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Bud Cauley picked up the first win of his PGA Tour career on Sunday afternoon outside of Toronto. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
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Finally, Bud Cauley is a winner on the PGA Tour.
Cauley held on late to claim the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday afternoon. He posted a 5-under 65 in a rainy final round at TPC Toronto, which gave him a two-shot win over the rest of the field.
The win was the first of Cauley's career, and it came in what was his 239th PGA Tour start. Before Sunday, Cauley had never finished better than third since he earned his Tour card back in 2012. Only four other guys on Tour have had more starts without a win.
The win also secured him a spot into the U.S. Open next week. Cauley, who entered the tournament at No. 68 in the Official World Golf Rankings, needed a fifth-place finish or better to earn a spot in the field at Shinnecock Hills.
Naturally, that left Cauley and his family incredibly emotional on the green.
Cauley entered the final round a shot back after his 66 on Saturday. Jackson Suber birdied the final hole on Moving Day to take the solo lead, but he quickly fell back on Sunday to open the door for the rest of the field.
But Cauley took off. After making the turn at 2-under on the day, he rattled off three straight birdies on the back to suddenly build up a three-shot lead. The second birdie in that stretch came after a wild chip-in from the thick rough, which gave him the solo lead.
Cauley added another birdie at the 15th for good measure to briefly push his lead to four. From there, he just held on the rest of the way to secure his win. He even pulled out a ridiculous save after slipping down a slope into a bunker on the 18th.
Along with his entry in next week’s major championship, Cauley also earned a spot in the British Open next month.
Matt Fitzpatrick finished alone in second at 15-under, which actually moved him into first in the FedExCup standings, though Scottie Scheffler is just six points behind him.
Brooks Koepka withdrew from the tournament before Sunday's round with a hand injury, too. Koepka entered the weekend just two shots off the lead, but had fallen down 25 spots on the leaderboard after a rough Moving Day. He said he was struggling to grip the club after his third round, and received treatment on his left arm and elbow. Koepka's status for the U.S. Open next week is now unknown.
Here's a look at how much Cauley and the rest of the field earned this week in Canada.
RBC Canadian Open payouts
1. Bud Cauley — $1.764 million
2. Matt Fitzpatrick — $1.0682 million
3. Viktor Hovland — $676,200
T4. Jimmy Stanger, Brice Garnett, Jesper Svensson, Jackson Suber — $392,000
T8. Aldrich Potgieter, Ryan Fox, Sudarshan Yellamaraju — $286,650
T11. Matthew Anderson, Jacob Bridgeman, Tommy Fleetwood, Wyndham Clark — $218,050
T15. Chandler Phillips, Tom Kim, Doug Ghim, Robert MacIntyre, Billy Horschel — $159,250
T20. Matthieu Pavon, Erik van Rooyen, Alex Fitzpatrick, Emiliano Grillo, Keita Nakajima, Max Homa, William Mouw, David Skinns, Sam Burns — $96,857
T29. Kevin Yu, Ben Kohles, Keith Mitchell, Taylor Pendrith, A.J. Ewart, Takumi Kanaya, Collin Morikawa, Justin Matthews (a), Patrick Fishburn, Shane Lowry — $58,854
39. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen — $46,550
T40. Tony Finau, Harry Hall, Adam Hadwin, Alejandro Tosti, Taylor Moore — $40,670
T45. Beau Hossler, Davis Thompson, Sam Ryder, Dylan Wu, Sahith Theegala, Ricky Castillo — $30,119
T51. Max Mcgreevy, Neal Shipley, Johnny Keefer —
$24,598
T54. Ben Silverman, Michael Thorbjornsen, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Luke Clanton, Ben James — $23,069
59. Calen Sanderson — $22,442
T60. Denny McCarthy, Kristoffer Reitan, Adam Svensson, Haotong Li, Lanto Griffin — $21,854
T65. Vince Whaley, Nick Taylor — $21,168
T67. Joey Savioe, Paul Peterson, Chandler Blanchet — $23,678
70. Joe Highsmith — $20,286
T71. Kevin Roy, Kensei Hirata — $19,992
73. Austin Eckroat — $19,698
74. Jeremy Paul — $19,502
*As he is an amateur, Justin Matthews will not receive a payout this week for his T29 finish.
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