FIL-AM ace Rico Hoey faltered in the final round, submitting a two-over 72 to finish joint 36th in the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday in Ontario.
Only three off the pace after a sizzling 64 on moving day, Hoey lost steam and logged a frustrating 34-38 closing card to bow out of contention.
Starting the day at ninth, the 29-year-old dropped 27 spots in the final leaderboard with his four-day output of 271. Still, it was a productive stint as Hoey earned $44,660 (around $2.5 million) with this finish.
Hoey actually had a promising start in Round 4, birdying the opening hole and knocking down another on No. 10.
But it went downhill from there. The Filipino parbuster missed the 13th green and failed to save par from eight feet, then fumbled with a triple bogey 7 on No. 16 and dropped a shot on the next. He salvaged a birdie on the final hole.
New Zealand’s Ryan Fox reigned supreme after beating the USA’s Sam Burns in the fourth playoff hole. Fox fired a closing 66 to draw level at 262 with Burns, who had a brilliant 62 for the day.
The duo matched pars on the par-5 18th three times in the sudden death before Fox sank a seven-foot birdie putt on the fourth trip against Burns’ par to settle the dispute. — Olmin Leyba
