Morrisburg, ON (Sports Network) – Hugo Leon carded a 5-under 67 on Sunday to claim a 1-stroke victory at The Great Waterway Classic.<\/p>\n
Brandon Harkins raced up the leaderboard with a course record-tying 10-under 62 to grab the clubhouse lead before Leon birdied two of his last three holes to finish a stroke ahead of Harkins at 22-under-par 266.<\/p>\n
Third-round leader Sean Shahi managed just a 2-under 70 during his final round at Upper Canada Golf Course to end in solo third at 20-under.<\/p>\n
Will Strickler (65), Josh Anderson (66) and Joe Panzeri (67) shared fourth at 18-under 270.<\/p>\n
Harkins, who entered Sunday seven strokes behind the overnight leader Shahi, started to make his run up the leaderboard with birdies at the first and third.<\/p>\n
After rolling in another gain at the sixth, he reeled off four straight birdies from the eighth to move to 18-under. He added another pair of birdies at the 13th and 14th before converting his final birdie of the day at the 17th to head into the clubhouse at 21-under.<\/p>\n
Leon, meanwhile, made the turn at 19-under with an outward 34 that included gains at the sixth and eighth.<\/p>\n
A birdie at the 13th pulled him within a stroke of Harkins, and he was able to move ahead with back-to-back gains at the 16th and 17th.<\/p>\n
He closed with a 2-putt par at the last to claim his second career win on the PGA Tour Canada.<\/p>\n
“I’m feeling great. I’m still floating right now,” said Leon. “I knew if I got to 17 within striking distance I was going to have a shot. I trusted that my game was going to come through for me.”<\/p>\n
NOTES: With the win, Leon moved to No. 4 on the PGA Tour Canada’s Order of Merit. The top five players at the end of the season earn a Web.com Tour card … Leon’s last win came at the 2011 ATB Financial Classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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