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Wrap-up: Clark birdies five of last eight to win RBC Canadian Open

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Wrap-up: Clark birdies five of last eight to win RBC Canadian Open

Birdies five of his last eight holes for second TOUR victory



    Written by The Associated Press

    L’ILE BIZARD, Quebec (AP) -- Tim Clark rallied to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday, birdieing five of the last eight holes for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk.

    Clark picked up 500 FedExCup points for the win, closing with a 5-under 65 at rainy Royal Montreal for his second PGA TOUR victory. The 38-year-old South African player also won THE PLAYERS Championship in 2010.

    Furyk, the two-time RBC Canadian Open champion who took a three-stroke lead into the final round, finished with a 69. The 44-year-old American matched Clark with a birdie on the par-3 17th and a par on the par-4 18th.

    "It looked like Jim wasn't going to make any mistakes," said Clark, who moved into contention Saturday with a 64. "He was pretty solid, so I knew I had to make birdies. At that point, there was nothing to lose. Suddenly I got hot and I went with it."

    On No. 18, Clark left a 45-foot birdie putt about 6 feet short, and Furyk missed left on a 12-footer. Clark sealed the win by holing the 6-footer for par.

    "Once he missed his putt, I didn't want to have to go into a playoff, knowing he can take it over the water (off the 18th tee) and I have to play over to the right," Clark said. "So, it was huge for me to get it finished right there. I got hot with the putter on the back nine. To stand over that putt and still feel confident was really nice."

    Furyk is 0-for-7 with the 54-hole lead since winning the 2010 TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola for the last of his 16 PGA TOUR titles.

    "I kind of controlled my own destiny," Furyk said. "I've got to shoot 3 or 4 under and it would have been impossible to catch me, or darn near it. I left the door open with even par on the front nine and Tim took advantage and shot 30 on the back."

    Clark, four strokes behind Furyk after bogeying the par-4 first, took the outright lead with a birdie on the par-4 16th after a short rain delay. Clark finished at 17-under 263.

    Justin Hicks was third at 13 under after a 64. Matt Kuchar (65), Michael Putnam (66) and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (66) tied for fourth at 11 under.

    Graham DeLaet, from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, was the top Canadian, closing with a 68 to tie for seventh at 10 under. Pat Fletcher, born in England, was the last Canadian winner, taking the 1954 event at Point Grey in Vancouver.

    "I fell a little short, but it was fun," DeLaet said. "So many people were cheering for me. ... Coming down 18 was a special moment."

    Dicky Pride also finished at 10 under, matching the course record with a 63.

    Organizers moved up the starting times by 2 hours and had the players play in threesomes from both the first and 10th tees to try to finish before the forecast storms. Most of the players had finished before a cloudburst halted play for 26 minutes.

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