Caledon, Ont. – Teammates William and Alex Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs) got here away victorious in a playoff to win the inaugural RBC Canadian Open / NHLPA Faceoff on Thursday, at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon, Ont.
Every of the ten groups started their spherical at totally different holes, gathering factors by means of a web Stableford format earlier than 4 squads culminated on the iconic no.14 Rink Gap to compete in a sudden-death, whole gross rating playoff.
Competing with Sam Gagner and Ryan McLeod (Buffalo Sabres), Jamie Drysdale (Philadelphia Flyers) and Will Cuylle (New York Rangers), and NHL alumni Jeff O’Neill (Hartford Whalers / Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs) and Carlo Colaiacovo (Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Purple Wings, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers), the Nylander brothers efficiently hit every of their tee pictures closest to the pin to place themselves in place to win the playoff.
Placing from inside 15 toes of the outlet and nearer than every other participant on the 14th inexperienced, William rolled in his sixth birdie of the day to safe his staff the championship.
“It feels nice,” commented William simply moments after touchdown his walk-off putt. “We had a blast on the market, our group was fairly good, and we had a number of enjoyable.”
The duo entered the playoff in a tie for second alongside O’Neill and Colaiacovo with 45 web Stableford factors. Gagner and McLeod led the sector after 18 holes with 47 web Stableford factors whereas Drysdale and Cuylle pieced collectively 37 factors.
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Beginning his spherical on the fourth gap, Drysdale emphatically powered his aspect into the early lead on Thursday with out leaving the tee field. The Flyers defenceman optioned for a pitching wedge on the 150-yard par-3 and tumbled his tee shot in the direction of the flagstick earlier than his ball fell into the cup for a hole-in-one. A significant spotlight of the spherical, Drysdale admitted it was the primary ace of his life and was initially unaware his ball dropped within the gap after his shot.
“I didn’t understand it went in for thirty seconds after which I simply discovered it went in. I used to be sort of shell shocked, not a lot of a response out of the gate however undoubtedly actually cool,” stated Drysdale following his spherical.
“It was a incredible day for the RBC Canadian Open / NHLPA Faceoff. It was nice to see one thing that began as an concept actually culminate right into a incredible occasion,” commented Tim McLaughlin, Chief Advertising Officer at Golf Canada.
“We had nice assist from the NHLPA, all of the gamers had been actually enthusiastic, and we noticed some wonderful golf being performed. An effective way to arrange what shapes as much as be one of the crucial thrilling RBC Canadian Opens on file,” added McLaughlin.
The 114th enjoying of the RBC Canadian Open will happen June 4-8 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) in Caledon, Ont. For extra data on the RBC Canadian Open, together with volunteer alternatives or to buy tickets, please go to rbccanadianopen.com.
