and Tourism Minister Michel Samson. “We’re excited to work with the Web.com Tour to build our sport tourism opportunities for the province. Sport tourism is Canada’s fastest growing tourism sector, bringing $5.2 billion to our national economy. We’re excited to continue to bring some of that business to Nova Scotia.”

Event organizers also announced that tickets are now on sale and can be purchased through Ticket Atlantic and at novascotiaopen.com. Tickets prices begin at $17.50 for the Nova Scotia Open and $110 for the RBC Canada Cup. All proceeds from Nova Scotia Open daily ticket sales will go directly to the official charity partner. All-event passes are also available.

This year’s PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada is headed to the nation’s capital.

Located in Cumberland, Ont., just 15 minutes from downtown Ottawa, Camelot Golf and Country Club, will test some of the country’s finest golfers Sept. 8-11.

“The PGA of Canada is extremely delighted to visit our nation’s capital of Ottawa and the outstanding Camelot Golf and Country Club this September,” said PGA of Canada president Constant Priondolo. “I am very confident those who participate in this national championship will not only enjoy the golf course, but the entire area as well.”

Designed by Thomas McBroom, Camelot opened for play in 1992 and was awarded second best new golf course in Canada and rated fifth in North America by Golf Digest.

“We are truly excited to showcase our exceptional golf course and facility,” said Camelot Golf and Country Club’s head professional Bill Keating. “The PGA of Canada conducts world class championships and we’re pleased to have a chance to showcase Camelot to not only those in the talented field, but to the entire association as well.”

Camelot has exceptional shot value, playability, design balance, memorability and aesthetics. It is also complemented by towering pines, majestic views of the Ottawa River and the Gatineau Hills.

“Camelot is really a combination of two characteristics—it’s links-style up in the meadowland where the holes are defined by the fescue roughs where the rest is situated in woodsy parkland,” said McBroom.

The $60,000 PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada is. Sept 8-11 and is contested over 54-holes (with a 36-hole cut to the low 60-players and ties).

There will also be a 36-hole Inter-Zone competition compiled of four players on each team representing their respective PGA Zone and is contested over the first two rounds.

Brian McCann made a dramatic 12-foot par putt on the final hole to win last year’s PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada. The 39-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., shot a three-day total of 6-under-par 210 for the one-stroke victory over G.W. King of Thornbury, Ont., and Mississauga, Ont.’s, Nick Kenney.

With the dramatic victory, the Brampton Golf Club PGA assistant professional becomes a two-time winner of the PGA Assistants’ Championship, hoisting the trophy previously in 2010.

In addition to McCann, past champions of the PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada include Serge Thivierge, Remi Bouchard, Marc Girouard, Bryn Parry, Ashley Chinner, Phil Jonas, Bill Walsh and Mike Belbin.

It’s true what they say about St. Andrews, Scotland – it really is the Home of Golf.  The feeling of walking through town, past the clubhouse and over Swilcan Bridge is like none other.  The Home of Golf truly lives up to the hype. I was fortunate enough to experience these things first hand by attending the R&A Tournament Administrators and Referees School (TARS) with our Vice-President, Roland Deveau. We had the chance to represent Golf Canada and to see the mecca of golf in-person.

As the world’s governing bodies of golf, the R&A and the USGA work together to grow the game around the world, maintain its storied traditions and educate people on its rules. Our four-day seminar began on a Tuesday afternoon with the 95 delegates meeting one another.  Despite coming from across the globe, we quickly bonded over our shared passion for this great game and its rules.

The morning of the Level 3 exam brought about an early breakfast and a flurry of last minute reading before the two-and-a-half hour task before us.  The five-part test breezed by in an instant – it really is amazing how fast countless hours of studying and preparation can be applied with pen to paper.

Following the ordeal – which was equal parts horrifying and exhilarating – we were able to turn our attention to the rest of the seminar. The afternoon of the second day focused on how to successfully run a championship.  One thing that every championship needs is a dedicated team of volunteers and it was great to see so many passionate people at this seminar.  It never ceases to amaze me that Golf Canada has such a committed team of rules officials, starters and scorers at its amateur championship events.  Roland Deveau from Nova Scotia is one such dedicated volunteer.

