Former Arizona Wildcat and Tucson native George Cunningham won his first PGA Tour Canada tournament on Sunday, taking home the GolfBC Championship in Kelowna, a city in British Columbia, Canada.Â
Cunningham shot 20-under-par through four rounds and won by two shots.Â
George Cunningham needed par on 18 to win the ... instead he makes birdie to pick up his first win with a Sunday 66 and four-day total of -20
— Mackenzie Tour (@PGATOURCanada)
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The 2018 first-team All-Pac-12 selection shot a career-low, 62 (-10), in the third round and was able to sustain the lead in the final day. Cunningham shot a 66 on Sunday.Â
Cunningham joined the PGA Tour Canada following his senior season at Arizona, and now has a win after three starts on the Mackenzie Tour. He made the tour April after he finished third among 132 golfers in a qualifying-school tournament in Phoenix.Â
Cunningham still has eight tournaments lined up between now and the first week of September.
Next up: Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open from June 18-24 in Lethbridge, Alberta.Â
Award-winning sports journalist, University of Arizona graduate and Tucson native.Â
Justin Spears
Sports Reporter
