Geoff Ogilvy roared back into the limelight with two eagles
in his final three holes to shoot an equal best round of the day 63 on Sunday at the
Canadian Open and post his best result in more than 12 months.

Ogilvy, who
has shown flashes of form in 2016 without playing consistently well, was T9
thanks to the 9-under effort.

It was his
best score of 2016 by four shots, beating a 67 in opening round of the Zurich
Classic in New Orleans, and marks his first top-10 since last year’s Wells
Fargo tournament.

The 2006 US
Open winner started the day even par after rounds of 73-71-72 but started
strong on Sunday with three birdies on his way to the turn.

Three more
from the 10^th to the 15^th, marred by a dropped shot at
the par-3 12^th, had him in good position but it was then the
fireworks began.

Ogilvy unleashed
a 300 metre drive from the tee at the par-5 16^th then feathered a
180 metre second shot within four feet of the cup to make one of only four
eagles at the hole all day.

A routine par
at 17 followed then another bomb off the par-5 18^th left just 190
metres to the green, Ogilvy rifling a majestic long iron to less than five feet
to pick up four shots in the last three holes.

While he will
be pleased with the score Ogilvy will now be looking to continue the form for
the remainder of the year as he struggles to retain his playing rights for
2017.

The top-10
finish moves him from from 190^th to 170^th on the FedEx
Cup standings but if he is to avoid using a one time only career earnings
exemption to play next year he will need to climb into the top-125.

Ogilvy’s
blistering finish gave him top honours among the Australians this week ahead of
World Number One Jason Day who recovered well from a disastrous second round 76
to be T14.

Day was in
danger of missing the cut late Friday but rallied with a spectacular birdie at
the par-5 18^th despite finding a water hazard from the tee.

Weekend rounds
of 69-67 will see the Queenslander head to Baltusrtol to defend his PGA
Championship title in a positive frame of mind.

Like Ogilvy,
John Senden saved his best till last, a final round 67 moving him 13 places up
the leaderboard.

After back to
back missed cuts at his last two events it was a welcome return to form for the
Queenslander who has just one top-10 on his resume this season.

Cameron Percy
(T26), Rhein Gibson (T32), Stuart Appleby (T38), Robert Allenby (T63), Rod
Pampling (T65) and Greg Chalmers (T70) were the other Australians to make the
cut.

Steven
Bowditch and Cameron Smith both missed the weekend.