TORONTO – Rory McIlroy successfully defended his title at the RBC Canadian Open, carding a final-round (62) to win by two strokes over Tony Finau.
With his 21st career win, McIlroy moved into a tie for 31st on the all-time PGA Tour wins list and became the sixth player this season with multiple victories and fourth to successfully defend a title.
Justin Rose made bogey at No. 18 to card a 10-under (60), tying his career-low score and lowest score on Tour this season.
Corey Conners (solo-6th) took honors with the Rivermead Cup as the low Canadian professional.
Keith Mitchell and Wyndham Clark (both T-7) earned spots in The Open Championship via the Open Qualifying Series.
54-hole co-leader Tony Finau carded a final-round (64) to finish solo-second, earning his 10th career runner-up on Tour and 50th Top-10. … Finau has three Top-fives in his last five starts (T-2/Mexico Open at Vidanta, T-4/Charles Schwab Challenge, 2nd/RBC Canadian Open), but he fell to 0-for-5 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead.
Justin Thomas (solo-3rd) tied his career-high birdie streak with six in a row at Nos. 6-11 and moved to No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings while World No. 1 and FedEx Cup leader Scottie Scheffler finished T-18.
RBC Canadian | Final Leaderboard
Rory McIlroy 66-68-65-62—261 (-19)
Tony Finau 66-71-62-64—263 (-17)
Justin Thomas 69-69-63-64—265 (-15)
Justin Rose 69-70-67-60—266 (-14)
Sam Burns 67-69-65-65—266 (-14)