That Wednesday afternoon brought about discussions on amateur status and the world of golf’s current hot topic: pace of play.  Every association is trying to figure out ways to solve this dilemma and it was interesting to hear everyone’s perspectives.  The R&A’s findings on the issue were well received, but the question remains: what more can we do?  Golf Canada’s checkpoint policy has seen some success and I was excited to learn that the Swiss Golf Association uses it in some of their events.  The group then contemplated the game’s exposure and recognition as the sport prepares for its return to the Olympic Games; I contemplated how Canada would defend its Olympic title.

Thursday was all about the rules of golf with European Tour Chief Referee Andy McPhee discussing “The art of refereeing.”  Andrew Coltart, a former player on the European Tour, was on-hand to provide us a view from the other side – the golfer’s perspective. Sharing and discussing are great; role-playing is even better.  Each delegate was given three different rulings as we assumed the role of rules officials while the R&A staff acted as players.  The rulings spanned putting greens to hazards; through the green to temporary immovable obstructions (TIOs).  Despite being indoors, the staff did an excellent job of making it very realistic with an actual bunker with stacked turf and even a TV tower.  It was a nerve-wracking experience having to get up and do a ruling in front of some of the world’s most knowledgeable golfing minds, but each correct ruling was a great confidence builder.

The final day of the seminar focused on the difficult task of delivering rulings on equipment questions.  We were given a number of different clubs and scenarios and worked together in groups to decide on the ruling.  We saw a presentation on course marking and how to develop local rules of the competition.  The day was highlighted by group video discussions of incidents that have occurred on the PGA, European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. The seminar came to a close that evening in the perfect way: everyone coming together for dinner at the historic R&A clubhouse.

The club’s history was not only educational, but also exciting as the R&A continues to write a new chapter in its legacy. For the first time in the Royal and Ancient Golf Club’s 260-year history, women will be able to become members of the club.  Further cementing our ties to the R&A, Diane Dunlop-Hébert, a past president of Golf Canada and Golf Québec, became one of the club’s first female members.

This opportunity was truly an unforgettable once-in-a-lifetime experience. I will always remember gathering with delegates from other countries to have dinner in the clubhouse library with Grant Moir, the Director of Rules for the R&A.  I am still in awe of my tour of Peter Dawson’s office. Having attended this seminar will enhance my ability to act as Tournament Director and I could not be more grateful for having had this wonderful opportunity.

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Justine Decock is the Coordinator, Rules and Competitions for Golf Canada.

LOS ANGELES – Too nervous to look, too stunned to dance, James Hahn won the Northern Trust Open for his first PGA Tour title Sunday by holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole at Riviera.

In a wild finish off Sunset Boulevard just as the Academy Awards was getting started, Hahn wound up with the trophy against a field of far bigger names to earn his first trip to the Masters.

He got up-and-down from behind the 18th green in regulation to save par for a 2-under 69. And that turned out to be good enough for a playoff when Dustin Johnson missed a 10-foot birdie putt for the win. Johnson closed with a 69.

Paul Casey joined them in the playoff at 6-under 278 when he made bogey on the 18th hole for a 68.

Sergio Garcia finished bogey-bogey for a 71 to finish one shot out of the playoff. Jordan Spieth, thinking he needed birdie to get to 7 under for a playoff, nearly holed his aggressive chip on the 18th, and then missed the 6-foot par putt coming back. He shot 70 and missed the playoff by one, as did Keegan Bradley (68) and Hideki Matsuyama (67).

All three players made par on the 18th in the playoff, and then headed to the 10th hole, 310 yards of endless trouble. Casey was in the best shape just left of the green, hit a good chip to 15 feet and missed his putt.

Hahn and Johnson were in the rough behind the green and both hit daring flop shots over the back bunker that turned out perfectly. Hahn made his birdie from 10 feet, and Johnson matched him from 3 feet.

On the par-3 14th hole, Hahn pumped his fist when his 25-foot putt broke gently to the right and into the cup. He kept his head down when Johnson stood over his 12-foot birdie try to extend the playoff, looking up only when he heard the groans instead of a cheer.

“This is amazing,” Hahn said. “I never would have thought I would win this tournament.”

