Day wins as Canadian drought continues in the Canadian Open

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The Canadian drought in their national golf championship will extend to a 62nd year.

Canuck David Hearn, who carried a two-shot lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, came up two shots shy of a maiden PGA Tour win and ending a winless Canadian streak dating back to Pat Fletcher in 1954.

Hearn’s even-par 72 at Glen Abbey Golf Club paved the way for Jason Day to win for the second time in 2015, making birdies on the final three holes of the tournament to secure a one-stroke win over Bubba Watson, who himself birdied the final four holes. A 20-foot birdie putt on the par-5 finisher at the Jack Nicklaus-designed track completed a 4-under 68 to win in 17-under 271.

The win is Day’s fourth on the PGA Tour and marks the first multi-win season of his career, backing up a playoff win earlier in the season at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Day has finished in the top 10 in each of the last two majors, including a T-4 finish on Monday at the British Open. Not that he wasn’t already, but Day will now be considered even more highly as a contender for the PGA Championship in three weeks at Whistling Straits. When the Wisconsin venue last hosted the season’s final major in 2010, Day finished tied for 10th place.

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