It is with great sadness that Golf Canada, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and the entire golf community mourns the loss of Richard (Dick) Grimm, who passed away on May 26, 2014 at the age of 91.

Born April 29, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, Dick Grimm was affectionately known as ‘Mr. Canadian Open’ during his involvement with Canada’s National Open Championship from 1965 to 1993. One of Canadian golf’s finest ambassadors, Grimm put his heart and soul into the game, giving much of the credit for his own success to the thousands of volunteers that he believed were the driving force in Canadian golf.

“On behalf of the entire golf community including the golfers, associations, sponsors, employees and volunteers whose lives he touched, we are extremely saddened by the passing of Dick Grimm,” said Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons. “Dick’s contributions to the game of golf were outstanding and his legacy will forever live on as a leader, a gentleman, a mentor, a supporter of the game and one of the finest ambassadors Canadian golf has ever known. Although it’s a sad day for Canadian golf, his friends and his family, we join in celebrating the life and the many deserving accomplishments of ‘Mr. Canadian Open’.”

Grimm was a former governor and past president (1974) of the Royal Canadian Golf Association (now operating as Golf Canada) and had also served as commissioner of the Canadian Tour (now operating as PGA Tour Canada).

In 1993, Grimm was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and since that time has been acknowledged with countless awards, honours and accolades across sport and Canadian golf.

Credited with a vision for the Canadian Open, he served as Chairman of the Open in 1965, 1979, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981. He became Director of Professional Tournaments for the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1983, a position he continued in until 1993 when he left to take on the role of Commissioner of the Canadian Tour.

Along with (former RCGA governors) Bruce Forbes and John Marshall, Grimm worked with Genstar Corporation to build Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. and establish it as the home of the Canadian Open from 1977 to 2000. He was a key driver behind retaining golf legend Jack Nicklaus as the architect, Jack’s first solo design.

He also worked closely with the Leonard Shore Foundation to bring about the building of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, located on the grounds of Glen Abbey Golf Club.

After retirement, he continued to be very active in the game, serving on a number of committees with the RCGA and the Golf Association of Ontario while also representing local golf courses and staying actively involved with the Golf Historical Society of Canada. His many awards and recognition includes being a member of the Captain’s club at the Memorial, a member of the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame and the Oakville Sports Hall of Fame.

“On behalf of the PGA of Canada’s 3,700 members, I am deeply saddened by the passing of Dick Grimm,” said PGA of Canada CEO Gary Bernard. “For his entire career Mr. Grimm was a huge proponent of the PGA of Canada professional and we will all miss him very much.”

The GAO introduced the Dick Grimm Award for Volunteer of the Year in 2011 and the PGA of Canada presented Dick with the inaugural George Cumming Distinguished Service award in 2012. Among his many other acknowledgements, Grimm has also been honoured by the Golf Journalist’s Association of Canada as well as Sport Media Canada.

His wife, Karen, has been a true companion for their 40 year marriage, working with him at the Canadian Open and tirelessly assisting him through his recent illnesses and passing.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 30^th at 12:30pm at Temple Har Zion on Bayview Avenue in Thornhill, Ont.

Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Ave.
Thornhill, ON
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With the golf season in full swing, Golf Canada, the PGA of Canada and title sponsor CN are anxiously awaiting the CN Future Links Junior Skills Challenge National Event.

Taking place on Sept. 27^th, the National event brings together the top juniors from across Canada who have achieved the highest scores in their respective age groups. All results are uploaded to a national leaderboard, making the results public so that juniors and parents can see how they stack up against the competition.

The CN Future Links team will invite 24 of the top scorers to attend the event at The Angus Glen Golf Club in Toronto, the site of the 2014 World Junior Girls Championship. The list of invitees will be split up as follows:

• Girls 11 and under (5 players)
• Boys 11 and under (5 players)
• Girls 12 to 14 (4 players)
• Boys 12 to 14 (4 players)
• Girls 15 to 18 (3 players)
• Boys 15 to 18 (3 players)

CN is proud to give juniors the chance to partake in friendly Skills Challenge events through the safe, affordable programming of CN Future Links. The National Event is a celebration for juniors across Canada to be involved with the experience of friendly competition against some of the country’s top juniors.