A shoe salesman as he tried to find his way in golf, Hahn was best known until now for his “Gangnam Style” celebration of his birdie two years ago on the 16th hole at the Phoenix Open.

Hahn is the first player from Cal to win on the PGA Tour. He still has 72 more wins to catch up with that other Golden Bear – Jack Nicklaus – though this was a great way to start.

He gets into his first World Golf Championship in two week at Doral, and he’s headed to the Masters.

Johnson, in his third tournament since returning from a six-month break to seek professional help for what he called “personal challenges,” made bogey with a wedge in his hand on the par-5 17th when he hit into a bunker, costing him a clear path toward winning.

Garcia let this one get away just as badly.

He had a one-shot lead playing the 17th and hooked his drive into the trees. Then, he blew his 50-foot putt from the fringe some 8 feet by the hole and missed the par putt. Tied for the lead, he pulled another tee shot into the left rough, came up short and chipped weakly to 25 feet for a bogey-bogey finish.

“I’ve always been truthful to myself and I didn’t deserve to win this week. It’s as simple as that,” Garcia said. “It caught up with my on the last six, seven holes. It was already a good effort for me to have a chance. Unfortunately, it’s never nice to finish bogey-bogey. But I can’t really be disappointed because I didn’t play well enough.”

Retief Goosen held on as long as he could until a horrid stretch on the back nine. The 46-year-old South African, going for his first victory in nearly six years, went from the trees on the left to the trees on the right and made double bogey on No. 13. He followed with two more bogeys. Only a pair of birdies at the end salvaged an otherwise miserable final round and he closed with a 75.

Everyone seemed to have a chance. Seven players had at least a share of the lead during the final round. That included Vijay Singh, who turned 52 on Sunday and was tied for the lead with a beautiful bunker shot to 10 feet on No. 10 for birdie. He didn’t made another birdie the rest of the way, fell back with a bogey on the 15th as the rain started to pound Riviera, and then taking double bogey on the par-3 16th. He shot 72.

Bae Sang-Moon also was tied for the lead until bogeys on the 11th and 12th holes. He closed with a 72 and tied for eighth.

Weyburn, Sask. product Graham DeLaet finished in a four-way tie for 8th following a final round 2-over 73. Adam Hadwin finished with a share of 22nd place at even par.

MESA, Ariz. – Hannah O’Sullivan became the youngest winner in Symetra Tour history Sunday, shooting a 3-under 69 for a four-stroke victory in the season-opening Gateway Classic.

The 16-year-old O’Sullivan, a junior at nearby Chandler Hamilton, broke the age record of 17 set by LPGA Tour star Cristie Kerr in the 1995 Ironwood Futures Classic in Gainesville, Florida.

O’Sullivan is the first amateur winner since Kellee Booth in the 1999 Pacific Bell Futures Classic in Riverside, California.

O’Sullivan finished at 15-under 201 at Longbow. She opened with rounds of 69 and 65 to take a four-stroke lead into the final day.

O’Sullivan has verbally committed to play at the University of Southern California. She was a semifinalist last year in the U.S. Women’s Amateur and played on the winning U.S. team in the Junior Ryder Cup in Scotland. She won Arizona high school titles in 2012 and 2013.

Haley Italia was second. She birdied two of the last three holes for a 69.

Maude-Aimée LeBlanc led the way for the Canadian contingent, carding a 2-under 70 to tie for 4th. Samantha Richdale finished T14 following a 3-under final round. Brittany Henderson’s 2-under 214 was good for a share of 25th place while Augusta James completed her pro debut T34.

NEW DELHI – Anirban Lahiri grabbed his second European Tour title as he beat overnight leader Shiv Chowrasia on the first playoff hole at the Hero Indian Open on Sunday.

Lahiri, who won the Maybank Malaysian Open two weeks ago, returned a 2-under 69 that helped him bridge a seven-stroke lead and catch up with fellow Indian Chowrasia on an overall 7-under 277.

Chowrasia, who shared the lead with four others on the opening day before taking sole lead over the next two rounds, finished runner-up for the fourth time in the tournament. He returned five bogeys and a double-bogey in a dismal card of 76.

