Jhonattan Vegas won the 2017 RBC Canadian Open, defending his 2016 title by defeating Charley Hoffman in a playoff to claim his third career PGA TOUR victory.

The Venezuelan made a birdie on the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th, to become the seventh RBC Canadian Open winner to successfully defend his title.

Douglas Edgar (1919-20), Leo Diegel (1924-25, 1928-29), Sam Snead (1940-1941), Jim Ferrier (1950-1951), and Jim Furyk (2006-07) have all accomplished the feat.

“Obviously repeating is a big thing for the confidence,” said Vegas. “Obviously I want to win more and bigger tournaments, and this is a great step forward.”

Vegas recorded his lowest round of the championship, firing a 7-under-par 65 in Sunday’s final round with just one bogey on the par-3 15th.

Coming into the week, Vegas had missed five consecutive cuts.

“Obviously after coming after five missed cuts is never positive,” said Vegas. But I’ve been playing good golf the whole year; that I just had to stay cool and hopefully things will turn around, and I’m glad they did.”

Hoffman, from Ranch Santa Fe, Calif., was the 54-hole leader at 17 under par. He carded a 4-under-par 68 in Sunday’s final round.

This is the fifth time Hoffman has failed to convert a 54-hole lead into a victory.

“Yeah, it’s always tough after you don’t close the deal after having the lead but obviously got some big tournaments coming up,” said Hoffman. “The playoffs, a major championship, and obviously got some good momentum going into those.”

Hoffman’s previous best finish at the RBC Canadian Open was a T4 at St. Georges Golf and Country Club in 2010.

Englishman Ian Poulter charged up the leaderboard Sunday, carding an 8-under-par 64 to finish third at 20 under par in his first RBC Canadian Open appearance.

After a tumultuous start to his season in which he nearly lost his PGA TOUR card, Poulter now has two top-5 finishes in 2017.

“I’ve done everything I needed to do today. I played very solid. I gave myself lots of opportunities,” said Poulter after his round. “I’ve had a nice summer in Europe with the family and kids. Life’s all good.”

Gary Woodland of Topeka, Kans., finished fourth at 19 under par – his fifth top-10 of the season and best-ever finish at the RBC Canadian Open.

Dundas, Ont., native Mackenzie Hughes won the Rivermead Trophy as the low Canadian, finishing in a tie for 32nd at 10 under par in his first RBC Canadian Open as a professional.

Hughes finished strong with a 4-under-par 68 on Sunday to climb 23 spots after struggling with a 2 over par 74 in the third round.

“The week as a whole was a lot of fun,” said Hughes. “So many people out supporting me from Dundas and all over Canada. I could feel that support all the way around. All the Canadian fans
listening, thank you for the support.”

Graham DeLaet from Weyburn, Sask., finished T48 at 8 under par, closing with a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday.

World No. 1 Dustin Johnson tried to make a charge after starting the day five shots back of Hoffman at 12 under par. He finished with a 5-under-par 67, ending tied for fifth with Tony Finau (Lehi, Utah) and Robert Garrigus (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

“The golf game is moving in the right direction,” said Johnson. “I felt like I played really good every day this week. I hit really good putts. They just weren’t going in the hole.”

Click here to view the full leaderboard for the 2017 RBC Canadian Open.

A look at the best photos from Sunday’s final round of the 2017 RBC Canadian Open. Images via: Golf Canada/ Bernard Brault.

A look at the best photos from Saturday’s third round of the 2017 RBC Canadian Open. Images via: Golf Canada/ Bernard Brault.

Jack Nicklaus talks to media on Tuesday, July 25th at the 2017 RBC Canadian Open.

A video recap of our 2017 Opening Ceremony and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame Induction.

Monday at the RBC Canadian Open was the Canada Day Pro Am. Teams of three amateurs joined one Canada’s top golfers or a Canadian Golf Hall of Fame player with morning and afternoon tee times.

Proceeds from the Pro-Am benefited the Golf Canada Foundation going to support the developmental pathway in Canada including Team Canada and the Young Pro Program. The Foundation’s mission is to provide golfers and industry partners with a charitable platform to increase participation in golf by engaging players of all ages and abilities across Canada.

The 2017 RBC Canadian Monday Pro-Am raised over $200,000 in support of junior golf programs. For more information on the Golf Canada Foundation, visit www.golfcanadafoundation.com.

A look at photos from Monday, July 24th at Glen Abbey Golf Club and the 2017 RBC Canadian Open.

Winnipeg, Man. (Golf Canada) – James Beale claimed the 2014 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship title after rolling in a long birdie putt on the third playoff hole at Elmhurst Golf and Country Club.

The New Zealand native finished 72 holes tied atop the leaderboard alongside Team Canada’s Taylor Pendrith and California’s Jonathan Garrick at 6-under par. The trio battled it out over three holes before Beale’s 22-foot birdie putt found the bottom of the cup on the par-4 18th hole. 

