Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy hopes his lowest US PGA Tour score in over seven years can help propel him towards a late playoff push and tour card for next season.
Ogilvy produced a sublime nine-under-63 final round in the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club to rocket to nine-under-279 for the tournament, a mark that held the clubhouse lead for three hours before being overtaken late.
Ogilvy last shot 63 in June of 2009 at the Memorial Tournament, matching it with a late blitz of two eagles and two birdies in his last six holes.
In the final wash-up he finished three shots back of eventual winner Jhonattan Vegas in a tie for ninth, his best finish since a T18 in the 2015 US Open and first top 10 since May 2015.
"It was great fun, particularly how it's been going recently for me. Hasn't been too good," Ogilvy said.
"This is the first really good score I've had for a while so now I'm looking forward to the next few tournaments I play. It's been a bit of a rough patch."
Ogilvy is without status on tour for next season and still needs to produce something special over the next month.
He moves up from 190th on the season long points list to 174th, with just the top 125 getting tour cards.
His job is harder considering he's not in the field for next week's PGA Championship, but the Victorian remains hopeful with three upcoming chances to play.
"It's a building block to bounce off I guess. I have been playing way better than my results show. It's progress," he said.
"I played quite well all week, a couple double-bogeys here and there, which this course is going to do to you because it's tricky, but to finish like that is dreamy."
Ogilvy is secure of earning a place in the secondary web.com tour playoffs should he fail to reach the 125, giving him another chance to earn his card back.
He also has the luxury of playing the top tour out of the 'past champion' category next season should he fail, a path Aaron Baddeley used this season to again earn a full card.
The eight-time tour winner also has a lifetime money exemption up his sleeve, but would be unlikely to burn it at this stage of his career.
