As if it were scripted, two best friends were part of a three-person playoff Wednesday afternoon at Scarboro Golf & Country Club to decide the winner of the 2017 DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

In the end, it was Brittany Marchand of Mono, Ont., outlasting her old pal Augusta James of Bath, Ont., rolling in a 25-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole.

“For me, I was glad to be in a playoff with my best friend,” Marchand admitted shortly after the win. “If someone was going to beat me, I’d want it to be her.”

Marchand and James grew up playing junior golf together in Ontario; both attended NC State University; were an integral part of Team Canada’s National Team; and are travel mates in their early professional golf career.

“Brittany and I have a pretty special relationship,” James said after the playoff defeat. “We can complete with and against each other and then hop in the car and drive in the next event,” she said, adding, “so we have a balanced friendship and that’s really hard to come by.”

Marchand echoed James’ sentiments.

“We play like two-to-three times a week together, we room together, we pretty much do everything together,” Marchand said of the pair.

Marchand, James and Samantha Troyanovich all finished the championship at 5-under-par, leading to the playoff. On the first extra hole, Troyanovich missed a birdie convert from five-feet for the win, allowing Marchand and James to stay alive with a pair of pars. The second playoff hole saw James and Marchand both make par, while Troyanovich made bogey after a three-putt. On the third playoff, Marchand rolled in a 25-foot birdie for the win.

“The putt was actually pretty straight,” Marchand admitted. “It was down hill and I had to do was just get it started.”

With the win, Marchand joins the likes of Lorie Kane, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Cathy Sherk, Gail Graham and Nancy Harvey as champions of the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

“Some of the best Canadian golfers ever have won this championship before and it’s cool to have my name right there along with them too,” Marchand said.

Fellow Canadian Anne-Catherine Tanguay finished fourth at 4-under-par, with American Jenny Lee rounding out the top-five at 3 under.

Rebecca Lee-Bentham captures the club professional division, bettering Hannah Hellyer by a pair of shots.

Marchand’s win at the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada is her second major title of late, winning. the Symetra Tour’s PHC Classic earlier this month.

The 25-year-old will tee it up next week on the LPGA Tour for the CP Canadian Women’s Open and then will back on the Symetra Tour at month’s end looking to continue her journey of earning full-time LPGA Tour playing privileges for 2018. She’ll also play in next months Evian Championship—an LPGA Tour major—in France.

“I’ve got a lot of confidence heading into the next couple weeks, but at the same time I don’t want to think about it too much and put a lot of pressure on myself,” Marchand said.

The next PGA of Canada national championship takes place Sept. 17-20 at Richmond Country Club for the PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada presented by Callaway Golf.

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With laser-like precision off the tee at Scarboro Golf & Country Club, Augusta James found herself atop a crowded leaderboard at the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

The Bath, Ont., native and LPGA Tour rookie posted an opening-round 4-under-par 68 Tuesday to lead an impressive group of players that includes LPGA and Symetra Tour winners.

“Other than the eighth hole, I hit every fairway out there,” James said. “Hitting a lot of fairways and my accuracy with longer clubs are definitely the strengths of my game.”

Apparently, making birdies is another strength of James’. Her day included seven birdies and three bogeys.

Remarkably, James wasn’t the only one who made seven birdies Tuesday at Scarboro. Lindsey McPherson of Flushing, Mich., also made seven—however, she made all seven of hers in succession.

“I can honestly say I’ve never made seven birdies in a row, so that was pretty cool,” McPherson said. “It was kind of funny though because I didn’t feel like I was playing that great. But then I looked at the card and saw that I had made seven in a row.”

McPherson, along with former three-time Symetra Tour winner and LPGA Tour player Mina Harigae of Mesa, Ariz., are T2 at 3-under-par.

A trio of Canadian standouts—Anna Kim, Anne-Catherine Tanguay and Brittany Marchand (who is the most recent winner on the Symetra Tour)—along with Americans Madeleine Sheils and Samantha Troyanovich are all at 2-under-par, T4.

The DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada’s most decorated champion, Lorie Kane (a five-time winner) and Jenny Lee of California lurk just three back of James at 1-under-par.

Hannah Hellyer of St. Georges Golf & Country Club leads the Club Professional Division by a pair of shots over Rebecca Lee-Bentham.