Each participant will receive a travel subsidy from CN of $500, along with a welcome package from Titleist valued at $200. The winners of each age group will also receive an additional package from Titleist, valued at $300.

In addition, the male and female winner of the 15-18 event will be given an exemption into their local 2015 CN Future Links Championship event. So far this season, Golf Canada has hosted two CN Future Links Championships (Pacific, Ontario), boasting some of the best junior talent from across Canada.

PGA of Canada instructors running CN Future Links are encouraged to host Skills Challenge events to help their aspiring juniors earn a ticket to the National Event.

For more information on the event, visit the website or contact Adam Hunter, program coordinator at Golf Canada.

Earlier this season we shared the story of a Collingwood woman who recorded 2-holes-in one back in March at the Renaissance Golf Club in Fort Myers, Fla. 

Against all odds it happened again this past Thursday for a Victoria Man at Bear Mountain resort.

The 67-year-old Bear Mountain Resort member first conquered the 163-yard par-3 10th hole on the Valley Course with his 6-iron. Just four holes later, he brought the 135-yard 14th to its knees with an 8-iron, both struck crisply and witnessed by partners Keith Walsh and Gordon Barnes.

“It was an exceptional day today, I guess you can say – two holes-in-one in one day, in one round, is unbelievable.” said Swonell.

The odds of it happening are also astronomical. Back in 1999, Golf Digest reported that one insurance company placed the odds of an amateur making two holes-in-one in one round at 9,222,500 to 1.

The National Hole-In-One Registry currently has those odds at 67 million to 1.

Read more here from the Times Colonist >>

I travelled to Nova Scotia in early May, just as many clubs were opening or had opened and still faced some winter weather conditions as winter dragged its feet transitioning to spring. Courses for the most part wintered fairly well considering the snow and severe cold of this past winter.

There are some exciting events and programs going on in this province to encourage more women to join in the fun of playing golf. Sara Wilson, a PGA of Canada professional, has started the Metro Ladies Golf Group and now has approximately 50 ladies ready to learn about the game from Wilson who will teach them swing skills and other components of the game such as scoring and tracking their progress with GolfFun, as part of a Golf Canada’s pilot project. They will also learn about playing the game at a club from the moment the women step out of the car to finishing and posting scores at the end of the round. It is time to take the intimidation factor out of this game and provide a great golf experience for women and an opportunity to meet women with like interests in taking up the game. During my visit, I had an opportunity to meet and speak with some of the prospective league players, and this league I believe will fill such a void in women’s golf. I look forward to hearing about all the fun and successes by these women this season. More information on the league can be found here via their website. They can also be followed on Twitter @LadiesGolfHFC.

On Saturday, May 24^th the Nova Scotia Golf Association hosted a “Women’s Learn to Golf Summit” which sold out in a couple of days. The attendees passed through several learning stations encompassing swing skills and other facets of playing the game so that women will feel comfortable driving into a golf course to play a round. Karen Furneaux, 3-time Olympian, 2-time World Champion Kayaker, and relatively new golfer was on hand to share her experiences as an elite athlete, tips for success and taking up golf. Hopefully this Summit will be the first of many to expose more women to learn about the game and meet friends that they can enjoy the game with for life. Congrats to all the participants who braved the cold temperatures that keep reminding us it is just May.

I also had an opportunity to meet with several clubs during my stay onsite and through a focus group to discuss various topics around membership. I had a chance to make it up to the Northumberland coast for the first time and visited Northumberland Links and Fox Harb’r Golf Resort. Both clubs are built on beautiful rolling terrain with incredible coastal views. Actually, every club that I have seen boasts great geography and fine layouts. Great golf and seafood…sounds like the start of a perfect summer vacation plan.

In addition, the Nova Scotia Golf Association held their annual Spring Meeting on May 4^th at Hartlen Point Golf Club. With the hiring of Andrew Noseworthy, PGA of Canada Professional, to head up sport development the NSGA players will be ready to take on this season with some fresh perspective.   A new adult event, The Atlantic Championship, will be held at Bell Bay in August of this year with individual and team categories. It sounds like players will be eagerly gearing up to qualify for this event to take on New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland. The NSGA is working diligently throughout the province to provide players with value for their membership and a great golf experience…why not be a part of it???

