Calgary's Cindy Pasechnick, one of seven Canadians competing for an LPGA TOUR card for the 2009 season, managed to shoot 1-under par 71 for a share of 17th place in the opening round of the 90-hole qualifying-school tournament at Daytona Beach, Florida Wednesday.
Canadian Bryan DeCorso of Guelph, Ontario shot a bogey-free round with six birdies to post a 6-under par 66 and tie for fourth place, just one stroke behind a trio of players who share first place after day one of the PGA TOUR's final stage of Qualifying School in La Quinta, California Wednesday.
Despite three-putting the final hole, Argentina's Rafael Gomez recorded a three-under par 68 and won the Sport Frances Open by one stroke in the first event of the Canadian Tour's 2009 international season, conducted in Santiago, Chile.
From the outset highly ranked Sweden was picked as the nation to beat and in the end it was the Swedish twosome of Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson who shot a remarkable 9-under par 63 to overtake third-round co-leaders Spain and Australia to win the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in Shenzhen, China Sunday.
Christopher Guenther of Germany, the only player to shoot three consecutive sub-par rounds, has a two shot lead heading into Sunday's final of the Sport Francis Open in Santiago, Chile where the Canadian Tour is kicking off the first event of the Tour's 2009 schedule.
With their second fourball score of 8-under par 63 in three rounds Australia has move into a tie with Spain for the lead after three rounds of the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup of Golf in Shenzen, China.
A five-under par 66 has propelled Germany's Christoph Guenther into a three-stroke lead halfway through the Canadian Tour's Sport Francis Open being played this week in Santiago, Chile.
While Spain has replaced Germany atop the leaderboard of the World Cup of Golf in Shenzhen, China, a difficult round in foursomes (alternate-shot) competition has pushed Canada from third to eighth place and eight strokes back of the leaders after two rounds.