The winner of this year’s championship will earn an exemption into the CP Canadian Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Aug. 21-27.

Scarboro Golf and Country Club, with a history dating back to 1912, has been the site of four Canadian Opens, the Canadian Tour Championship and several amateur championships. The course was originally designed by noted professional and Canadian golf course architect George Cumming, but underwent extensive changes in 1924 under the direction of Albert Warren Tillinghast. Tillinghast was one of North America’s premier golf course designers, who was at the peak of his career when hired to redesign Scarboro.

Scarboro is in great company among such renowned Tillinghast courses as Winged Foot, Ridgewood, Five Farms East, the redesign of Baltusrol and the fearsome Bethpage Black at Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. The latter literally consumed the games greatest golfers at the 2002 U.S. Open.

Scarboro remains the only course outside the U.S. designed by Tillinghast.
He masterfully used Highland Creek, which comes into play as many as 11 times in 18 holes, and the hilly terrain, gullies and trees as natural hazards, making artificial hazards almost unnecessary at Scarboro.

The PGA Women’s Championship of Canada was first played in 1987 and past champions include five-time winner Lorie Kane, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Cathy Sherk, Gail Graham, Nancy Harvey, and Jessica Shepley.

Admittance to the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada is free and spectators are encouraged to attend during the 36-hole championship play.

To follow the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada online throughout tournament week, visit www.pgaofcanada.com.

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The best in Canadian women’s golf are set to compete for the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada gets underway today in Scarborough, Ont.

A field featuring a mix of past LPGA Tour winners and rising Canadian stars had a practice round yesterday and will play 36 holes at Scarboro Golf & Country Club from Aug. 15-16, all with the same goal of winning the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

“The field for this year’s Data PGA Women’s Championship of Canada is tremendous,” said PGA of Canada president Steve Wood. “There’s a solid mix of past LPGA Tour winners and up-and-coming Canadian talent that will surely produce a riveting championship.”

This year’s field includes:

• Four-time LPGA Tour winner, five-time PGA Women’s Championship of Canada winner, Canadian and PGA of Canada Golf Hall of Fame member Lorie Kane
• Symetra Tour winner and Orangeville, Ont., native Brittany Marchand
• Symetra Tour’s No. 8-ranked player Anne-Catherine Tanguay of Quebec
• LPGA Tour player and past Canadian Women’s Amateur champion Augusta James of Bath, Ont.
• LPGA Tour player Jennifer Ha of Calgary
• Symetra Tour player Elizabeth Tong of Thornhill, Ont.
• Past LPGA Tour winner Kris Tamulis
• Past Symetra Tour winner Sue Kim of Langley, B.C.
• Past PGA Women’s Championship of Canada winners Vivian Tsui, Salimah Mussani
• LPGA Tour player Mina Harigae of California
• PGA of Canada members Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Kylie Barros and Sylvie Schetagne

The winner of this year’s championship will earn an exemption into the CP Canadian Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Aug. 21-27.

Scarboro Golf and Country Club, with a history dating back to 1912, has been the site of four Canadian Opens, the Canadian Tour Championship and several amateur championships. The course was origin ally designed by noted professional and Canadian golf course architect George Cumming, but underwent extensive changes in 1924 under the direction of Albert Warren Tillinghast. Tillinghast was one of North America’s premier golf course designers, who was at the peak of his career when hired to redesign Scarboro.

Scarboro is in great company among such renowned Tillinghast courses as Winged Foot, Ridgewood, Five Farms East, the redesign of Baltusrol and the fearsome Bethpage Black at Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. The latter literally consumed the games greatest golfers at the 2002 U.S. Open.

Scarboro remains the only course outside the U.S. designed by Tillinghast.

He masterfully used Highland Creek, which comes into play as many as 11 times in 18 holes, and the hilly terrain, gullies and trees as natural hazards, making artificial hazards almost unnecessary at Scarboro.

The PGA Women’s Championship of Canada was first played in 1987 and past champions include five-time winner Lorie Kane, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Cathy Sherk, Gail Graham, Nancy Harvey, and Jessica Shepley.

Admittance to the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada is free and spectators are encouraged to attend during the 36-hole championship play.

