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34 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 23, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Furyk aims for third straight Canadian Open title PGA Tour FedExCup standings 1 Tiger Woods * 2 Kenny Perry 3 Phil Mickelson 4 Stewart Cink 5 Anthony Kim 6 Justin Leonard 7 Ryuji Imada 8 Geoff Ogilvy 9 Padraig Harrington 10 Vijay Singh * 11 Robert Allenby 12 Boo Weekley 13 Jim Furyk * 14 K.J. Choi 15 Trevor Immelman 16 Steve Stricker 17 Sergio Garcia 18 D.J. Trahan 19 J.B. Holmes 20 Adam Scott 21 Jeff Quinney 22 Chad Campbell 23 Bart Bryant 24 Sean OÕHair 25 Stephen Ames 22,695 20,824 16,199 15,039 14,272 12,399 10,854 10,660 10,331 10,309 10,128 9,280 8,663 8,436 8,090 7,877 7,763 7,556 7,525 7,499 7,277 7,089 6,901 6,849 6,845 Continued from page 31 (25th). Furyk was fifth at last weekend's British Open, while Ames, Kim and Ben Curtis -- who will also play this week at Glen Abbey -- posted seventh-place finishes. Several other top players were initially expected to participate in this week's Canadian Open, such as 12th-ranked Boo Weekley, but withdrew before the tournament for various reasons. Paul had also hoped the field would include past champions Vijay Singh, who won the Canadian Open the last time it was contested at Glen Abbey (2004), and John Rollins (2002). "We should have had a number of guys who are in the top-20 to top-50 that withdrew (but) we're going to get that," said Paul, noting many players are dealing with injuries. "The guys coming in here are pleased, and the golf course is good. The guys are happy to be back in Oakville and get a course they're familiar with." The field, which was finalized Monday with a qualifying tournament at Milton's Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, does feature six former champions, 19 Canadians and two members of the national amateur team. Furyk will be shooting for his third consecutive Canadian Open championship, something that has never been accomplished in the tournament's 100-plus-year history. Other former champions who will compete include Mark Calcavecchia (2005), Bob Tway (2003), Scott Verplank (2001), Billy Andrade (1998) and Dudley Hart (1996). Canadian and 2003 Master's champion Mike Weir will almost certainly be the crowd favourite this week, as he was four years ago when he nearly won the tournament, succumbing to Singh in a playoff. Other recognizable names for fans to follow are Fred Couples, Retief Goosen, Camilo Villegas and Oshawa native Jon Mills. Rounding out the Canadian participants are David Hearn, Bryan DeCorso, Wes Heffernan, Ian Leggatt, Eric Landresville, Brad Fritsch, David Morland IV, Andrew Parr, Jim Rutledge, Dustin Risdon, Todd Halpen, Jacob Scriven, Adam Short and Charlie Woo, as well as national amateur team members Nick Taylor and Michael Knight. 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