Minett, Ont. – The competition proved to be tough in the second CN Future Links championship of the 2014 season, CN Future Links Ontario. Team Canada Development Squad member Naomi Ko, 16, of Victoria, B.C. and Sun Kim, 16, of L’Ile-Perrot, Que. claimed their division titles at The Rock Golf Club in Minett, Ont. on Sunday.

Ko claimed the Junior Girls title in a playoff after trailing runner-up finisher Selena Costabile, 15, of Thornhill, Ont. by one stroke over the course of the championship’s first two rounds. Ko finished the championship with a final score of 2-over-par 215 after rounds of 70-73-72. 

“I know that Selena is a great player so you never know what could happen in this kind of situation,” Ko said. “I think I had an advantage on the playoff hole because I was going for the green on two, so that was definitely a game changer. But they put some tough pin placements out there this week too.”

Ko has proved to be an exceptional amateur competitor, claiming third in the CN Future Links Pacific Championship, as well as a top-10 finish on the Canadian Women’s Tour earlier this month. Grace St-Germain , 15, of Ottawa placed third in this weekend’s championship, followed by Team Canada Development Squad member Valérie Tanguay in fifth. 

In the Junior Boys division, Kim faced equally tough competition. A tie with Tyler Saunders of Sturgeon County, Alta. in Friday’s first round then led to a lead by Saunders in yesterday’s second round of play. Kim continued his strong play during the final round, scoring 1-under-par 70 for a final 212 total after rounds of 69-73-70. 

“Off the tee it’s very challenging on this course,” Kim said, “Once you miss the fairway it’s really tough to recover, but I just stuck to my game plan and I think I played really well.” 

Trent Abraham, 18, of Burlington, Trevor Ranton, 17, of Waterloo, Ont. and Bryce Evon, 18, of Windsor, Ont. shared second place at 3-over-par 216.  Saunders shared fifth with Tyler Nagano, 15, of Toronto.

The top six competitors in the Junior Boys division of each of six regional CN Future Links Championship being held in 2014 earn exemptions into the 2014 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, which will be contested July 28 – August 1 at the Legends on the Niagara (Battlefield Course) in Niagara Falls, Ont. The Junior Girls champion from each 2014 CN Future Links Championship earns an exemption into the 2014 Canadian Junior Girls Championship which runs July 28 – August 1 at Thornhill Golf and Country Club in Thornhill, Ont. In addition, the Junior Girls champion receives an exemption into a 2014 Canadian Women’s Tour event.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – Colin Montgomerie won the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday, finishing with a 6-under 65 for a four-stroke victory over 64-year-old Tom Watson.

It marked Montgomerie’s first victory as senior, his first win in seven years and his first in an official event in the United States. He also claimed a senior major in his fifth attempt, something he didn’t accomplish in 71 majors in his regular tour days.

The 51-year-old Scot finished at 13-under 261 at Harbor Shores. The victory was his first since he took the 2007 European Open for his 31st European Tour title.

Watson also closed with a 65.

Jay Haas and Bernhard Langer tied for third at 7 under. Haas had a 67, and Langer shot 70.

Montgomerie offered some comic relief on the final hole when he pulled his final approach some 20 yards only to get a bounce off the grandstand. The ball rolled to the middle of the green to set up a tap-in par.

Watson put a charge in the tournament when he made birdies on the second and fifth holes and started the back nine with consecutive birdies to pull within one shot of the lead. He missed a 4-foot birdie putt at the short par-5 15th hole that would have put him within one shot again.

Montgomerie made a charge of his own. He birdied Nos. 8, 9 and 10 and, with precise iron shots and clutch putting, also made birdies at 12, 14 and 15 to pull away.

He will head home to Scotland for a few weeks with a first-place check of $378,000 and his name will go on the Alfred S. Bourne Trophy. The win also netted him a lifetime exemption to the Senior PGA Championship, and 2014 exemptions for the PGA Championship, Senior British Open and U.S. Senior Open.

Watson, who made a bid to be the oldest player to win a senior event of any kind, had five consecutive pars to end his round while missing several birdie chances.

