Overnight leader Furyk has no answer to Clark’s birdie blitz

South Africa’s Tim Clark birdied five of his last eight holes on Sunday to power past Jim Furyk and win the Canadian Open.

Clark, who won the prestigious Players Championship in 2010 for his only prior PGA Tour title, posted a final round five-under-par 65 on Royal Montreal’s Blue Course for a 17-under total of 263 and a one-stroke victory over Furyk.

Furyk, 44, took a three-stroke lead into the final round and seemed poised to claim a third career Canadian Open title, and end his own victory drought stretching back to his 2010 Tour Championship triumph.