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Taylor sealed the deal with a sensational putt
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Play-off agony for Fleetwood
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Whitnell completes breakthrough in Sweden
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What a final round we witnessed in Toronto, as Oakdale G&CC rocked to a chorus of Canadian fans delighted that one of their fine crop of players was genuinely in the hunt for the title no homegrown golfer had won in 69 years.
Sunday had started with CT Pan two shots clear of the field on 14-under while six men (Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Mark Hubbard, Justin Rose, Harry Higgs and Andrew Novak) shared second, with Nick Taylor and Aaron Rai a further shot back.
We looked set for an exciting finale and we were about to get it. First, we had a bizarre but lovely warm-up.
The front nine had been difficult all week and it swiftly did for the chances of McIlroy and Higgs who played it in 2-over.
McIlroy was matched as low as 2.245/4 through the week, mostly during a Saturday charge, but this was another disappointing final round effort.
Rose made early in-roads before a double bogey-6 at the eighth did for his chances - he was matched at a low of 4.67/2 before heading backwards while Novak reached the turn in level-par before heading in the same direction on the back nine.
Meanwhile, Eric Cole continued his fine year with a 63 to set an early clubhouse target of 14-under which Tyrrell Hatton would soon eclipse with a second 64 of the week for 16-under 272, a total matched by Rai who carded a Sunday 67.
The Englishmen were backed at 3.185/40 and 3.953/1 before it became obvious that they'd not quite done enough. Their consolation was tied third alongside Pan.
By the closing stages, then, it was a tale of two men.
The locals were delirious that Taylor, who opened with a 75 to sit T120th, had responded with rounds of 67-63 and he kept his foot to the floor, but Fleetwood was not caving in.
Taylor had been available at 95.094/1 before the off, Fleetwood 29.028/1. After his terrible start, Taylor had been backed at 1000.0999/1 while Fleetwood had drifted to 55.054/1 following rounds of 70-70 that had him T23rd at the start of the weekend.
The drama heightened around the par-5 final hole: Taylor was tied for the lead and found the greenside rough, Fleetwood was one shot back but had three holes to play.
The market deemed it a shootout: Taylor was 2.01/1, Fleetwood 2.77/4.
The prices would now flip dizzyingly either side of 2.01/1 throughout the next 90 minutes.
Taylor got up and down to set a new target of 17-under and hit 1.84/5, Fleetwood made birdie at 16 to go 1.910/11, a sensational approach from him at 17 set up another birdie to tie the lead, he took it and went 1.251/4 with Taylor 4.94/1.
We were, however, far - very far - from done.
Fleetwood missed the fairway at 18 with a 5-iron and missed the fairway again with his lay up. He had a fiendish third shot from a terrible angle but made the green and two-putted for par and extra holes. Throughout this ordeal, the market more or less trusted him to do so with both players' prices staying close to 2.01/1 but it favoured the Englishman ahead of the play off at 1.910/11 to 2.111/10.
On the first extra hole, Taylor dropped to 1.351/3 when Fleetwood needed to hole from 20-feet to extend the action - he did so.
Second time around Taylor missed the fairway with his tee shot and Fleetwood fanned his approach into the stand, but the prices didn't lurch too dramatically either time as a pair of pars were recorded.
On to the par-3 ninth for the third extra hole where Fleetwood was 1.558/15 when stood over a winning 13-foot putt that didn't drop.
Then back to 18 where both missed the fairway but Taylor found the green in two. Fleetwood's third left him 12-feet for birdie, Taylor had 72-feet for eagle - but he'd never holed from that distance in his entire PGA Tour career.
The market favoured Taylor: that he'd two-putt and force another save from Fleetwood.
He did better than that, though: he drained the putt and the Canadian scenes of joy were fabulous.
"Everything just kind of clicked the last three days," Taylor said afterwards. "That's probably the best I've struck the ball tee to green and the putter was hot. I definitely had everything working, which is very rare. It was special."
He's yet to finish top 10 in a major and it might be tough to do so off a draining week but he's in to 100/1101.00 on the Sportsbook for this week's US Open.
Fleetwood was typically generous after the near-miss, congratulating Taylor and admitting: "I had my chances and didn't take 'em." Of the failure to find the fairway on the 72nd hole he added: "I was playing so well and just got a bit fast."
A two-time top four finisher in the US Open, the Sportsbook now have him 33/134.00.
In contrast to the Canadian fireworks, the conclusion of the DP World Tour's Scandinavian Mixed was rather more straightforward.
Dale Whitnell had closed his Thursday account with an eagle and carded a sizzling second round of 61 which opened up a six shot halfway lead. He was still four blows clear with 18 holes to play and there were some problems in the final round but he pretty much kept everyone at bay in fine style.
His form had been non-existent on arrival: four cuts in his last five starts and in the exception he'd gone 79-79 at the weekend!
But there was no hint of that in Sweden.
He'd been backed at 350.0349/1 before the off, was 1.9520/21 after 36 holes and 1.695/7 before the final lap.
He played the weekend with Yannik Paul who executed a fine 18th hole on Saturday night but otherwise failed to exert much pressure and, although backed at 2.01/1 to small amounts, was generally 4.03/1 throughout the last two rounds.
Sean Crocker sailed home with weekend laps of 64-65 but it was too little too late. He was backed at 4.131/10 but not lower.
It was Whitnell's first DP World Tour to add to one victory on the second tier.