Stephen Ames carded 71 on the final day to claim 15th place.

MOBILE, Ala. – Jessica Korda won her first LPGA Tour title two years in Australia and opened this season with another victory in the Bahamas. On Sunday, the 21-year-old Florida got one on her home turf with a back-nine charge in the Airbus LPGA Classic.

“It’s very sweet,” Korda said. “Finally on U.S. soil and somewhat close to Florida. I definitely wish that I could have at least shared it with my parents, but I know that they’re watching. My brother’s playing a tennis tournament right now and my sister’s trying for a U.S. Open qualifier, so we’re kind of scattered all over the place, but I can’t wait to go home and share this with them.”

Korda, whose father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament and mother, Regina Raichrtova, also played pro tennis, birdied four of the final five holes, making a breaking 15-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory over Anna Nordqvist.

Korda played the back nine in 6-under 30 to finish at 20-under 268 on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove complex.

“It just sets up great for my game,” said Korda, who shot 20 under in this event last year and tied for second. “I can be aggressive. I can read the greens. My confidence just was rising every single day. I just love it here. I love Alabama, I love this golf course, and hopefully we’ll have this tournament for a very, very long time.”

Nordqvist also birdied the 18th and finished with a 69.

Michelle Wie, 18-year-old Charley Hull and 44-year-old Catriona Matthew tied for third at 18 under. Wie and Hull shot 67, and Matthew had a 69.

Wie played alongside Korda and Hull.

“I love playing with Korda,” Wie said. “It’s also really great playing with Charley as well, too. You feel old but it was a lot of fun.”

Wie, the winner last month in Hawaii, has seven top-10 finishes in 10 starts this year.

“I knew I needed a low score,” Wie said. “I got hot starting on and just didn’t quite get it together on the back nine, but still I shot 5 under today and there’s really nothing I can do. I’m just really happy for Korda. I had a lot of fun playing with her and I knew I needed a low number and I just didn’t hit it low enough.”

Korda started the day three strokes behind 54-hole leader Nordqvist and managed only one birdie on the front nine.

“Yesterday was a little frustrating because I was always around the hole and same thing actually on the front nine, watching Michelle make putt after putt after putt and mine were just kind of missing,” Korda said. “I was like, OK, it’s time to drop now. Then they started dropping on the back nine. It was a really relaxed day, so I really enjoyed the walk.”

She birdied Nos. 10 and 12 to join a six-way tie for the lead, with three more players just one shot off the pace in the birdie-fest.

“Charley was making birdies, Michelle was making birdies and everybody behind us was making birdies, so I knew I had to keep making birdies,” Korda said.

Korda broke out of that logjam with a curling downhill birdie putt at the 14th hole, then took the lead for good with a 25-foot birdie on No. 15.

She protected that small lead with a birdie at the par-5 16th and her closing birdie on the 18th.

“That last putt broke really hard,” Korda said. “I probably played it about a yard out and I was just trying to get it down there close and it went in. I have not played well since I won in the Bahamas but I’ve been working hard and it finally paid off here.”

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis had a 71 to tie for 10th at 15 under. She needed a solo third or higher to take the top spot in the world from Inbee Park.

Young Pro Squad Member, Jennifer Kirby, shoots 70 in the final round to end the Airbus LPGA Classic tied for 43rd.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Adam Scott made a 7-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to end his first week as the world’s No. 1 player with a victory at Colonial.

Jason Dufner, who made a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 18 in regulation, slid a 40-footer past when he and Scott played the 18th hole for the second time during the playoff. Scott then made the 7-footer for his 11th PGA Tour victory.

The major champions parred No. 18 to start the playoff, then matched birdies at the 17th hole. Dufner, who won the PGA Championship last year, hit his approach pin high on 17 to 4 1/2 feet, but 2013 Masters champ Scott drained a 14-foot birdie before Dufner putted.

Dufner and Scott both shot 4-under 66 to finish at 9 under, the highest winning score at Colonial since 1999.

