Bud Cauley Golfer Sits One Shot Back At RBC Canadian Open
Bud Cauley golfer opened Sunday at the RBC Canadian Open sitting at 12-under, one shot behind Jackson Suber at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. He is in position to chase his first PGA TOUR win after a third-round 66 kept him in the hunt.
Bud Cauley At 12-Under
Cauley got to 12-under after a 4-under 66 in the third round. He made three bogeys in that round, but still moved into second on the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s finish at the North Course in Caledon, Ontario.
Suber carried the lead by one shot into the final round, which left Cauley needing one cleaner round to turn a strong week into a title bid. The setup is simple: one player out front, one chasing, and no room for the mistakes Cauley absorbed on Saturday.
TPC Toronto Pressure
The numbers around Cauley’s week point in opposite directions. He ranked fourth in SGP for the third round and hit 12 of 18 greens, but he was only 37th in ball striking. Before this week, he had been losing 0.22 strokes per round at courses in Canada for his career.
That split explains why his position is narrower than his score might suggest. The putter helped him survive a round that included three bogeys, while the ball-striking line left him without much margin if the lead was going to move late.
Sunday also brought another layer of pressure because Cauley ranked 132nd on the PGA TOUR in final round scoring this season. He entered the last 18 holes with a chance at his first PGA TOUR win, but the season-long closing number puts a hard edge on that opportunity.
Jackson Suber Chases The Lead
Suber’s one-shot lead kept the final round tightly framed at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. Cauley no longer had to chase a moving target across the field; he had one player in front of him and a score to beat.
The course itself gave little room to hide, with the North Course playing as a par 70 over 7,389 yards. Rain was in the forecast on Sunday, and that made the margin even thinner for a player already fighting a history of weaker final-round scoring.
For Cauley, the path was direct: hold the putter together, clean up the bogeys, and try to turn a second-place start into the kind of finish that changes a week. He began the day 12-under and one shot back, with the tournament lead still within one round.
