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Persons Wins 2nd PGA Tour Canada Stop; Allenby Top Canadian

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The PGA Tour Canada moved westward this weekend, stopping at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria for the second of twelve events that will lead players on a cross-country road trip throughout the summer.

And for the second straight week it all came down to the final hole. New Mexico’s Tim Madigan, playing one group ahead of the leaders, had a birdie opp at the 18th to force a playoff. When he missed, 54-hole leader Josh Persons knew par would do the trick, and comfortably two-putted for the victory – and the $27,000 paycheque. Madigan would settle for a T2 finish – a new PB on the Canadian tour – which he shared with Upland’s 2010 champion Brock Mackenzie of Washington.

Persons’s rounds of 70-67-65-66 placed him at -12 for the event in an impressive performance that further emphasizes the quality of Canada’s premier golf tour. Last week’s winner, Joel Dahmen, posted a -16 total, and both weeks the cut line has been under par.

James Allenby  (Les Bazso / PNG staff photo)

James Allenby (Les Bazso / PNG staff photo)

James Allenby of Langley won this week’s Freedom 55 Financial Canadian Player of the Week award for his T4 finish at -10. The top Canadian in the field each week receives an additional $1,500 from Freedom 55 Financial, with the top Canadian from the season earning a bonus $10,000 this fall. As the sole Canadian to crack the top-10 at this week’s tour stop, Allenby’s next best countrymen were Christopher Ross (Hamilton) and Ryan Yip (Calgary) who finished in a tie for 13th.

Persons’s win, his first on the PGA Tour Canada, places him second on the money list behind Dahmen. The top 5 on the Order of Merit come September will earn full Web.Com Tour status; a significant step on the path to the PGA Tour. Through two events last week’s runner-up Brad Clapp (Chilliwack) is the lone Canuck among the top 5.



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