CALGARY – American Ryan Armour birdied the 18th hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Saturday to climb atop the Rogers Charity Classic leaderboard.
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CALGARY – American Ryan Armour birdied the 18th hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Saturday to climb atop the Rogers Charity Classic leaderboard.
CALGARY – American Ryan Armour birdied the 18th hole at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Saturday to climb atop the Rogers Charity Classic leaderboard.
The 50-year-old golfer from Akron, Ohio, carded a round of 7-under 63 to move to 12 under, just one shot ahead of New Zealand’s Steve Alker.
“I was kind of leaking oil with the driver coming in,” said Armour, whose round included nine birdies and an unfortunate double bogey on the par-4, 15th hole.
“I drove it in trouble on 15. I drove it in the fairway bunker on 17 and then drove it out of play on 18, but wedged it into play and hit a good 9 iron in there on 18 and made the putt. I’ve just got to go to the range and get that driver sorted out (for Sunday’s final round).”
After shooting 65 on Friday, Armour started his second round with three straight birdies.
“For the most part, up until the 15th hole, I was striping it,” said the PGA Tour Champions rookie. “I hit it where I wanted at all times and it was going nice, but it’s golf. It’s 18 holes, it’s 54 holes out here. Bad things are going to happen. You’ve got to adjust.”
After an opening-round 68, Alker got himself back in the tournament by tying the course record with a 9-under round of 61.