Scott replaced the injured Tiger Woods at the top of the ranking last Monday and will stay No. 1. Scott had to be in the top 13 at Colonial after Henrik Stenson finished in a five-way tie for seventh place in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

The win at Hogan’s Alley, which comes with $1,152,000 and a plaid jacket, made Scott the first player to win all four PGA Tour events in Texas. He is the 15th to win both the Byron Nelson Championship (2008) and the Colonial in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The 11th playoff in Colonial history was the first since 2009, and the longest since Jim Colbert beat Fuzzy Zoeller on the sixth extra hole in 1983.

Nicholas Thompson and Freddie Jacobson tied for third at 8 under. Thompson shot 66, a stroke better than Jacobson.

David Toms, in the final group, led at 9 under when he made his turn. But he had three bogeys over the next five holes and finished with a 70.

Toms ended up at 7 under with Brendon Todd (68), who last week got his first PGA Tour victory at the Nelson.

Jimmy Walker, No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, shot a 70 and was among four players tied for 10th at 6 under.

About 30 minutes after Dufner made his long birdie at No. 18 to get to 9 under, Scott made a closing par when his 31-foot birdie chance – which would have wrapped up the victory – slid just past the hole. It was just less than an hour later when the two went back to No. 18 to start the playoff.

At the same time Scott was finishing, Toms was coming off a bogey at the par-3 13th that dropped him two strokes back.

Scott and Dufner started the final round part of a seven-way tie for 11th place, only two strokes behind a quartet of leaders that included Toms.

They were among 33 players within four strokes of the leaders when the day began.

Scott was 8 under after making a 6-footer at the 406-yard No. 6 hole, his fourth birdie in the round and already with a bogey at the par-4 third when he three-putted from 24 feet.

His only other three-putt at Colonial came from 17 feet at the ninth hole, dropping him to 6 under and three strokes behind Dufner.

But Dufner gave up a stroke when he missed a par putt from less than 3 feet at the straight 615-yard 11th hole. When his 12-foot birdie chance at the 440-yard 12th hole slid a half-foot past the cup, Dufner stood momentarily and stared at the ball before tapping in his par.

Scott caught up with consecutive birdies on those same holes, pitching to 9 feet at No. 11 before his approach at No. 12 to 4 feet.

Dufner had another near miss at No. 15, where another lengthy birdie chance slid inches by the hole.

When Scott made a 39-birdie putt at the 453-yard 14th hole, he was 9 under – then tied with Toms and one ahead of Dufner.

Graham DeLaet shoot a 68 to end the tournament in a tie for 14th, while David Hearn shoot a 66 to finish tied for 21st.

VIRGINIA WATER, England – Rory McIlroy put aside the anguish in his private life to win the European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.

The double major winner came from seven shots back at the start of the final round to shoot a 6-under 66 and win by 1 stroke with an overall 14-under 274 on the Wentworth course.

It was McIlroy’s first European Tour success since December 2012 and ends a run of eight second-place finishes in 11 events this season.

Shane Lowry of Ireland came second with a round of 68 for a 13-under 275. Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn (75) shared third place on 12 under with England’s two-time BMW PGA winner Luke Donald (70).

McIlroy’s 12th victory worldwide comes four days after the 25-year old Northern Irishman confirmed the breakdown in his relationship with Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.

McIlroy had been close to tears on Wednesday when talking to the media. He was still subdued Sunday despite his victory though he hugged his father Gerry and long-time coach Michael Bannon.

“I guess when I got inside the ropes this week, it was a little bit of a release, and I was on my own and doing what I do best, which is playing golf, and that sort of gave me four or five hours of serenity or sanctuary or whatever you want to call it,” McIlroy said.

“I was just focusing on the job at hand which was to play golf and get the ball in the hole in the lowest number of shots possible … It’s obviously been a week of very mixed emotions, but I’m sitting here looking at this trophy going, `How the hell, how did it happen this week?’ But it did.”

It was McIlroy’s first success since coming from behind to win December’s Australian Open in Sydney. He heads into next month’s U.S. Open as a strong contender to win the event for a second time in four years.

“The win at the end of last year in Australia sort of stopped all the questions about equipment and about struggling and slump and all this stuff,” McIlroy said.

“But to win here, against a great field, one of the best fields of the year, especially in Europe sort of cements that, and shows where my game is and I’m on the right track again. Hopefully, it won’t be long before I’m contending in majors and having a chance to win those again.”

