Round One Of The Canadian Tour Championship

Im fired an eight under par 64 for a slim lead over fellow Americans James Hahn and John Ellis while Tom Stankowski and Canada's Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., both shot 66 to share fourth spot.

Dustin Risdon, Michael Wilson, Hoyt McGarity and Scott Gibson are at 67.

Wes Heffernan, Dale Vallely, Barrett Jarosch, Lee Williamson, Mike Grob, Andrew Johnson, Doug Batty, Ryan Cairns and George Bradford all shot four under 68.

"With the way I started, I thought I was going to shoot nothing today," said Im, who was seven under through 10 holes before a bogey at No. 11 slowed him down. "After that, I just kind of cruised my way in with a couple of birdies."

"Eight was a big hole," he continued. "It's a par-3 and I pushed it right and had to chip to 10 feet. I made the putt and that kept my round going. I didn't feel that I was playing all that well but I made a lot of putts today."

John Ellis, the tour's leading money winner by more than $25,000, played with Im. "It was a lot of fun out there," said Ellis. "We were sort of carrying each other out there and having a great time."

Ellis was at one over through three before making eight birdies over the final 14 holes. "Whenever I talk with the media, it means I played well," said Ellis.

Rookie James Hahn, shazring second with Ellis, said, "This was a good day. "I was hitting the ball into good spots off the tee and rolling the ball really well. I started off with a couple of birdies and then made my only bogey at the third."

"The gentleman I am staying with followed me from about the sixth hole on and he proved to be a good luck charm," continued Hahn, who played the final 12 holes in six under par. Hahn's round included a chip-in birdie at No. 11.

"That was huge," said Hahn, of his third consecutive birdie. "I hit a 9-iron from 145. Chipping that one in kept the round going."

Canadian Tour Championship

1 Daniel Im United States 64
T2 John Ellis United States 65
T2 James Hahn United States 65
T4 Tom Stankowski United States 66
T4 Graham DeLaet Canada 66
T6 Dustin Risdon Canada 67
T6 Michael Wilson United States 67
T6 Scott Gibson United States 67
T6 Hoyt McGarity United States 67
T10 Lee Williamson United States 68
T10 Wes Heernan Canada 68
T10 George Bradord United States 68
T10 Barrett Jarosch Canada 68
T10 Dale Vallely Canada 68
T10 Mike Grob United States 68
T10 Andrew Johnson Australia 68
T10 Doug Batty New Zealand 68
T10 Ryan Cairns Zimbabwe 68
T19 Jim Lemon United States 69
T19 Garrett Frank United States 69
T19 Tim Wood Australia 69
T19 Liam Kendregan United States 69
T23 Richard Gilkey United States 70
T23 Stuart Anderson Canada 70
T23 Marc Lawless United States 70
T23 Adam Speirs Canada 70
T23 Richard Scott Canada 70
T23 Justin Smith Australia 70
T23 Nick Manre United States 70
T23 Justin Madison United States 70
T23 Kris Wasylowich Canada 70
T23 Eugene Smith United States 70
T23 Wil Collins United States 70
T23 Clayton Rask United States 70
T23 Warren Pineo United States 70
T23 Ben Bunny Australia 70
T37 Joseph Lanza United States 71
T37 Jay Choe Korea, South 71
T37 Clint Rice Australia 71
T37 Brian Unk United States 71
T37 DJ Fiese United States 71
T37 Eric Couture Canada 71
T37 Kevin Kim United States 71
T37 JC Deacon Canada 71
T37 Conner Robbins United States 71
T37 John Cassidy United States 71
T37 James Love Canada 71
T37 Zack Shriver United States 71
T37 Eric Wang United States 71
T37 Alex Quiroz Mexico 71
T37 Lee Curry Canada 71
T52 Mark Warman United States 72
T52 Rob Oppenheim United States 72
T52 Andy Matthews United States 72
T52 Je Lai United States 72
T52 Andrew Jensen Canada 72
T52 Craig Scott Australia 72
T52 Luke Hickmott Australia 72
T52 Andy Walker United States 72
T52 Adam Bland Australia 72
T52 Andrew Parr Canada 72
T62 Adam Short Canada 73
T62 Mark Leon Canada 73
T62 Mitch Tasker Australia 73
T62 Ryan Thornberry United States 73
T62 Garrett Sapp United States 73
T62 Mike Mezei Canada 73
T62 Taylor Wood United States 73
T62 Derek Oakey United States 73
T62 Greg McAuley Canada 73
T62 Brad Heaven New Zealand 73
T62 Alex Coe United States 73
T73 Byron Smith United States 74
T73 Michael Walton United States 74
T73 Stephen Dixon Canada 74
T73 Yohann Benson Canada 74
T73 Michael Nicoletti United States 74
T73 Chris Wall United States 74
T73 Luke Swilor United States 74
T73 Jaime Gomez United States 74
T73 Shawn Jasper United States 74
T73 Mitchell Gillis Canada 74
T73 Steve Friesen United States 74
T84 Brent Schwarzrock United States 75
T84 Josh Habig United States 75
T84 So Kobayashi Japan 75
T84 L. Bernakevitch Canada 75
T84 Will Dodson United States 75
T84 Ryan Horn Canada 75
T84 Kent Eger Canada 75
T84 Troy Kelly United States 75 75
T84 Jim Seki United States 75
T84 Tommy Barber United States 75
T84 Randy Lowry III United States 75
T84 Jerey Rangel United States 75
T84 Winn Smith United States 75
T84 Mark Kitts Canada 75
T98 Justin Itzen United States 76
T98 Ben Fox United States 76
T98 Will Mitchell Canada 76
T98 Danny Sahl Canada 76
T98 Matt Fonner United States 76
T98 Dong Yi United States 76
T98 José Trauwitz Mexico 76
T98 Scott Ford United States 76
T98 Michael Harris United States 76
T98 Kwangsoo Yoon Korea, South 76
T98 Casey Watabu United States 76
T98 Brian Benedictson Canada 76
T98 Justin Snelling United States 76
T98 Andreas Johnsson Sweden 76
T112 Josh Geary New Zealand 77
T112 Torey Edwards United States 77
T112 Ryan Yip Canada 77
T112 Marc Peterson United States 77
T112 Ryan Camp United States 77
T112 Joe Horowitz United States 77
T112 Ryan Williams Canada 77
T119 Steve Conway United States 78
T119 K. ortin-Simard Canada 78
T119 Bob Niger United States 78
T122 Scott Hawley Canada 79
T122 Zach Doran United States 79
T122 James Lepp Canada 79
T122 Andres Gonzales United States 79
T126 Brandon Kearney United States 80
T126 Kyle Monort United States 80
128 Jason Moon Australia 81
129 Mike Sica United States 83
130 Walt Keating Canada 87
131 Drew Stoltz United States WD -

* indicates player started on back nine