To follow the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada online throughout tournament week, visit pgaofcanada.com,

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Jim Rutledge won his fifth Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada Friday at the Burlington Golf & Country Club.

The soon-to-be 58-year-old’s three-day total of 12-under-par (65-67-66) lapped the field, clipping his nearest competitors—Gar Hamilton and Mike Burrows—by seven shots.

Making his final round finish even more remarkable, Rutledge admitted he was battling food poisoning all through the previous night and well into Friday morning.

“I had a rough one out there today and I wasn’t feeling all that well when I rolled up this morning, so I was just trying to get as much water and bananas into me as possible,” Rutledge admitted. “I got off to a really good start, which was really surprising, and after that I just kind of cruised.”

Rutledge’s outward nine Friday included four birdies and a lone bogey, while his backside saw a single birdie on the 12th.

“I hit some not-so-great iron shots on the back-nine,” Rutledge said. “But I wasmis-clubbing in the right spots, which is very important out here.”

Rutledge’s past Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada victories came in 2015 at Credit Valley Golf & Country Club; 2013 at Lookout Point Country Club; 2012 at Emerald Hills Golf Club; and 2010 at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club. He’s also a former winner on the Web.com Tour, has six Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada titles and is a former PGA Championship of Canada winner.

With his fifth win, he now only trails golf legend Moe Norman for most PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada titles. Norman has eight titles, with seven coming in consecutive years.

“I’d love to win a few more and it excites me to think about it,” Rutledge said about the prospects of winning more titles. “Moe Norman is a legend andI by no means put myself in the same category as him, but I’ll chase him if the opportunity comes along.”

The PGA of Canada’s No. 12th-ranked player Scott Allred finished alone in fourth at 1-under-par, while Phil Jonas and Ken Tarling were T5 at even par.

In addition to finishing T2, Hamilton won the Super Senior division for the second time in three years.

The PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada was first played in 1938 as a division of the Canadian PGA Championship. In 1973, the championship became an independent event and has remained as such.

Among the Canadian golf legends to win the PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada are Stan Leonard, Moe Norman—who won a record seven straight years from 1979-1985—Bob Panasik, Al Balding—who wowed the golf world by winning at age 76 in 2000—and Rutledge.

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The next PGA of Canada national championship takes place Aug. 14-16 at Scarboro Golf & Country Club for the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada.

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Jim Rutledge inched closer to his fifth Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada after a second-round 3-under-par 67 Thursday at the Burlington Golf & Country Club.

The soon-to-be 58-year-old’s two-day total of 8-under-par (65-67) sees him three shots clear of PGA of Canada legend Gar Hamilton and four shots better than Mike Burrows of Austria.

Heading into the final round, Rutledge says he’s going to keep pressing forward.

“I’d like to make lots of birdies tomorrow because I’ve left a few out there,” Rutledge said about his mindset heading into Friday’s final round. “Getting off to a good start on this golf course is the key to putting together a good round.”

Rutledge, Hamilton and Burrows will tee off in the championship’s final pairing at 11 a.m.

Rutledge won’t be the only one pressing in the final group, however. Hamilton, who is a four-time PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner, says he wants to put a little pressure on the leader Friday.

“If I make some putts, maybe I chase down this young guy (Rutledge),” Hamilton said. “I’m hitting it really nicely right now, but I’ve got to get the ball in the hole because that’s the name of the game.”

Jean LaForce of Club de Golf Le Champetre sits alone in fourth at 1-under-par, with Phil Jonas and Jeff Buder, both of BritishColumbia,are T5.

Rutledge’s past Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada victories came in 2015 at Credit Valley Golf & Country Club; 2013 at Lookout Point Country Club; 2012 at Emerald Hills Golf Club; and 2010 at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club. He’s also a former winner on the Web.com Tour, has six Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada titles and is a former PGA Championship of Canada winner.

However, he admitted he’s not about to get ahead of himself this week at Burlington.

“It’s an old cliché, but I’m taking one day at a time and I’ve really enjoyed coming here this week seeing old friends and playing a great golf course.”

Hamilton captured the Super Senior Division Wednesday, with Attila Becsy winning his second-consecutive Diamond Division title.

