David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open. (More Sports News)
Playing in the afternoon with the greens still mostly receptive after rain earlier in the week, Skins pulled ahead with a 47-foot birdie putt on his 17th hole 바카라 the par-3 eighth. The 41-year-old Englishman was a stroke ahead of morning starters Sam Burns and Sean O'Hair.
바카라Drove it pretty well. I left myself in a lot of good spots,바카라 said Skinns, winless on the PGA Tour. 바카라Around here, it seems like that's half the battle, to give yourself birdie looks. I was able to attack some pins that maybe if I wasn't in such a good spot, I wouldn't have been able to. 바카라
Robert MacIntyre of Scotland had a 64 in the afternoon. Ryan Palmer opened with a 65, and two-time Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy was another shot back with Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Erik van Rooyen, Nick Hardy and Trace Crowe.
Defending champion Nick Taylor shot a 72, playing alongside fellow Canadian Taylor Pendrith and McIlroy. Last year at Oakdale in Toronto, Taylor made an 80-foot eagle putt in a playoff to become the first Canadian to win the event since 1954.
바카라Usually the morning round for me on a Thursday there's not that many people there,바카라 Taylor said. 바카라The energy was high, which was great, gets the adrenaline going, which is fun that early in the morning, gets you focused on what you need to do. Unfortunately, it didn't go my way, but the crowds have been amazing.바카라
McIlroy won the Canadian Open in 2019 the last time it was in Hamilton and again in 2022 at St. George's in Toronto.
바카라One of the main reasons I love coming back here is because of that atmosphere," McIlroy said. "Playing with two Canadians today, it was exactly what I expected.바카라
Pendrith opened with a 72.
바카라We had fun," Pendrith said. 바카라Rory played, scored, really nicely. It was fun to play with Nick.바카라
Skinns is a former Canadian tour player.
바카라I had a couple of great years up here.바카라 Skinns said. 바카라It's one of my favorite countries to come visit. I've seen it from West Coast to East Coast and kind of loved every part of it.바카라
Skinns birdied the par-4 12th 바카라 hitting a wedge from 104 yards to 4 feet 바카라 and began his big run on the par-5 17th. He followed with a 189-yard shot to 2 1/2 feet on the par-4 18th and made a 14-footer on the par-4 first. He holed a 35-footer on the par-4 third and added birdies on the par-5 fourth and and par-4 sixth.
바카라The golf up here is pretty cool,바카라 Skinns said. 바카라The bentgrass and the way this golf course looks, it's one of the best looking courses I've seen. Definitely, a joy to be back.바카라
Burns eagled the par-5 17th and fourth.
바카라I think with all the rain we had early in the week the greens are still pretty receptive,바카라 Burns said. 바카라It makes a big difference on par-5s when you have a long iron or a wood coming in there to be able to stop the ball pretty quick.바카라
David Hearn was the low Canadian after a 67.
바카라Hey, how about that?바카라 the 44-year-old Hearn said. 바카라Maybe experience still has something.바카라
Fifty-four-year-old Mike Weir shot 68.