“Honestly I don’t know if it’s good or bad but the thought went through my mind just as I was standing over it that this is for the win,” said Beale when describing his winning putt. “As I looked at the hole I just kind of stroked it and tapped it down there and it just tracked towards the hole and I couldn’t believe it.”

The 21-year-old carded a final-round 1-under 69 and drained a clutch par-putt on his 72nd hole to earn his spot in the three-man hole-by-hole playoff for the national championship title.

“It’s surreal it’s definitely something I’ve dreamed about, I didn’t think it would happen so soon,” he continued. “I’ve been working on my game hard and 2014 is the first year where I’ve really started to feel like I get everything out of my game.”

With Beale’s victory he earns an exemption into next week’s U.S. Amateur Championship and also the 2015 RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. 

“Just added benefits, it’s amazing,” he stated. “I wasn’t thinking about that stuff when I was out there but to get off and realize that I’m in the U.S. Amateur and the Canadian Open a PGA Tour event, it doesn’t get much better than that, I’ll have to reconsider turning pro next year so I can play in that one.”

Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont. carded a final round 4-under 66 to finish tied for second alongside Garrick of Atherton, Calif. Team Canada’s Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont. finished at 5-under 277 in a tie for fourth with New Mexico’s Sam Saunders.

The following are final scores from the 110th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship at Elmhurst Golf and Country Club (Par 70 – 6812 yards) and Southwood Golf and Country Club (Par 72 – 7130 yards).

