Kingston, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – David Bradshaw shared the lead when the third round was completed earlier Sunday, then he carded a 5-under 67 in the final round to win the Great Waterway Classic.<\/p>\n
Bradshaw finished at 21-under-par 267 at Loyalist Golf and Country Club. This was his first win on the PGA Tour Canada.<\/p>\n
Adam Long also closed with a 67 and he shared second place with Tommy Cocha (67). They ended one stroke back at minus-20. Michael Gligic took fourth place at 18-under 270 after a final-round 69.<\/p>\n
Chris Hemmerich, who was making his professional debut, shared the lead with Bradshaw entering the final round. Hemmerich managed a 1-under 71 and ended in a tie for fifth at minus-17. He was joined there by Brock Mackenzie (65), Cory Renfrew (68), Brady Schnell (63) and Michael Buttacavoli (66).<\/p>\n
Bradshaw quickly moved ahead of Hemmerich with birdies at one and three. Hemmerich made eagle on No. 5 to jump to 18-under, but Bradshaw made a birdie there to climb to minus-19.<\/p>\n
Bradshaw followed with birdies at six and seven, and he was two clear of his playing partner. Bradshaw stumbled to bogeys on the eighth and ninth, but rebounded with a birdie on the 10th.<\/p>\n
Hemmerich dropped shots at nine and 11 to fall three back. After three pars in a row, Bradshaw stumbled to a bogey on the 14th, but came right back with a birdie on the 15th.<\/p>\n
Bradshaw closed with a birdie on the par-5 18th to beat Long and Cocha, who both birdied the last as well, by one.<\/p>\n
Long put together a bogey-free round. He converted back-to-back birdies at five and six, then again at 14 and 15. Long birdied the last to post minus-20.<\/p>\n
Cocha flew up the leaderboard early with four birdies in the first seven holes to move to 18-under. He traded a birdie for a bogey from the 10th. He grabbed a share of second with birdies at 14 and 18.<\/p>\n
NOTES: Bradshaw earned $27,000 for the win … He will move into the top 10 on the Order of Merit … Amateur Austin James closed with a 68 to end in a tie for 49th … There was a long weather delay on Friday that pushed the end of the second and third round into Saturday and Sunday, respectively … The PGA Tour Canada moves to Peterborough, Ontario, next week for The Wildfire Invitational, where Mark Hubbard won last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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