Myles Creighton had such a great week he virtually forgot concerning the hole-in-one.
Creighton, from Digby, N.S., had an ace on a par-3 gap in Friday’s second spherical, adopted it up with an 11-under 59 within the third spherical, after which had a 2-under 68 on Sunday to win the Blue Cross and Blue Defend of Kansas Wichita Open.
His first victory on the Korn Ferry Tour and catapulted him 58 spots as much as sixteenth on the second-tier circuit’s factors listing.
“Simply sort of processing all of it nonetheless,” mentioned Creighton as he travelled to the Memorial Well being Championship in Springfield, Unwell. “I feel it’ll take a short time to set in however we one other match and all so it sort of on to the subsequent one, making an attempt to organize.
“However I’m, you realize, making an attempt to take pleasure in this one, and we’ll do this for not less than a pair weeks.”
Creighton wasn’t even positive he’d be capable to play the weekend at Crestview Nation Membership in Wichita, however he had two eagles on Friday — the hole-in-one on the par-3 twelfth and a gap out on the par-4 fifteenth as he shot 30 on the again 9 — to make the lower with a spherical of a 2-under 68.
That arrange Creighton’s Saturday, the place he had 12 birdies and one bogey to maneuver to the highest of the leaderboard. He then held on to that lead within the last spherical for the victory.
Creighton grew to become simply the third participant in Korn Ferry Tour historical past to win an occasion after carding a sub-60 spherical the identical week.
“It was simply such a loopy week,” Creighton mentioned with a chuckle. “All of the issues that occurred, simply to present myself an opportunity to play on Saturday after which 59 on Saturday after which win the golf match.”
He’s the second Canadian to win on the Korn Ferry Tour after Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Mississauga, Ont., was victorious at The Bahamas Nice Abaco Traditional on Jan. 22.
Derek Ingram, the top coach of Golf Canada’s males’s crew, was at Crestview Nation Membership final week to help Creighton and the opposite Canadians within the area on the Wichita Open. He mentioned Creighton’s spectacular week was a results of constant onerous work.
“The message with Myles for the final two or three months has been to be affected person, hold working the plan, and for those who do the best issues lengthy sufficient, we are going to get rewarded,” mentioned Ingram on Tuesday. “Nevertheless it’s powerful for a man to be affected person once they’re not getting rewarded however we knew good issues have been going to occur.
“I wasn’t anticipating, you realize, a hole-in-one, a 30 on the again 9 on Friday to make the lower, a 59, after which to win the match. We have been simply anticipating nice outcomes, whether or not it’s the highest 5 or some constant outcomes coming down the pipeline, however that was incredible and a dream come true for Myles.”
Creighton and Yellamaraju are each within the area at this week’s Memorial Well being Championship. Yellamaraju is 18th on the factors listing.
They’ll be joined at Panther Creek Nation Membership by Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald (thirty fourth), Matthew Anderson (fifty fifth) of Mississauga, Roger Sloan (a hundred and thirtieth) of Merritt, B.C., and Etienne Papineau (141st) of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.
Different Canadian Golf Information
PGA TOUR — Beginner Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont., will likely be within the area at this week’s Rocket Traditional on a sponsors exemption. He’ll be becoming a member of common PGA Tour gamers Adam Hadwin (ranked 112th on the FedEx Cup standings) of Abbotsford, B.C., Ben Silverman (166th) of Thornhill, Ont., and Adam Svensson (167th) of Surrey, B.C., within the area at Detroit Golf Membership.
DP WORLD TOUR — Aaron Cockerill of Stony Mountain, Man., is the lone Canadian teeing off on the Italian Open this week. He’s 116th on the European-based tour’s Race to Dubai factors listing heading into play at Argentario Golf Membership in Monte Argentario, Italy.
CHAMPIONS TOUR — Calgary’s Stephen Ames, Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., and Dave Bunker of Richmond Hill, Ont., are on this week’s U.S. Senior Open Championship. Ames is thirty fifth on the Schwab Cup factors listing and Weir is seventieth heading into play at Broadmoor Golf Membership in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bunker hasn’t performed on the Champions Tour since 2016.
LPGA TOUR — Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ont., leads the Canadian contingent into this week’s Dow Championship. Grewal is 131st within the Race to CME Globe standings heading into play at Midland Nation Membership in Midland, Mich. Hamilton’s Alena Sharp (141st) and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (156th) of Sherbrooke, Que., are additionally within the area.
EPSON TOUR — Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont., is the highest ranked Canadian on the second-tier Epson Tour heading into the Otter Creek Championship on Friday. She’s fortieth within the Race for the Card standings heading into play at Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind. There are 9 Canadians within the area together with Brooke Rivers (56th) of Brampton, Ont., Josee Doyon (63rd) of Saint-Georges, Que., Monet Chun (69th) of Richmond Hill, Ont., Mary Parsons (104th) of Delta, B.C., Yeji Kwon (126th) of Port Coquitlam, B.C., Vancouver’s Leah John (138th), Brigitte Thibault (146th) of Rosemere, Que., and Toronto’s Ashley Chow (unranked).
