Craig Hocknull Wins PGA Club Championship

November 24, 2016

Craig Hocknull pulled away from the pack Thursday at Port Royal Golf Club in Bermuda, winning the PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada presented by Titleist & FootJoy.

Hocknull’s three-day total of 4-under, 209 [74-69-66] was five shots better than Brian Hadley, who held a slim one-stroke lead heading into Thursday’s final round. The PGA of Canada’s No. 1-ranked player Dave Levesque finished alone in third at 3-over for the championship.

Craig Hocknull Wins PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada

“This is just an awesome win,” Hocknull said. “Last year I came close to winning this championship and I wanted to make sure that this year in Bermuda I walked away as the winner.”

The 41-year-old’s final round at Port Royal featured an impressive seven birdies and just two bogeys. His 5-under-par round was the lowest by any competitor all week.

“It really all started to click for me on No. 7 when I made a nice two-putt birdie, then I birdied the ninth and really just kept it rolling from there,” Hocknull said.

Lindsay Bernakevitch and Gordon Burns rounded out the top five, finishing T4. For the full PGA Club Professional Championship of Canada presented by Titleist & FootJoy, click here.

In addition to the 54-holes of championship golf, PGA of Canada members were treated to a number of off-course events as well, such as a players’ reception Sunday event at the Fairmont and a skins game shootout on the world renowned par-3 golf club at Turtle Hill on Monday after the practice round.

Hocknull said he thoroughly enjoyed his first Bermuda experience this week.

“It’s just been a fantastic week here in Bermuda,” he said. “Everything and everyone has just been first class and I’ve really enjoyed my experience here.”

The Inter-Zone Team Championship, which is comprised of four players per zone [and three scores per team counting], was handed out on Wednesday. Team Ontario [Hadley, Burns, Danny King and James Skrypec] captured the title, besting the squad from British Columbia by 18 shots.

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