Fantasy Golf Round Up: Vegas Wins Canadian Open

It was the Venezuelan's second PGA Tour title

Vegas wins Canadian Open
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In this week's fantasy golf round up, Jhonattan Vegas wins Canadian Open to qualify for the USPGA Championship and pick up 405 points

Fantasy Golf Round Up: Vegas Wins Canadian Open

This week's big winner was Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas who picked up 405 fantasy golf points as he secured the RBC Canadian Open as well as qualification for the USPGA Championship.

Vegas shot a stunning 8-under-par 64 to reach 12-under which none of the final pairings could match. His final round included five birdies in a row on the front nine and three in a row to finish.

Dustin Johnson, Martin Laird and Jon Rahm all ended one stroke shy at 11-under. DJ and Laird earned 345 points.

Vegas wins Canadian Open

Dustin Johnson needed to chip in on 18 to toe Vegas but left it just short. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

It was Vegas' second PGA Tour win after his maiden title in 2011 at the Bob Hope Classic which was his first ever PGA Tour start.

The GM tipster picked Vegas at 125/1 last week to add to an incredible season where he's picked 12 winners to be up by over 750 points!

Here are the 2016 USPGA Championship betting tips.

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There are great prizes from Puma Cobra Golf to be won each and every week.

The prize for the month is a Limited Edition Cobra Open Championship Tour Bag and a Cobra driver.

The leading points scorers for Fantasy Golf this week:

USA 1: Dustin Johnson - 345 points

USA 2: Brandt Snedeker - 275 points

GB: Martin Laird - 345 points

Rest of Europe: Alex Cejka - 275 points

Asia: Siwoo Kim - 25 points

Africa: Brendon de Jonge - 5 points

Australasia: Geoff Ogilvy - 195 points

South America: Jhonattan Vegas - 405 points

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV