PGA TOUR CANADA REPORT AND SCORES

• DISAPPOINTING FINISH FOR GREG EASON AND PAUL FERRIER

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  • FROM THE PGA TOUR CANADA WEBSITE
    By Brian Decker, PGATOUR.COM

With a dramatic 70ft birdie putt and a brilliant final round of nine-under 62, British Columbia’s Greg Machtaler captured the inaugural Forces and Families Open Championship at Hylands Golf Club, Ottawa on Sunday, becoming the first Canadian winner on PGA Tour Canada in 2014.
The 30-year old made a brilliant charge up the leaderboard on Sunday, playing his final 11 holes in 9-under par, a run that included two eagles and a back nine 30. 
After finding the green at the 72^nd hole, Machtaler rolled in a long birdie putt to post the clubhouse lead at 17-under, then watched as neither American Jeff Dennis or Baddeck, Nova Scotia’s Peter Campbell could match him with a birdie at the last.
When 54-hole leader rookie Greg Eason from Leicester, England but playing on the US college circuit until the end of the 2013-2014 term,  couldn’t hole out for eagle to force a play-off, Machtaler was officially the champion, becoming the first Canadian to win since Max Gilbert at the 2013 Tour Championship of Canada.
The win comes just under a year after Machtaler’s father Glenn passed away, a decision that spurred the 2007-2011 PGA Tour Canada member to resume his chase for success on tour. “As soon as it came off the putter it felt great,” said Machtaler of his final putt. “I can’t help but think my dad had something to do with that putt going in. There were a couple of moments at the end where it looked like it might go out and then it bounced back in, and it ended up going in and I really think he had something to do with it.”
“It’s been hard,” added the Brigham Young University alumnus. “Emotionally, you think about him all the time. You’re sad and you go through some moments where you wish you could see him one more time. 
"To be able to win this for him, it kinds of makes a really tough situation just a little bit easier to deal with.”
Machtaler made 13 cuts in 24 starts from 2007-2011, then turned to work at Summerland Golf Club just east of Vancouver after playing just three times in 2011. 
A break-out season on the PGA of Canada circuit in 2013, however, where he won four times including the prestigious Canada Cup, led him to consider re-starting his tour career, a decision that paid off with his first PGA Tour Canada win on Sunday.
Not only was it a disappointing finish for Greg Esson ahd Kelvin Day, former Scottish boys champion Paul Ferrier slumped from T10 after tjree rounds to T46 with a final total of 278. He had a final round of three-over-par 74.
Banchory's Paul Cormack finished T68 on 283 after closing with a one-under 70.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
267 Greg Machtaler (Canada) 69 68 68 62/
268 Jeff Davis (USA) 68 64 70 66, Peter Campbell (Canada) 66 69 67 66
270 Greg Eason (England) 71 68 67 64, Devin Carrey (Canada) 71 68 67 64, Brent Long (USA) 69 69 67 65, Dan Buchner (USA) 68 67 69 66, Ryan Brehm (USA) 66 67 70 67, Kevlin Day (England) 66 70 66 68
SELECTED TOTALS
278 Paul Ferrier (Scotland) 65 69 70 74 (T46)
283 Paul Cormack (Scotland) 70 70 73 70 (T68)