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New Zealander Ryan Fox outlasts Sam Burns in playoff to claim RBC Canadian Open title
Ryan Fox of New Zealand reacts to his birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the RBC Canadian Open 2025 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley on June 8, 2025 in Caledon, Ont. Photo by Vaughn Ridley / GETTY IMAGES CALEDON, Ont. — In hockey we call it quadruple overtime, in football it's called moving the goal posts, but after four playoff holes at TPC Toronto and two hole locations, Ryan Fox won the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday over Sam Burns. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. 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THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors 'It's such an iconic tournament, so much history here,' the burly New Zealander said after the win. 'To get my name on that trophy is amazing. I remember watching it years ago when I was playing on the Aussie Tour and thinking it looked like a really awesome event.' After finishing 72 holes tied at 18-under par, Fox and Burns both failed to birdie the par-5 closing hole in the first two playoff holes, both men twice laying up with their second shots. After each player had made two pars, in an unusual move, tournament organizers changed the hole location from the left of the green to the front right of the green for the third playoff hole. 'I didn't know it could change until they told us driving up, but I think that's quite cool,' Fox said. 'I think it probably made going at the green a little easier. It's probably 10, 15 yards shorter there, and you've got a little less of the water to have to cover. It also brings in the other stuff, like it's a harder wedge shot in there. Added a little bit of drama to it.' Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. New hole, same result as both Fox and Burns made another par, sending the tournament to a fourth playoff hole. Fourth time was a charm for Fox, as he hit a majestic 259-yard approach shot right at the hole with his 3-wood, and watched it finish just seven feet from an eagle. After Burns three-putted for par, Fox settled for a tap-in birdie, which was all he needed to collect his second PGA Tour win of his career, and second in two months. 'It's the best shot I've ever hit in my life. There's nothing close to that,' said of his approach shot on the fourth playoff hole. 'To be honest, Sam and I had a bit of a pillow fight there for three holes. It was some pretty average golf from both of us (in the playoff).' It was disappointment for Burns, who fired his way into the playoff by shooting a Sunday best 62 that included five consecutive birdies beginning at the 10th hole, as well as a birdie at the closing hole in regulation. But it might be the three straight playoff pars at the 18th hole that Burns will remember, especially a missed birdie putt from just five feet to win to kick off the playoff. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Sam let me off the hook big time there that first playoff hole,' Fox said. 'I'd almost given him that. We had a couple scrappy holes there, and then to hit the shot I hit on 18 on the fourth playoff, it was pretty surreal.' For 54-hole co-leader Fox, it was a scrappy Sunday round in regulation, ended with a birdie at the 72nd hole, that earned him the playoff chance to win for the second time in a month. 'My head's spinning. Obviously I knew I was playing good golf coming into this week. Just wanted to give myself a chance come Sunday afternoon,' he said. 'I did that and was really happy with how I conducted myself today. I was really patient early. Felt like I wasn't quite there. As I said, I hit some great shots down the stretch to get into that playoff.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Anything can happen, and I was lucky enough it fell my way.' Mackenzie Hughes entered the final round as Canada's best hope, trailing 54-hole leaders Fox and Matteo Manassero by just two strokes. Battling a stomach bug on Sunday, the Dundas, Ont. native fell off the pace early, and for the second year in a row shot a closing 70 to drop out of contention at his national Open. Read More 'I wasn't feeling great. Kind of battling some stomach stuff and just never really felt myself out there. Didn't have an appetite,' Hughes said. 'But no excuse really. I still was able to walk and swing a club. Would have loved to have had a chance on the back nine but just kind of fell flat there on the front, didn't get anything going. I was kind of out of it after the first nine. Disappointing.' Nick Taylor finished the week as the low Canadian. The 2023 champion double-bogeyed the 17th hole but shot a 67 to move up three spots into a tie for 13th. 'I'll take some pride in that,' Taylor said of finishing as low Canadian 'It stings with the finish today, but I'm happy I gave it a run.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Whitecaps Sports Local News Sports
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This has been Oklahoma City's formula all season: Lose one game, respond in the next. That's exactly what the Thunder did in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Hamilton, Ont., native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Alex Caruso added 20 off the bench and the Thunder beat the Indiana Pacers 123-107 on Sunday night to tie these finals at one game apiece. Jalen Williams scored 19, Aaron Wiggins had 18 and Chet Holmgren finished with 15 for the Thunder. It was the franchise's first finals game win since the opener of the 2012 series against Miami. "We did some things good tonight. We did some things bad," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "We've got to be able to get better and be ready for Game 3." WATCH | 4 Canadians to watch in the NBA Finals: 4 Canadian basketball stars you can cheer for in the NBA Finals 4 days ago Duration 5:20 Tyrese Haliburton scored 17 for Indiana, which erased a 15-point, fourth-quarter deficit in Game 1 but never made a push on Sunday. Myles Turner scored 16 and Pascal Siakam added 15 for the Pacers, the first team since Miami in 2013 to not have a 20-point scorer in the first two games of the finals. Game 3 is Wednesday at Indianapolis, in what will be the first finals game in that city in 25 years. Gilgeous-Alexander's first basket of the night was a history-maker: It gave him 3,000 points on the season, including the regular season and playoffs. And later in Game 2, he passed New York's Jalen Brunson (514) as the leading overall scorer in these playoffs. But the real milestone for the MVP came a couple hours later, when he and most everybody else on the Thunder got a finals win for the first time. A 19-2 run in the second quarter turned what was a six-point game into a 23-point Thunder lead. It might have seemed wobbly a couple of times — an immediate 10-0 rebuttal by the Pacers made it 52-39, and Indiana was within 13 again after Andrew Nembhard's layup with 7:09 left in the third — but the Thunder lead was never in serious doubt. With the noise level in the building often topping 100 decibels — a chainsaw is 110 dB, for comparison purposes — the Thunder did what they've done pretty much all season. They came off a loss, this time a 111-110 defeat in Game 1, and blew somebody out as their response. Including the NBA Cup title game, which doesn't count in any standings, the Thunder are now 18-2 this season when coming off a loss. Of those 18 wins, 12 have been by double digits.
