<P> In 2000, Tiger Woods dueled with Grant Waite over the final 18 holes, before finally subduing the New Zealander on the 72nd hole with one of the most memorable shots of his career . Holding a one - shot advantage, Woods found his tee shot in a fairway bunker, and after watching Waite put his second shot 30 feet from the hole, decided he had no choice but to go for the green . Woods sent a 6 - iron which carried a lake and settled on the fringe just past the flag, which was 218 yards away, and then chipped to tap - in range for the title - clinching birdie . With the victory, Woods became only the second golfer to capture the U.S. Open, Open Championship and Canadian Open in the same year, earning him the Triple Crown trophy . </P> <P> In 2009, Mark Calcavecchia scored nine consecutive birdies at the second round, breaking the PGA Tour record . </P> <P> A Canadian has not won the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954, and one of the most exciting conclusions ever seen at the Open came in 2004, extending that streak . Mike Weir had never done well at the Glen Abbey Golf Course, the site of the tournament that week . In fact, he had only made the cut once at any of the Opens contested at Glen Abbey . But Weir clawed his way to the top of the leaderboard by Friday . And by the third day at the 100th anniversary Open, he had a three - stroke lead, and many Canadians were buzzing about the possibility of the streak's end . Weir started off with a double bogey, but then went 4 - under to keep his 3 - stroke lead, with only eight holes left . Yet, with the expectations of Canadian observers abnormally high, there was another roadblock in the way of Mike Weir: Vijay Singh . Weir bogeyed three holes on the back nine but still had a chance to win the tournament with a 10 - footer on the 72nd hole . When he missed the putt, the two entered a sudden - death playoff . Weir missed two more chances to win the tournament: a 25 - foot putt for eagle on No. 18 on the first hole of sudden - death, and a 5 - foot putt on No. 17, the second playoff hole . On the third playoff hole, Weir put his third shot into the water after a horrid drive and lay - up, and Singh was safely on the green in two . Singh won the Open and overtook Tiger Woods as the world's number one player . </P> <P> Canadian David Hearn took a two - shot lead into the final round in 2015 . He still had the lead as late as the 15th hole, but was being closely pursued by three players ranked near the top of the Official World Golf Ranking--Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, and Jason Day . All four golfers had chances to win right until the end . Hearn was overtaken by champion Day's three consecutive birdies to close the round; Day finished one shot ahead of Watson, who also birdied the final three holes, narrowly missing an eagle attempt on a final hole greenside chip that would have tied . Day's fourth career Tour triumph came after he had just missed a potential tying putt on the final hole at the Open Championship the previous week . Hearn finished third, the best result by a Canadian since Weir's near - miss in 2004 . In 2016, Canadian amateur Jared du Toit was only one stroke behind going into the final round, allowing him to play in the final group . He finished tied for ninth, three strokes behind eventual winner Jhonattan Vegas . </P>

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