Keegan Bradley leads by 1 after 1st round of Canadian Open

June 6, 2019 Updated Thu., June 6, 2019 at 5:56 p.m.

Associated Press

RBC Canadian Open

PGA TOUR

Thursday’s Scores

At Hamilton Golf & Country Club, Hamilton, Ontario

Yardage: 6,967; Par 70 (35-35); Purse: $7.6 million

First Round

a-denotes amateur

Keegan Bradley	32-31—63
Shane Lowry	33-31—64
Sungjae Im	33-31—64
Nick Taylor	31-33—64
Erik van Rooyen	32-32—64
Roberto Castro	32-32—64
Scott Brown	32-33—65
Adam Hadwin	33-32—65
Matt Kuchar	32-33—65
Sebastian Munoz	31-34—65
Danny Lee	32-33—65
Jimmy Walker	33-32—65
Russell Henley	32-33—65
Graeme McDowell	33-32—65
Adam Schenk	31-35—66
Danny Willett	32-34—66
Webb Simpson	34-32—66
David Hearn	34-32—66
Drew Nesbitt	34-32—66
Harris English	30-36—66
Peter Malnati	33-33—66
Mackenzie Hughes	32-34—66
Henrik Stenson	33-33—66
Talor Gooch	33-33—66
Alex Noren	33-34—67
Jonas Blixt	34-33—67
Rory McIlroy	34-33—67
Daniel Berger	34-33—67
Colt Knost	34-33—67
Jonathan Byrd	33-34—67
Dylan Frittelli	35-32—67
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez	34-33—67
Robert Streb	35-32—67
Scott Langley	32-35—67
Peter Uihlein	33-34—67
Kevin Tway	33-34—67
D.J. Trahan	35-32—67
J.J. Spaun	34-33—67
Joaquin Niemann	33-34—67
Hank Lebioda	34-33—67
Richard Jung	35-32—67
Bill Haas	34-34—68
Roger Sloan	35-33—68
Hudson Swafford	33-35—68
Matt Every	34-34—68
Josh Teater	34-34—68
Cameron Tringale	34-34—68
Wes Roach	32-36—68
Paul Barjon	34-34—68
Harold Varner III	33-35—68
Ryan Palmer	36-32—68
Kelly Kraft	35-33—68
Scott Stallings	34-34—68
Sepp Straka	35-33—68
Kyle Jones	33-35—68
Jim Knous	35-33—68
Joey Garber	32-36—68
Ryan Yip	35-33—68
Ben Crane	35-34—69
Trey Mullinax	35-34—69
George McNeill	37-32—69
Martin Laird	33-36—69
Luke Donald	37-32—69
Brian Harman	37-32—69
Jim Furyk	34-35—69
J.J. Henry	35-34—69
Dominic Bozzelli	35-34—69
Jake Knapp	34-35—69
Martin Piller	35-34—69
Zach Bauchou	35-34—69
Roberto Diaz	33-36—69
Billy Hurley III	34-35—69
Ricky Barnes	35-34—69
Sangmoon Bae	33-36—69
Chad Collins	38-31—69
Brandt Snedeker	33-36—69
Rod Pampling	35-34—69
Cody Gribble	33-36—69
Chad Campbell	35-34—69
Tyler Duncan	35-34—69
Austin Connelly	36-33—69
Adam Svensson	35-34—69
Chris Thompson	33-36—69
Sam Saunders	37-33—70
Denny McCarthy	35-35—70
Nick Watney	35-35—70
Corey Conners	34-36—70
Seamus Power	35-35—70
Ollie Schniederjans	34-36—70
Mike Weir	34-36—70
Collin Morikawa	34-36—70
James Allenby	35-35—70
Brandon Harkins	35-35—70
Wyndham Clark	35-35—70
Brendon Todd	32-38—70
Ryan Armour	37-33—70
Brooks Koepka	34-36—70
Justin Thomas	35-35—70
Whee Kim	35-35—70
Alex Prugh	37-33—70
Alex Cejka	35-35—70
John Chin	35-35—70
Richard T. Lee	35-35—70
Michael Gligic	36-34—70
David Lingmerth	36-35—71
Padraig Harrington	34-37—71
Johnson Wagner	38-33—71
Sergio Garcia	35-36—71
Jim Herman	37-34—71
Dustin Johnson	33-38—71
Fabian Gomez	36-35—71
Bud Cauley	35-36—71
Curtis Luck	35-36—71
Brady Schnell	36-35—71
Bubba Watson	36-35—71
Zach Johnson	36-35—71
Richy Werenski	34-37—71
Nate Lashley	36-35—71
Stephan Jaeger	35-36—71
Will Claxton	37-34—71
Ben Silverman	36-35—71
Thomas DeMarco	36-35—71
Derek Fathauer	36-36—72
Martin Trainer	35-37—72
Brian Gay	35-37—72
J.B. Holmes	37-35—72
Chris Stroud	33-39—72
a-Etienne Brault	39-33—72
Nicholas Lindheim	37-35—72
a-Chris Crisologo	37-35—72
Carlos Ortiz	37-35—72
Austin Cook	37-35—72
Scott Piercy	36-36—72
Brandon Hagy	37-35—72
Seth Reeves	37-36—73
Tyrone Van Aswegen	35-38—73
Tom Hoge	36-37—73
Lucas Bjerregaard	37-36—73
Zack Sucher	37-36—73
Chase Wright	36-37—73
Kramer Hickok	37-36—73
Cameron Davis	36-37—73
Aaron Wise	38-36—74
Shawn Stefani	37-37—74
Tom Lovelady	39-35—74
JC Deacon	38-36—74
Anders Albertson	37-37—74
Brice Garnett	39-35—74
a-Matthew Anderson	36-38—74
Marc-Etienne Bussieres	34-40—74
a-Joseph Deraney	38-37—75
a-Joey Savoie	40-35—75
Albin Choi	38-38—76
Michael Blair	40-36—76
Julian Etulain	39-37—76
a-Josh Whalen	40-39—79

