The Magic Returns For Albertan At Tour Championship

Kris Wayslowich may have picked the ideal time to get out of his season-long funk.

The native of Lethbridge, Alta., finished the first round of the $325,000 Canadian Tour Championship with an eight-under 62 at St. Catharines Golf and Country Club.

Wasylowich leads fellow Canadian Ryan Yip by one shot with six-time Canadian Tour winner Mike Grob in at 64 at a tournament with the largest purse in tour history.

Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford, B.C., the low Canadian at last month’s RBC Canadian Open, is alone in fourth after a 65.

For Wasylowich, his Thursday performance isn’t reflective on how the rest of his campaign has gone. In fact, it’s the complete opposite.

Frustrated with the state of his game, the former national amateur team member spent most of the summer at home in Lethbridge working on his swing. He has made just one cut in three starts, tying for ninth in Saskatoon earlier this summer.
On Thursday, he looked like the same player who racked up a pair of third-place finishes early in his 2008 rookie season.

“I’ve really just been spending some time back home, trying to get back to the level I know my game should be at and trying to get a little confidence,” said Wasylowich.

“The past year and a half, I haven’t been having any fun. I’m putting too much pressure on myself and trying too hard,” he said.

That wasn’t evident on Thursday. Wasylowich made a 15-footer on the par-four 10th, his first hole of the day, and he was off and running.

“I knew once I made that putt, it was going to be a good day,” said Wasylowich, who was five-under over his inbound nine. “All day long, I felt if I hit it inside 15 feet, I was going to make it.”

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