The Canadian Open - Sunday

Sunday - The Final Round!

I was a little annoyed coming into Sunday's round - the man that organized and scheduled the standard bearers for the week, told us that he was going to give us an early group (people low on the leader board) because he preferred to give the prime groups to the people that showed the most commitment...ummm, remember how we're from Belleville?!?!  So, we had to get up REALLY early on Sunday morning, and I was expecting to go out with a group I wasn't all that excited about.  But, we got to the course and found out that the tee times online didn't exactly match up with things at the course, so I would be going out with Trevor Immelman and Matt Hill!  I was pretty excited about the idea of spending the morning with Trevor :)

Here is the Facebook status I posted as we waited for our tee time in the volunteer tent...

Bad News: I had to get up REALLY early today.
Good News: I have a date with Trevor Immelman today!

As Curt and I sat waiting, the organizer came over to ask if we would mind switching groups - he knew I was excited about my group, so he was hesitant to ask, but the people that were supposed to go out ahead of us were held up on the shuttle bus.  I agreed to switch when I found out I would get to be with Hunter Mahan's group!  

So, on Sunday, my group was:

Hunter Mahan (an American), 

and  Miguel Angel Carballo (an Argentinian).

Hunter played pretty well on Sunday, unfortunately it was a little too late.  He hadn't played well in the first three rounds, and there were a few too many double bogies on his scorecard.  We had two guys walking with us as player security, and they had been with Hunter all week...one of them commented that he made more putts on Sunday's front nine than he had made all week!  He shot a 66 on Sunday - big improvement over the 72, 69 and 71 from earlier in the week.

Miguel played really well too, especially on the front nine where he shot -5!  And, he eagled the seventeenth...the third eagle for one of 'my players'!  Unfortunately, he had a couple bogies on the back too...but, he still finished with a 65.

And, Curt and I after the final round...with our signs again...

And, me with my sign and the signed golf ball Hunter gave me after the round :)

The good thing about going out with such an early group was that we were finished just as the top groups were starting to tee off.  So, we grabbed some lunch in the volunteer tent, and then went out to find a spot to watch.  We didn't want to follow one of the top groups because we had already done enough walking!  So, we parked ourselves on the ninth green (less crowded than the 18th), and watched.

Once the final group came through, we decided it was time to head home...so, we didn't get to see the winner, Scott Piercy, hoist the trophy...but, we didn't really mind, we had seen enough for the weekend!