Golf Roundup : Green Overcomes Late Bogeys to Win Canadian Open

Ken Green survived bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes Monday to win the rain-delayed $750,000 Canadian Open by one stroke at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario.

Green finished with an even-par 72 on the final round for a course-record, 72-hole total of 275, 13 under par. Scott Verplank tied for second with Billy Glasson one stroke back at 276.

Green led by three strokes with seven holes to go when play resumed Monday morning after a severe thunderstorm forced postponement on Sunday. Green three-putted Nos. 16 and 17 for bogeys, putting him one shot ahead of Scott Verplank.

Verplank missed a 20-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff. Green parred the final hole for the win.

“It shouldn’t have been that close,” Green said after struggling to his third career victory. “I blew it. The conditions got to me a little bit. The pressure got to me a little bit.”

With a cold wind blowing, Green bogeyed three of the seven holes he played Monday.

“I was quite scared going into today, especially when I saw that cold wind,” Green said. “I am not a good cold-wind player.”

Mike Sullivan eagled the final hole for a 67 that lifted him into a tie for fourth with Dave Barr, the low Canadian, at 277. Barr completed a 66 moments before the storm delay Sunday and became the highest Canadian finisher in the event since Pat Fletcher won in 1954.

Green earned $135,000, and Verplank and Glasson each received $66,000.

Jack Nicklaus, who designed the 7,102-yard course, finished 3 under par at 285.

Betsy King shot a 1-under par 71 Monday for a two-stroke victory over Margaret Ward in the $250,000 LPGA Rail Classic at the Rail Golf Club in Springfield, Ill.

King finished with a 54-hole total of 207, 9 under par, to capture the tournament for the third time in the last four years. She won the event in 1985 and 1986.

“I’d like to take the course and everything else with me,” said King, who earned her second victory of the season.

Ward matched King’s 71 Monday but finished two shots back at 205. She made a late charge, with birdies on the 14th and 16th holes, but couldn’t close the gap.

King entered the day with a two-stroke lead and posted three birdies and two bogeys on the front nine. She then parred the back nine for the victory.

Sandra Palmer three-putted the final hole for a round of 72 and fell into a tie for third at 5 under par with Donna White, who shot a 70 Monday.

King earned $37,500, and Ward took home $23,125.