Burlington Golf & Country Club features undulating topography and an attractive location on Hamilton Bay. Today’s challenging layout at Burlington Golf and Country Club, still essentially that designed by Stanley Thompson, Canada’s leading contemporary golf course architect, opened in 1924.

The PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada was first played in 1938 as a division of the Canadian PGA Championship. In 1973, the championship became an independent event and has remained as such.

Among the Canadian golf legends to win the PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada are Stan Leonard, Moe Norman—who won a record seven straight years from 1979-1985—Bob Panasik, Al Balding—who wowed the golf world by winning at age 76 in 2000—and Rutledge.

To follow the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada online throughout tournament week, visit pgaofcanada.com

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To no one’s surprise, Jim Rutledge leads the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada.

The soon-to-be 58-year-old from Victoria posted an opening-round 5-under-par 65 at Burlington Golf & Country Club and leads by a shot over fellow PGA of Canada legend Gar Hamilton.

“I had a few chances over the first five or six holes to make a birdie, but I stayed patient and made a good on one No. 8 and that got me rolling for a good back nine,” Rutledge said.

Rutledge eyes his fifth Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada this week at Burlington. His past victories came in 2015 at Credit Valley Golf & Country Club; 2013 at Lookout Point Country Club; 2012 at Emerald Hills Golf Club; and 2010 at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club. He’s also a former winner on the Web.com Tour, has six Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada titles and is a former PGA Championship of Canada winner.

However, Rutledge’s run for his fifth PGA Seniors’ title won’t be an easy trot with Hamilton nipping at his heels. Hamilton, who will turn 68-years-old later this month, is a four-time PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and a PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner.

Hamilton attributed his fine first-round play to rolling it well on Burlington’s impressive greens.

“The greens roll very true, but you have to watch these slopes because they’re some pretty speedy situations out there.”

Burlington Golf & Country Club features undulating topography and an attractive location on Hamilton Bay. Today’s challenging layout at Burlington Golf and Country Club, still essentially that designed by Stanley Thompson, Canada’s leading contemporary golf course architect, opened in 1924.

Hamilton leads the Super Senior division as well, holding a five shot lead over Jerry Anderson of Credit Valley Golf & Country Club.

Richmond Golf & Country Club’s Doug Morgan, a winner earlier this summer of the PGA of Canada – BC Zone Seniors’ Championship, sits alone in third at 3-under-par. He’ll be paired alongside Rutledge and Hamilton on Thursday for the second round.

“The rough is a little gnarly out here, so you’ve got to keep it play by controlling your ball off the tee,” Morgan said. “For me being a first-timer it’s really neat to play alongside and socialize with all these legends like Gar Hamilton.”

Club de Golf Le Champetre’s Jean Laforce and Mike Burrows of Austria are T4 at 1-under-par. Last year’s champion Claude Grenier; two-time PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winner Phil Jonas and PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada winner Ian Doig are all at even-par, T6. Jeff Buder, Cory Draper, Keir Smith and Jerry Anderson round out the top 10.

Past PGA of Canada president Ian Clarke leads the Diamond Division.

The PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada was first played in 1938 as a division of the Canadian PGA Championship. In 1973, the championship became an independent event and has remained as such.

Among the Canadian golf legends to win the PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada are Stan Leonard, Moe Norman—who won a record seven straight years from 1979-1985—Bob Panasik, Al Balding—who wowed the golf world by winning at age 76 in 2000—and Rutledge.

To follow the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada online throughout tournament week, visit pgaofcanada.com,

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ACTON, Ont. – A number of Canada’s legends of golf are set compete at this year’s Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada Aug. 9-11 at Burlington Golf & Country Club.

Victoria’s Jim Rutledge eyes his fifthMr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada, but will surely face stiff competition from a myriad of players including past PGA, European, Web.com and Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada winners.

Rutledge’s past PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada wins came in 2015 at Credit Valley Golf & Country Club; 2013 at Lookout Point Country Club; 2012 at Emerald Hills Golf Club; and 2010 at Rattlesnake Point Golf Club. The 56-year-old is also a former winner on the Web.com Tour, has six Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada titles and is a former PGA Championship of Canada winner.

