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Fresh off his RBC Canadian Open exemption, Wes Heffernan, the top ranked player on the PGA Player Rankings, broke 70 for the second consecutive day, firing a 3-under par 69 to put himself two strokes ahead of Jim Rutledge and Gord Burns.

While late in round one players were forced to battle the wind, yesterday it was near unprecedented heat and humidity. Players were reaching for as much BioSteel as they could as the ‘feels like’ reached 40-degrees Celsius at Beacon Hall Golf Club.

“I had to put my rain gloves on because I was sweating so much,” said Heffernan. “I struggled in the middle of the round and had two loose shots, one my hands slipped and the other I just wasn’t mentally feeling comfortable.”

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For the second-consecutive day, Heffernan, who is seeking the first PGA Championship of Canada victory of his career, played the back nine bogey free, once again playing the back side in just 33 strokes.

“I righted the ship to start the back nine, and even though I missed a few short ones that could have made it even better, I hit my lines and played just as solid as yesterday,” said the 2019 PGA Assistants’ Champion of Canada. “I feel like if I play well, I can always be in the mix, so to play solid and be leading is where I want to be and hopefully that’s where I can be the rest of the tournament.”

Other notable performances by PGA of Alberta Professionals so far include:

• T-11^th Riley Fleming (Lynx Ridge GC) at +2
• T-14^th Adam Bruce (GOLFTEC Sherwood Park) at +3
• T-26^th Sam Kirkness (Inglewood G&CC) at +6
• T-33^rd Braden Chown (Bearspaw GC) at +7
• T-36^th Mike Belbin (Royal Mayfair GC) at +8

Final group for round three including Heffernan tees off at 10:40am MST today. Follow the action for the final two rounds on the leaderboard link above.

Click here for full article by Brendan Stasiewich of the PGA of Canada.