Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald will get goosebumps at Canadian Open

Followers began chanting his title, sang O Canada! and simply typically let him know that they have been there to assist him

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TORONTO — Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald obtained goosebumps as he approached the Rink, the signature gap of the RBC Canadian Open.

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As he was introduced followers began chanting his title, sang O Canada! and simply typically let him know that they have been there to assist him. A far cry from the PGA Tour Latinoamerica, PGA Tour Canada, and the Korn Ferry Tour the place he often performs golf.

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“It’s been a tremendous expertise,” mentioned Macdonald, who shot a 3-over 75 to complete the third spherical tied for 58th. “At the moment didn’t go too scorching for me however it was nonetheless fairly insane.

“The crowds within the again 9 like that Rink gap have been like nothing I’ve skilled earlier than.”

The 28-year-old Macdonald is taking part in within the nationwide males’s golf championship for less than the second time of his profession, having missed the lower final yr at St. George’s Golf and Nation Membership, additionally in Toronto. Making the lower this week underscored that he can dangle with one of the best in males’s skilled golf.

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“I performed within the Open final yr and I missed the lower by one however I’ve been round a variety of these guys as I’ve been taking part in the Korn Ferry Tour the final three years,” mentioned Macdonald. “So a variety of the fellows that I’ve performed with on the market are out right here now.

“I do know that my good golf is nice sufficient. It’s simply getting on the market and doing it.”

Macdonald will journey west to Victoria following the conclusion of the Canadian Open. He’ll be within the area for the Royal Seaside Victoria Open, the primary occasion on the PGA Tour Canada’s calendar, then he’ll head again south to complete out the Latinoamerica Tour season.

“Victoria can be an amazing spot and I believe that’s in all probability probably the greatest tour stops on the market,” mentioned Macdonald. “Then going from there to Guadalajara for the Latinoamerica occasion after which their Tour Championship after that in Cancun.

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“I believe I’ll be taking part in seven in a row, so I’m on a little bit of a stretch.”

Macdonald is certainly one of eight Canadians left within the area at Oakdale Golf and Nation Membership. It’s probably the most Canadians to make the lower on the males’s nationwide championship since 2002.

Nick Taylor set a course document with a 9-under 63 to surge right into a tie for eighth at 11-under total. Corey Conners (70) of Listowel, Ont., was a shot again of Taylor, in sole possession of tenth.

Adam Hadwin (70), additionally from Abbotsford, was tied for sixteenth at 7-under.

Taylor Pendrith (70) of Richmond Hill, Ont., was tied for twenty fourth. Roger Sloan (73) of Merritt, B.C., dropped right into a tie for thirty third, and Edmonton’s Wil Bateman (75) was tied for 54th.

Canadian {golfing} legend Mike Bizarre (74) of Brights Grove, Ont., was tied with Macdonald at even par.

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Originally posted 2023-06-11 00:39:17.