Notables in the field at Burlington Golf & Country Club include:

• PGA and WEB.com TOUR winner Ian Leggat
• European, WEB.com, Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada and PGA Championship of Canada winner Jerry Anderson
• Six-time Mackenzie-PGA TOUR Canada winner Daniel Talbot
• Four-time PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner Gar Hamilton
• Three-time PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winner Serge Thivierge
• Last year’s PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner Claude Grenier
• PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner Ken Tarling
• PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada and PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada winner Graham Gunn
• Two-time PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winner Philip Jonas
• Past PGA Assistants’ Championship of Canada winners Kevin Dugas and Marc Girouard
• PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada winner Ian Doig
• The PGA of Canada’s No. 12-ranked player Scott Allred

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At last year’s Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada Claude Grenier went wire-to-wire for the win at Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club. He finished three shots better than Kevin Dugas, Marc Hurtubise, Jean Laforce and Michael Woodcock.

The PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada was first played in 1938 as a division of the Canadian PGA Championship. In 1973, the championship became an independent event and has remained as such.

Among the Canadian golf legends to win the PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada are Stan Leonard, Moe Norman—who won a record seven straight years from 1979-1985—Bob Panasik, Al Balding—who wowed the golf world by winning at age 76 in 2000—and Rutledge.

Burlington Golf & Country Club features undulating topography and an attractive location on Hamilton Bay. Today’s challenging layout at Burlington Golf and Country Club, still essentially that designed by Stanley Thompson, Canada’s leading contemporary golf course architect, opened in 1924.

The addition of a new title sponsor sees the PGA Women’s Championship of Canada take a major step forward in becoming one of the top boutique standalone women’s golf events in the world.

DATA Communications Management has signed on to become title sponsor of the 30-year-old championship.

The sponsorship sees a newly established VIP Pro-Am and the introduction of TEAM DATA—a roster of Canadian female golf professionals who will be invited by DATA Communications Management to become ambassadors and receive sponsorship dollars as they chase their dream.

“We are thrilled to welcome DATA Communications Management as the title sponsor of our premier women’s championship,” said PGA of Canada president Steve Wood. “The unique event is a great celebration of women’s golf and this partnership with DATA Communications Management gives the event a major boost at the perfect time.”

The DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada will be held at Scarboro Golf & Country Club Aug. 14-16. The winner of this year’s championship will earn an exemption into the CP Canadian Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt & Golf Club, Aug. 21-26.

“We are extremely excited about becoming the title sponsor of this very unique professional national championship for women,” said Greg Cochrane, President of DATA Communications Management. “We see it as a tremendous opportunity to support young female professional golfers on their journey to success, while showcasing our brand and entertaining our customers along the way.”

The PGA Women’s Championship of Canada was first played in 1987 and past champions include five-time winner Lorie Kane, Brooke Henderson, Alena Sharp, Cathy Sherk, Gail Graham, Nancy Harvey, and Jessica Shepley.

More details regarding TEAM DATA will be released in the coming weeks before the 2017 DATA PGA Women’s Championship, with an additional unveiling at the event itself.

Player confirmations and announcements will continue in the weeks leading up to the championship.

Admittance to the DATA PGA Women’s Championship of Canada is free and spectators are encouraged to attend during the 36-hole championship play.

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Jean-Philip Cornellier won’t soon be forgetting his first win as a professional.

The 26-year-old from the Club de Golf Knowlton captured the PGA Championship of Canada sponsored by Mr. Lube and presented by TaylorMade-adidas in dramatic fashion Thursday afternoon at Deer Ridge Golf Club.

Cornellier outduelled Bryn Parry of the Point Grey Golf & Country Club, sinking a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 18, to win 2-up.

“This is just a great feeling to have my first win as a professional come at the PGA Championship of Canada,” Cornellier said. “It means a lot to me to have my name on the same trophy as so many legends.”

Past champions of the PGA Championship of Canada include Moe Norman, George Knudson, Danny King, Dave Levesque, Steve Stricker, Parry, Al Balding, Bob Panasik, Tim Clark, Lanny Wadkins, Jim Rutledge, Wilf Homenuik, Stan Leonard, Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer.

Cornellier came out guns blazing in the championship match, making six birdies thru nine holes and found himself 6-up over the 2013 PGA Championship of Canada winner with just eight to play.

“I was just in an amazing zone and the hole looked like the size of a basketball hoop,” Cornellier admitted.