ANCASTER, Ontario – Keegan Bradley had a 7-under 63 for a one-shot lead after the first round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday.

“Today I was in complete control of my ball,” Bradley said. “Then when you couple that with feeling good on the greens, that’s when a 63 or a good, nice round happens.”

Bradley was convinced that his clubhouse lead would not withstand the afternoon groups, but it did. Roberto Castro of the U.S., was the only player that teed off in the second wave to reach second, tying Canada’s Nick Taylor, Ireland’s Shane Lowry, South Korea’s Sungjae Im and South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen.

This year the tournament has moved up in the golf calendar, making it a lead-in event to the U.S. Open and drawing a significantly stronger group of competitors.

Defending tournament champion Dustin Johnson, the No. 2 player in the world, shot a 1-over 71. Last year Johnson pulled away from the field after a nearly two-hour rain delay to win his first Canadian Open, firing 6-under 66 in last year’s final round to finish at 23 under.

Brooks Koepka, fresh off his PGA Championship win, shot an even-par 70 and is tied for 84th.

Spokane’s Alex Prugh shot 70.

Taylor of Abbotsford, British Columbia, led the Canadian contingent, shooting a 6-under 64. Taylor, who started on hole No. 10, made four birdies in a row to open his back nine at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

Mackenzie Hughes was one of five Canadians within three shots of Bradley. Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford had a 5-under 65, while David Hearn of nearby Brantford, Ontario, and Drew Nesbitt of Shanty Bay, Ontario, both tied Hughes.

As soon as Hughes’ partners were done teeing off at No. 13, he bent down, opened up a small bag and pulled out a jersey.

It took a moment for fans to realize what he was doing, but as Hughes straightened out the familiar black and red of a Kawhi Leonard Toronto Raptors jersey, the cheers rose to a crescendo, with spectators pounding on the boards that surround the hockey-themed hole at the RBC Canadian Open known as The Rink.

Like many Raptors fans, Hughes hopes that Toronto wins the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors and can re-sign Leonard, who will become a free agent this summer.

“I don’t think my wearing the jersey influenced him at all, but I hope that he stays,” Hughes said.

“I try to have some fun with that hole. Life’s short so, whatever, I’m just going to have some fun,” said Hughes, who donned a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey at last year’s version of the Rink at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. “The crowd enjoys that stuff so it’s fun for me to do.

“I love all these Toronto sports teams whether it’s Leafs, Raptors, Blue Jays. That was just a fun way to show my Toronto pride and Canada pride.”

Hughes, from nearby Dundas, Ontario, walked up the fairway in the jersey to chants of “Let’s go Raptors” and went on to shoot a 4-under 66 to finish the first round in a tie for 15th. He would have been in an even better position if he hadn’t double-bogeyed the 18th hole, his only score worse than par.

“Just spoiled it at the end there, but I was 6 under through 17 and it was pretty stress free for the most part,” Hughes said. “All in all it’s a great day score-wise, just not the way I wanted to finish.”

There are 26 Canadians in the field at the national championship, and they’re all hoping to end a 65-year spell of futility. The previous Canadian to win the event was Pat Fletcher in 1954 at Vancouver’s Point Grey Golf and Country Club.

“We all obviously want to be the first one to win this, but we all want each other to do well,” said Hadwin, who briefly delayed his post-round news conference so that Hughes could concentrate on teeing off nearby. “Any Canadian winner is good.”

NOTES: A three-minute pause in play starting at 12:10 p.m. was held as six planes from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum flew over the course to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France. The group of planes included a rare Lancaster Mk 10 bomber from the Second World War and a modern CC-130 Hercules. “It’s obviously an emotional day for a lot of people,” Hadwin said. “To kind of see the planes that were used and then a couple newer age ones, it was pretty cool to stand on the fairway and see that.”

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