OAKVILLE, Ontario - Dustin Johnson is accustomed to cheers and chants of "Let's go, D.J.!"
But getting serenaded with "O Canada"?
"I did hear it a couple of times, them singing 'O Canada'," Johnson said with a laugh Sunday after winning the RBC Canadian Open.
"With the amount of support I get when I come up here, it's been great. Everyone's been great to me. I definitely feel like an honorary Canadian."
Johnson has a famous tie to southern Ontario, with fiancée Paulina's father, hockey great Wayne Gretzky, from Brantford. Some fans wore Edmonton Oilers jerseys, and shouts of "Wayne!" "99!" and "Paulina!" could be heard.
"It was great all week - I had a lot of support out there, a lot of fans following me," Johnson said. "With my ties to Canada with Paulina and then her dad being Wayne Gretzky, it definitely helps. I get a lot of fans that pull for Wayne, they pull for me."
The top-ranked Johnson, who has an endorsement deal with title sponsor RBC, gave them plenty to cheer about, pulling away for his third victory of the season and 19th on the PGA Tour.
Tied for the lead with Byeong Hun An, Whee Kim and Kevin Tway after the third round, Johnson closed with a 6-under-par 66 for a three-stroke victory over An and Kim. Johnson finished at 23-under 265, winning at Glen Abbey Golf Club after finishing second here in both 2013 and 2016 - and a week after missing the cut in the British Open.
"Even after the missed cut last week, I felt like I was hitting it fine," Johnson said. "I just did not score very well at Carnoustie at all. I didn't putt good. I just scored really badly. But I felt like I hit the ball plenty good enough to be under par after two days, and I was 5 over or something. It was just bad scoring."
Things fell into place for him at Glen Abbey, the Jack Nicklaus-designed course slated for redevelopment.
"I needed to work on the putter, though, which I did," Johnson said. "Started rolling the putter a lot better here this week. Really, really hit the ball well all four days."
Johnson also won at the Tournament of Champions in January and the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June.
An and Kim each shot a 69 in the final round, which was interrupted by a lightning delay that lasted nearly two hours.
"Definitely wasn't my best day," An said. "I didn't give myself many birdie chances."
Keegan Bradley closed with a 64 to finish fourth at 19 under. He shot a 63 on Friday, but had a 73 on Saturday.
"Yesterday's round was a weird round," Bradley said. "I didn't play all that bad, but I didn't score very well."
Abraham Ancer (67) was fifth at 17 under, with Tommy Fleetwood (67) and Danny Lee (68) another stroke back.
Mackenzie Hughes was the top Canadian, shooting a 68 to tie for eighth at 15 under with Joel Dahmen (69), Andrew Putnam (67) and Brandt Snedeker (67).
Tway, still searching for his first PGA Tour win, had a 76 to drop into a tie for 17th at 13 under.
Baylor School graduate Keith Mitchell (73) tied for 65th at 6 under, while fellow former Red Raiders standout Stephan Jaeger (68) shared 71st at 4 under.
Jimenez prevails
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Miguel Angel Jimenez became the first Spaniard to win the Senior British Open, edging 2017 champion Bernhard Langer by a shot.
Jimenez dropped only one stroke en route to a closing 3-under 69 and finished at 12-under 276 overall at the historic Old Course at St. Andrews.
Jimenez was following in famous footsteps as the second Spaniard to win at St. Andrews after Seve Ballesteros won the British Open in 1984.
"This is the place where everyone wants to win and the place where Seve won his second British Open," Jimenez said. "It has always been my ambition to win here. It feels like I am part of history."
Jimenez, 54, played the sort of round every professional golfer dreams of on the final day at St. Andrews, and often in unpleasant - and occasionally vicious - weather.
Langer closed with a 68 as he came up short in his bid for a fourth Senior British Open title. Stephen Ames (69), Scott McCarron (68) and Kirk Triplett (69) tied for third at 10 under.
Jimenez won the Regions Tradition in May, holding off a hard-charging Steve Stricker for his first senior major title.
On Sunday, the self-styled "most interesting man in golf" played down his celebrations, but the prolonged raising of his arms was evidence enough of Jimenez's delight.
And relief. Only by making a vital nine-foot putt for par on the penultimate green had he held onto his overnight lead.
Late breakthrough
HAMBURG, Germany - Richard McEvoy won his first European Tour title at the age of 39 after a dramatic finish to the European Open.
The Englishman holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the last hole to secure a one-shot victory ahead of Christofer Blomstrand (68), Allen John (67) and Renato Paratore (70).
McEvoy closed with a 1-over 73 to finish at 11-under 277 at Green Eagle Golf Courses. He won in his 285th European Tour appearance, 17 years after making his debut on the tour and just seven days after triumphing on the developmental Challenge Tour.
"It's incredible. I've waited a long time, 17 years as a pro on and off the Tour, from Challenge Tour to European Tour," McEvoy said.
McEvoy started the final day in a share of the lead with Bryson DeChambeau but successive bogeys late in the round led to the American falling out of contention.
DeChambeau (78) twice landed in the water on the final hole, with his triple bogey eight dropping him to a share of 13th place.
Back to the top
GULLANE, Scotland - Ariya Jutanugarn won the Ladies Scottish Open to return to No. 1 in the women's world ranking, shooting a 5-under 66 for a one-stroke victory over Minjee Lee.
Jutanugarn finished at 13-under 271 at Gullane Golf Club for her third LPGA Tour victory of the year and 10th overall. The 22-year-old Thai star last held the No. 1 spot in June 2017.
Jutanugarn also won the U.S. Women's Open and Kingsmill Championship this year.
Lee, from Australia, closed with a 66 in the tuneup event for the Women's British Open this week at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.