Defending champion Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh, who was second after the third round, also carded a poor 76 to finish joint seventh along with two others.

MELBOURNE, Australia – New Zealand’s Lydia Ko made her second start as world No. 1 a winning one, shooting a final-round 2-under 71 for a two-stroke victory over South Korea’s Amy Yang in the Women’s Australian Open.

The South Korean-born Ko finished with a 72-hole total of 9-under 283 on the composite course at Royal Melbourne. Yang shot a final-round 72.

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, who was tied with Ko after three rounds in the LPGA, European Tour and Australian Ladies event, shot a 76 to finish third, five strokes behind Ko.

Defending champion Karrie Webb, who won her fifth Australian Open last year at nearby Victoria Golf Club, shot 71 and finished 10 strokes behind.

As the leading groups were making the turn, play was suspended for about an hour due to nearby thunderstorms and the threat of lightning.

While Ko had just dropped a shot on the eighth, Yang had birdied the ninth hole and was ready to putt for an eagle on 10 when the siren to stop play sounded. Yang settled for a birdie after her ball circled the hole but failed to drop.

It gave Yang the lead but it didn’t last long with Ko adding two birdies on the back nine.

“I think that break was really good for me,” Ko said. “I had some lunch and got my stuff together there and I played much better after that.”

Ko’s accomplishments also include being the youngest golfer to win a professional event after capturing the New South Wales Open when she was 14.

“I’ve always played well in Australia, so it’s always cool coming back here,” she said. “It’s great. I played pretty solid. I think that’s a really important thing and to win on such an amazing golf course.”

South Korean-born American Jenny Shin birdied the last two holes for a four-under 69, the low round of the day, to move into a tie for fourth with first-round leader Ilhee Lee, seven behind Ko.

Lee closed with 71 but a second round of 82 all but ended her chance for victory.

Canada’s Lydia Ko finished 7-over 299 for a share of 37th place.

LOS ANGELES – Retief Goosen had gone so long without being in contention on the weekend that he wondered how his nerves would hold up. They were tested Saturday at Riviera, and the two-time U.S. Open champion earned a passing grade.

Even though he made only two pars on the back nine, and twice faced tough putts just to save bogey, Goosen never lost the lead. He finished with a chip-in for birdie, reached the par-5 17th in two for another birdie and had a 2-under 69 to build a two-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open.

“It wasn’t easy out there for me,” Goosen said. “Mentally, I had to work hard to try and stay positive and focused. But I’m still in the lead, so that’s a good place to be. Just try and play solid tomorrow and keep the putter warm and see what happens.”

Sunday is the final exam.

The South African is 46 and coming up on the six-year anniversary of his last win. He was two shots ahead of Graham DeLaet of Canada, who had a 70, with a host of contenders within four shots – Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Jordan Spieth, Angel Cabrera, defending champion Bubba Watson, and even Vijay Singh, who turns 52 on Sunday.

Gooden had disk replacement surgery in 2012 when protein injections didn’t work, and feared his career might be over. Now he has a second chance.

“This would be an awesome win,” Goosen said. “It’s been awhile since I had a chance to win. Yeah, this would … feel like a U.S. Open, a third U.S. Open, for me winning this week. I’m going to give it my all tomorrow and fight hard and we’ll see what happens.”

He was at 8-under 205.

DeLaet caught Goosen with an eagle on the opening hole, fell back with consecutive bogeys and did his best to stay close. He will be in the final group with Goosen and Bae Sang-Moon, who matched the best score of the week with a 66 and was three shots behind. DeLaet, going for his first win, thinks that might help being with Goosen.

“He’s a great guy to play with, especially under pressure circumstances, because you can just kind of look at him and see how cool and collected he is with that silky-smooth bomb that he hits off the tee,” DeLaet said. “I’m a little bit more of an emotional player than that, but I’ve learned over the years to not get too amped up or too down low. I think playing with him is a good way to just keep the calm and just go about business.”

Bae was in a large group at 5-under 208 that include Garcia, whose remarkable par on the 13th hole was set up by a 3-iron from a bunker behind the 10th green.

Ryan Moore, whose tee shot on the 286-yard 10th hole rolled over the cup and off the green, was preparing for a long putt up the slope when Garcia’s tee shot on No. 13 landed with a thud behind him and went into a bunker.