Lowry went into the last day some five shots behind third round leader Bjorn but found himself in front when Bjorn took a triple bogey 7 at the par four No. 6.

After three birdies in a row from the 10th, Lowry had his own troubles in taking a double bogey at the par four 13th. However, the former Irish Open and Portugal Masters winner regrouped to birdie the 14th and, while he dropped a shot at the next, the 26-year-old Lowry holed a 30-foot birdie at the last to secure second place on his own.

“I’m happy but I know I am going to be sitting in my hotel room tonight and the 13th hole is going to be going through my head,” Lowry said.

The 43-year-old Bjorn went into the last day with history on his side as no player had lost at this European Tour event after leading by five shots.

By the ninth hole Bjorn had forfeited his advantage – taking a bogey at No. 5, triple bogey at the sixth where he failed to get out of a greenside bunker in regulation, and dropping a further shot at the ninth.

The Dane birdied the 12th but was in trouble again with bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 before birdies at the next two holes in an eventual round of 75.

“It’s a disappointment when you come off the golf course like this,” Bjorn said. “I just didn’t get it right today and I made that massive judgment error on six and that kind of let everybody back into the frame.”

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) —

 David Toms, Hideki Matsuyama, Chad Campbell and Chris Stroud shared the third-round lead at 7-under 203 on Saturday at Colonial, where plenty of others also are in contention.

There were 13 players within two strokes of the leading quartet.

The closest chasers included Adam Scott, the No. 1 player in the world, and Jimmy Walker, a three-time winner this season and No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings.

Kevin Chappell, whose early 7-under 63 was the low round of the day, moved from a tie for 60th to within one stroke of the lead.

Matsuyama, the 22-year-old from Japan with five wins at home, shot a bogey-free 64 Saturday. Toms, who got the last of his 13 PGA Tour victories at Colonial in 2011, had a 65, local resident Campbell shot 68, and Stroud had a 69.

Walker was 6 under after a 69, and Scott was another stroke back after a 66.

Walker and Campbell were playing together, and were tied for the lead at 8 under before both bogeyed the 161-yard 13th hole.

When Walker missed a 9-footer, it was his first bogey this week at Hogan’s Alley – and he had another two holes later when hitting from two greenside bunkers. Campbell held the lead alone only for a moment before missing his 4-foot par chance at No. 13.

They were on the 18th hole when play was suspended 1 hour, 8 minutes because of an approaching thunderstorm that brought only a brief downpour.

Walker saved par on the final hole after his drive settled near the edge of the water and he hit with an awkward stance into a greenside bunker. He blasted to 8 feet and made the putt.

Scott, who overtook injured Tiger Woods at No. 1 this week, started the round tied for 36th in the same group with Matsuyama. Chappell had to make a 6-foot par putt on his last hole Friday just to make the cut at 1 over, but quickly made up ground in his early-morning third round.

Second-round leader Brice Garnett fell back with a bogey at the 216-yard fourth hole, followed by a double bogey when he drove out of bounds at the tight fifth hole that runs parallel to the Trinity River. The PGA Tour rookie shot 74 and dropped into a tie for 25th at 3 under.

Matsuyama had three early birdies, including at Nos. 4 and 5 – the last two of a trio of holes known as the “Horrible Horseshoe” because of the layout of difficulty of the holes. There are two difficult par 4s with the course’s longest par 3 between them.

“Kind of set the tone for the rest of the round,” Matsuyama said through an interpreter.

To stay No. 1 for more than a week, Scott likely has to finish higher at Colonial than third-ranked Henrik Stenson does at Wentworth. Stenson was tied for seventh going into Sunday’s final round in Europe’s flagship event, though he was nine strokes off the lead. Scott was tied for 11th at Colonial, but only two back.

Since four bogeys in his first nine holes this week, Scott has had only one bogey his last 45 holes. He was bogey-free Saturday with his only four birdies his first eight holes. At the lone par 5 on the back nine, Scott hit his approach in a greenside bunker at No. 11 before blasting to about 6 feet, only to miss the birdie chance.

Graham DeLaet carded 68 to tie for 25th at the close of round 3 and David Hearn shot 74 tand will begin the final round tied for 56th.