Former Colorado State University golfer Martin Laird came the closest to a PGA Tour victory he has since his Valero Texas Open win in 2013 by finishing second Sunday in the RBC Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario.
Laird (left), who has three PGA Tour victories to his credit, ended up a stroke behind champion Jhonattan Vegas, who birdied his last three holes en route to a 64 on Sunday.
Laird shared second place with Dustin Johnson and Tour rookie Jon Rahm. The former Ram went 73-69-68-67 for an 11-under-par 277 total.
The runner-up finish assured Laird of keeping his PGA Tour card for next season as he jumped from 120th place on the 2015-16 money list to 81st. The top 125 at the end of the season are fully exempt for the coming year.
Jobe Scores Big in Another Senior Major: Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe finished fifth Sunday in the Senior British Open in Scotland, marking his third top-five showing in a senior major this year.
Jobe closed with a 6-under-par 66 Sunday to post a 7-under 281 total. He ended up four strokes behind champion Paul Broadhurst and earned $64,802 in the process.
Previously this year in senior majors, Jobe has placed third in the Senior PGA and fourth in the Senior Players Championship, along with 17th in the Regions Tradition.
Jobe ranks 17th on the 2016 PGA Tour Champions money list with $544,420.
Elsewhere: Former University of Colorado golfer Sebastian Heisele placed fourth Sunday in the Le Vaudreuil (France) Golf Challenge on the European Challenge Tour. After going 63-69-73-67, he came up two strokes shy of winner Alexander Bjork of Sweden. It was Heisele’s seventh top-20 finish of the Challenge Tour season. He’s 15th on the Challenge money list with 43,142 euros.