“I didn’t know anybody was on the 10th hole,” Garcia said. “I mean, I didn’t even know where my ball was going.”

The trick was figuring out where to go next. The TV towers on the 10th hole blocked his view to the green, but because he was in a bunker, his only relief was against the back lip. Garcia grabbed a 3-iron and drilled it through a tiny gap in the eucalyptus trees, just short of the green. His chip came up 25 feet short, and he made it for par.

Garcia birdied only the 17th on the back nine and shot 68, putting him in contention in his first U.S. tournament of the year.

Carlos Ortiz of Mexico also had a 68 and will play with Garcia, one of his mentors on tour. J.B. Holmes shot a 69 and joined them at 208.

Watson is hanging around. He shot 70 and joined seven others at 4-under 209, still in range just four shots behind. The group included Singh (69), Johnson (67), Furyk (68), Spieth (70) and Cabrera (71).

Also in that group was Moore, who started the round one shot behind and shot a 72.

Moore’s drive on the 10th was close to perfect and ran over the back of the cup. It was an inch away from hitting the flag and possibly dropping for a hole-in-one, but the cup didn’t slow it enough to keep from running off the back of the green. He wound up with a par.

Then, Moore’s tee shot on the par-3 16th hit the flag and caromed off the green. He made that one from the fringe for a birdie. Even so, he was among 13 players within four shots of the lead.

It’s up for grabs, and it starts with Goosen, who says the back surgery gave him a “second life” on tour. Now it’s about what’s between the ears.

“My back is feeling great. I have zero back pain,” he said. “I wish I was 10 years younger, but I feel like I can swing the club again. I just need to control my nerves a little bit.”

Canadian Adam Hadwin is tied for 39th place at 2-over.

DIVOTS: Justin Thomas, one shot out of the lead going into the third round, hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds for a bogey, and then hit a tee shot on No. 6 that bounced off a tree, off a concession tent and into knee-high grass. He chose to go back to the tee to take triple bogey out of the picture, but then landed on the wrong side of the bunker in the middle of the green and took triple bogey. He shot 75 and was seven shots behind. … The scores on the 286-yard 10th hole ranged from an eagle (Brendan Steele) to a triple bogey (Brandt Snedeker). It was the first time the hole played under par all week with the front left pin.

MESA, Ariz. – Hannah O’Sullivan moved into position to become the youngest winner in Symetra Tour history, shooting a 7-under 65 on Saturday to open a four-stroke lead in the season-opening Gateway Classic.

The 16-year-old O’Sullivan, a junior at nearby Chandler Hamilton, had eight birdies and a bogey to reach 12-under 132 at Longbow. She opened with a bogey-free 69 on Friday.

“I was hitting ball really well,” said O’Sullivan, who hit 16 of 18 greens and only needed 27 putts. “I was hitting some of my approach shots better than yesterday and I was rolling my putter really, really well. I was just really having a lot of fun out there.”

LPGA Tour star Cristie Kerr is the youngest winner in tour history, taking the 1995 Ironwood Futures Classic in Gainesville, Florida, at 17.

“I’m so excited for tomorrow,” O’Sullivan said. “It is a great opportunity and I just want to seize the moment, take it one shot at a time. I just want to keep doing what I am doing.

“This has been so much fun for me. I’m just enjoying the experience and I think that is part of the reason why my golf has been good this week. My mom is caddying, so we’ve been fooling around a little bit on the course and just having fun.”

O’Sullivan has verbally committed to play at the University of Southern California. She was a semifinalist last year in the U.S. Women’s Amateur and played on the winning U.S. team in the Junior Ryder Cup in Scotland. She won the Arizona high school titles in 2012 and 2013.

First-round leader Haley Italia was second after a 71.

Brianna Do was third at 7 under after a 69.

Tied for 7th, Maude-Aimée LeBlanc is the top Canadian after carding a 4-under 68. Augusta James, who is making her pro debut at the event, sits T9 at 3-under. Samantha Richdale has a share of 18th at 2-under while Sara-Maude Juneau is one shot back at 1-under. Sue Kim and Brittany Henderson are tied for 35th at even par.