HAMILTON, Canada—David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8–under 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open.
Playing in the afternoon with the greens still mostly receptive after rain earlier in the week, Skinns pulled ahead with a 47-foot birdie putt on his 17th hole—the par-3 eighth. The 41-year-old Englishman was a stroke ahead of morning starters Sam Burns and Sean O’Hair.
