Fox outlasts Burns in 4-hole playoff to win Canadian Open

Ryan Fox birdied the fourth playoff hole to outlast Sam Burns at the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday.

The win is Fox's second of his PGA TOUR career after he topped the field at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic in May.

Fox extended Sunday's round with a 17-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to match Burns at 18-under. Burns rocketed 14 spots up the leaderboard in the final round with an 8-under 62, which included five straight birdies to open his electric back nine.

*Won on fourth playoff hole

Fox set up his victory with an excellent second shot that landed within 10 feet of the hole to set up an eagle attempt. Though he settled for a birdie, it was enough to beat Burns.

Burns had the win in his sights on the first playoff hole but missed a five-foot putt that would have secured his sixth career PGA TOUR victory and first since the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

Fox and Matteo Manassero held a one-stroke lead after the first three rounds. Manassero ended his tournament with a one-under 69 to tie for sixth place, as the 32-year-old Italian continues to search for his first PGA TOUR victory.

"It was a nice week," Manassero said. "My game is trending the right direction for sure, and I think to ultimately end up winning tournaments, you need to go through days like this in which you learn how to maybe improve something that could possibly be improved."

Mackenzie Hughes entered Sunday's action just two strokes back of the lead but fizzled out with a 72. Nick Taylor was the highest Canadian on the board at 13-under par.

Hughes acknowledged that he wasn't feeling his best during the final round.

"Did a lot of nice things," Hughes said. "Had a chance going into Sunday, so I feel like that's a positive. Today, yeah, I didn't feel - I wasn't feeling great. Kind of battling some stomach stuff and just never really felt myself out there. Didn't have an appetite to eat much.

"That was disappointing to have that on my plate today, but no excuse really. I still was able to walk and swing a club. ... I was kind of out of it after the first nine. Disappointing, but lots of positives still."

Despite a double-bogey on No. 17, Taylor said he's feeling "really good" about his game with the U.S. Open next week.

"I drove it awesome today," he said, per TSN. "The putter's been pretty good all week. ... All my game's been good. It was just a few too many mistakes on the weekend that probably cost me a really good chance."