However by the time the 16th hole rolled around, not only had his confidence evaporated, his monster-size lead had as well. A combination of four-straight bogeys and a Parry birdie on the 15th saw Cornellier’s lead shrink to just 1-up with three to play.

“Once I got it to just three down, I just told myself to hit good shots and see if I could put some pressure on him, make him nervous and find out if he could hold on for the win,” Parry said.

Parry’s strategy worked. For the first time all week Cornellier said he felt nervous.

“After a while, I started thinking, ‘what is happening out here? Is this really happening?’” Cornellier admitted. “But I just had to say to myself  ‘stay calm, you’re still leading this match and put the ball in play.’”

Both players halved holes 16 and 17 with pars before reaching the Deer Ridge’s final hole, the tree-lined 510-yard par 5 18th.

Parry’s drive found the centre of the fairway, while Cornellier’s tee shot missed wide right, finding the trees.

“On 18 I was 1-up, so why not hit driver? With a good drive I’ll hit the green in two, make birdie and it’s probably over,” Cornellier said. “And with a bad drive, I could always pitch out, hit the green in three and make birdie the old way.”

After pitching out from the right trees into the fairway, Cornellier found himself with 154-yards to the pin. He took a bold line with his 9-iron, hitting his approach to 15-feet.

After Parry failed to get up-and-down for birdie from behind the green, Cornellier calmly rolled his putt into the cup, securing the victory with a 2-up score.

“That was a nice finishing birdie and a cool way to win,” Parry said.

With the championship win, Cornellier takes home the historic P.D. Ross Trophy and the first place prize of $15,000.

However, at the end of the day, there was a silver lining for Parry as well.

By virtue of his stellar play this week at Deer Ridge, Parry will jump to the top of the player rankings when they’re released Friday and earn the PGA of Canada exemption into the RBC Canadian Open.

In the third place match, Nick Kenney outlasted Marc Hurtubise, winning on the 19th hole.

The next PGA national championship takes place this August at Burlington Golf & Country Club for the Mr. Lube PGA Seniors’ Championship of Canada.

And then there were four.

Marc Hurtubise, Nick Kenney, Jean-Philip Cornellier and Bryn Parry punched their ticket to the final day of the PGA Championship of Canada sponsored by Mr. Lube and presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf.

The National Golf Club of Canada’s Nick Kenney secured the George Knudson bracket, with Jean-Philip Cornellier winning the Moe Norman bracket. Kenney and Corneiller will square off in the semi-final match at 7:45 a.m

In the other semi-final match Marc Hurtubise meets 2013 PGA Championship winner Bryn Parry of Vancouver at 7:30 a.m. at Deer Ridge Golf Club in Kitchener, Ont.

The two winners will play in the championship’s final match Thursday afternoon, with the winner taking home the historic P.D. Ross Trophy and the first place prize of $15,000.

“I’ve never actually thought about being a national champion,” Kenney admitted after his afternoon victory or last year’s champion Marc-Etienne Bussieres. “It’s one of those things you try not to think about, but it’d be really cool to win.”

Corneiller, the 26-year-old from Club de Golf Knowlton, said his goal for the week just to make sure he was still playing by the time Thursday rolled around.

“My goal for the week was to play on Thursday, so I’m really excited about being able to play two great matches tomorrow,” he said. “I’ve been really happy with how I’ve been playing for the past three days and I expect the same tomorrow.”

Of the four players remaining, only Parry has been this deep in the championship (winning in 2013 at Magna Golf Club and reaching the semi-finals last year at Victoria Golf Club). The 45-year-old feels that should work to his advantage.

“Each year in this championship I play more matches so, I’m playing more golf and figuring how things work,” Parry said.

The player who sits atop the PGA of Canada Player Rankings presented by RBC at the conclusion of the PGA Championship of Canada earns an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont.

By virtue of his stellar play this week at Deer Ridge, Parry will jump to the top of the player rankings when they’re released Friday and earn the exemption into the RBC Canadian Open.

“It is obviously very cool and another exciting thing to look forward to this summer,” Parry said. “I’m really enjoying my equipment with TaylorMade having a special thing going with their irons, wedges and ball,” he said, adding, “and if the ball does what it’s supposed to do for those four days, it could be a lot of fun.”