1. x-James Beale, New Zealand, *69-70-68-69-276 -6

2. Taylor Pendrith, Richmond Hill, ON, *69-73-68-66-276 -6

2. Jonathan Garrick, Atherton, CA, *66-68-74-68-276 -6

4. Corey Conners, Listowel, ON, *68-68-68-73-277 -5

4. Sam Saunders, Albuquerque, NM, *67-67-71-72-277 -5

6. Garrett Rank, Elmira, ON, *67-70-71-70-278 -4

6. Rico Hoey, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, *69-74-65-70-278 -4

8. Lee McCoy, New Port Richey, FL, *68-70-73-68-279 -3

8. Bret Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, *68-68-72-71-279 -3

8. Adam Svensson, Surrey, BC, *71-66-70-72-279 -3

11. Antonio Murdaca, Australia, *73-69-71-67-280 -2

11. Blair Hamilton, Burlington, ON, *68-68-74-70-280 -2

13. Raoul Menard, Ange-Gardien, QC, *73-70-71-67-281 -1

13. Adam Schenk, Vincennes, IN, *74-68-69-70-281 -1

13. Brian Bullington, Frankfort, IL, *66-71-69-75-281 -1

16. Matt Williams, Calgary, AB, *72-69-69-72-282 E

16. Sean Walsh, Keller, TX, *68-70-70-74-282 E

18. Jared duToit, Kimberley, BC, *70-75-70-68-283 +1

18. Maverick Antcliff, Australia, *72-72-70-69-283 +1

18. Eric Banks, Truro, NS, *73-70-70-70-283 +1

18. Dave Bunker, Woodbridge, ON, *74-68-70-71-283 +1

18. Derek East, Winnipeg, MB, *72-68-70-73-283 +1

18. Tyler Saunders, Sturgeon County, AB, *70-71-69-73-283 +1

24. Billy Kennerly, Alpharetta, GA, *75-69-71-69-284 +2

24. Jordan Lu, Vancouver, BC, *70-75-69-70-284 +2

24. Brett Hogan, Calgary, AB, *75-67-67-75-284 +2

27. Jim Liu, Smithtown, NY, *74-68-73-70-285 +3

27. Jooho Lee, Coquitlam, BC, *73-71-70-71-285 +3

27. Tony Gil, Vaughan, ON, *70-72-72-71-285 +3

27. Daniel Chian, Covina, CA, *68-73-71-73-285 +3

27. Todd Fanning, Winnipeg, MB, *71-72-69-73-285 +3

27. Chris Hemmerich, Kitchener, ON, *69-70-69-77-285 +3

33. Esteban Restrepo H., Colombia, *73-68-74-71-286 +4

33. Ricardo Celia, Colombia, *67-74-74-71-286 +4

35. Matthew Negri, El Cajon, CA, *71-75-68-73-287 +5

35. Osama Khan, Mississauga, ON, *69-73-74-71-287 +5

35. James Fahy, Vancouver, BC, *72-70-74-71-287 +5

35. Robert Geibel, Pembroke Pines, FL, *70-71-75-71-287 +5

39. Brian Churchill-Smith, Oakville, ON, *73-72-71-72-288 +6

39. Stuart MacDonald, Vancouver, BC, *69-71-72-76-288 +6

39. Ally Tidcombe, Wolfville, NS, *73-71-74-70-288 +6

39. Nick Palladino, Highland Heights, OH, *73-72-73-70-288 +6

43. Kevin Carrigan, Victoria, BC, *73-72-70-74-289 +7

43. Scott Mazur, Winnipeg, MB, *73-73-72-71-289 +7

45. Hugo Bernard, Mont-saint-hilaire, QC, *68-75-72-75-290 +8

45. Chad Merzbacher, Eden Prairie, MN, *72-73-71-74-290 +8

45. Dustin Yeager, Calgary, AB, *69-77-72-72-290 +8

45. Kevin Kwon, Maple Ridge, BC, *68-76-75-71-290 +8

49. Greg MacAulay, Stratford, PE, *74-71-70-76-291 +9

49. Elliott Whitley, Hamilton, ON, *74-71-69-77-291 +9

49. Michael Belle, Burnaby, BC, *72-71-73-75-291 +9

49. Jake Knapp, Costa Mesa, CA, *76-68-72-75-291 +9

49. David Stewart, Prince Albert, SK, *72-70-78-71-291 +9

54. Woody Woodward, Bridgeport, WV, *75-71-72-74-292 +10

54. Kurt Kitayama, Chico, CA, *73-70-77-72-292 +10

56. Scott Secord, Calgary, AB, *73-73-69-78-293 +11

56. Sean Yu, Beaumont, CA, *75-70-74-74-293 +11

58. Ian (Jae Hoon) Kim, Surrey, BC, *69-73-72-80-294 +12

58. Josh Wytinck, Glenboro, MB, *67-75-77-75-294 +12

58. Preston Valder, Yorba Linda, CA, *71-75-76-72-294 +12

61. Yu-Chuan Hsiang, Taiwan, *71-69-76-79-295 +13

61. Cory Selander, Prince Albert, SK, *75-70-75-75-295 +13

61. Jonathan Kim-Moss, Mississauga, ON, *74-72-76-73-295 +13

64. Eric Johnson, Winnipeg, MB, *72-74-76-74-296 +14

65. Conner Kozak, Vernon, BC, *74-70-76-77-297 +15

65. Jean-Luc Theoret, Hawkesbury, ON, *72-73-75-77-297 +15

67. Robert Ellis, St. Catharines, ON, *67-76-79-76-298 +16

68. Sean Romero, Texarkana, AR, *71-74-78-76-299 +17

68. Connor McLellan, Chilliwack, BC, *73-73-77-76-299 +17

70. Eric Seider, Victoria, BC, *72-74-78-76-300 +18

71. Patrick Grimes, Palo Alto, CA, *75-70-77-80-302 +20

72. Josh Landine, Fredericton, NB, *74-72-79-78-303 +21

DID NOT FINISH

MC. Scott Thompson, St. Walburg, SK, *75-72-0-0-147 +5

MC. Justin Shanks, Sussex Corner, NB, *73-74-0-0-147 +5

MC. Cody MacKay, Warren Grove, PE, *72-75-0-0-147 +5

MC. Étienne Papineau, St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC, *72-75-0-0-147 +5

MC. Jordy Lutz, Winnipeg, MB, *74-73-0-0-147 +5

MC. Aaron Cockerill, Gunton, MB, *70-77-0-0-147 +5

MC. Russell Bowie, Mississauga, ON, *74-73-0-0-147 +5

MC. Kurtis Campbell, Saint Lazare, QC, *69-78-0-0-147 +5

MC. Nicholas Gagne, Richmond, BC, *72-75-0-0-147 +5

MC. Emmett Oh, Calgary, AB, *73-74-0-0-147 +5

MC. Matthew Whittaker, Lethbridge, AB, *71-76-0-0-147 +5

MC. Nicholas Ross, Dundas, ON, *71-76-0-0-147 +5

MC. Vincent Blanchette, St-jean-sur-richelieu, QC, *71-76-0-0-147 +5

MC. Sebastien Levasseur, Trois-Rivieres, QC, *75-72-0-0-147 +5

MC. Geoff Fry, Calgary, AB, *75-72-0-0-147 +5

MC. Brett McKinnon, Glace Bay, NS, *73-75-0-0-148 +6

MC. Joey Savoie, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, *71-77-0-0-148 +6

MC. Bryce Sholdice, Stony Mountain, MB, *74-74-0-0-148 +6

MC. Steven Spicer, Dartmouth, NS, *75-73-0-0-148 +6

MC. Thomas Strandemo, Fargo, ND, *74-74-0-0-148 +6

MC. Gajan Sivabalasingham, Ballantrae, ON, *74-74-0-0-148 +6

MC. Andrew Funk, Sidney, BC, *73-75-0-0-148 +6

MC. Devon Schade, Beausejour, MB, *76-72-0-0-148 +6

MC. Brandon Markiw, Edmonton, AB, *78-70-0-0-148 +6

MC. Spencer Weiss, Sammamish, WA, *73-75-0-0-148 +6

MC. Danny Guise, Greenwich, CT, *71-77-0-0-148 +6

MC. Zach Anderson, Nanaimo, BC, *79-69-0-0-148 +6

MC. Scott Benzoni, Oakville