Jason Day recovered from the disappointment of a near miss at The Open Championship by winning the RBC Canadian Open by a stroke from Bubba Watson.
The Australian missed a crucial late putt and therefore a shot at the play-off which Zach Johnson ultimately won to take the Claret Jug at St Andrews last Monday, and he responded positively by squeezing out Watson with a final-round 68 to finish 17 under at Glen Abbey Golf Course.
Six birdies and two bogeys were enough to lift Day above overnight leader and local hopeful David Hearn, the Ontario-born player who surrendered his two-shot lead after shooting 72 on Sunday.
Watson, who tied for fourth place with Day back in Scotland, was 16 under for the tournament after a run of five birdies across six holes saw the two-time Masters winner sign for 69 on day four in Oakville.
Day told @PGATOUR: "The first thing I said was, I've got to get the ball to the hole this time."
The 27-year-old was referring to the classy 22-foot birdie putt that both rubber-stamped his victory here and helped dispel some of the gloom that descended when his shot came up inches short on the Old Course six days ago.
It was a fourth PGA Tour triumph for Day, who won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in February.
Hearn, meanwhile, had been bidding to become the first Canadian winner of the tournament in 61 years. Pat Fletcher was victorious in Vancouver in 1954.
After bolstering his lead with two opening birdies, he dropped strokes with bogeys on holes three and seven before bogeying the 12th and picking up a shot on the par-five 13th.
Jim Furyk placed fourth at 14 under and Tom Hoge joined Stewart Cink in a share of fifth place, both men shooting 66.
