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PGA Tour players’ putt success rate of 22m is 1%. Instead, there is a 32% chance of losing with a 3-putt.
On the 12th, the United States Professional Golf Tour (PGA) RBC Canada Open (total prize money of 9 million dollars) was held at Oakdale Golf Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nick Taylor (35, Canada) had a close match with Tommy Fleetwood (32, England) that went to overtime, and finally took the opportunity to decide the match in the 4th overtime held on the 18th hole (par 5).
The 22m eagle putt remains uncertain until a Canadian player wins the national title for the first time in 69 years. Fleetwood left a 3.6m birdie putt. If Taylor had 3 putted, he would rather give up the win. The moment Taylor, who had been cooking and cooking all the way to the hole, putt, the tens of thousands of spectators who didn’t leave their seats even in the rain fell silent and chanted Taylor’s name and sang an anthem Canadian national for a moment. . Fans’ eyes widened as they watched the ball roll towards the hole without slowing down at all even after passing more than three quarters of the distance. With about 2m left to the hole, Fleetwood’s eyes narrowed. It’s an expression that seems to feel foreboding anxiety. As a lie, the ball hit the flagpole in the hole and was sucked in. is it a dream Taylor, who looked stunned for a moment, ran up to his caddy and hugged him. Taylor, he realized only then, was running around and enjoying the joy. A passion that can be seen in a football field, a baseball field, or, in Canada, an ice hockey field, swept the golf course. A local broadcast announcer said, “An amazing punt went in. This moment will go down as one of the greatest moments in Canadian sporting history.” Canadian golf legend Mike Weir (53, Canada), who won the Masters in 2003, and fellow Canadians gathered around the green cheering and pouring champagne as if they had won the national competition. It is 69 years since Pat Fletcher in 1954 that a Canadian player won the Canadian Open, which opened in 1904 and celebrates its 120th anniversary next year.
Taylor broke 6 strokes in the final round that day, and Fleetwood broke 5 strokes to record a total of 17 under par 271 strokes. Taylor, who finished first, took the lead with consecutive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes, and Fleetwood caught up with birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. In the 1st to 3rd extension matches, the scores were tied with birdie (18th hole), par (18th hole), and par (9th hole, par 3), respectively. Taylor reached the top three years after the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2020 and achieved his third PGA Tour career victory.
“I’m dumb,” Taylor said. It’s the first time I’ve felt this overwhelming feeling.” He said, “It was a similar situation to the one I put in the second overtime game. It was raining a lot and the green slowed down, so I thought I’d put it as close to the hole as possible and finish with 2 putts.” Fleetwood is a leading player who has won 6 times on the European Tour and is also active in the Ryder Cups in the United States and Europe, but he did not get his first win in the 119th match of the PGA Tour. This is the fifth runner-up finish on the PGA Tour.
Fleetwood, who applauded Taylor, said, “It’s a very good day and congratulations to Taylor and Canadian golf fans.”
