Former Arizona Wildcats golfer George Cunningham wins first PGA Tour tournament

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. 

Cunningham shot 20-under-par through four rounds and won by two shots. 

George Cunningham needed par on 18 to win the @gbcchampionship... instead he makes birdie to pick up his first @PGATOURCanada win with a Sunday 66 and four-day total of -20 #Tourjectory pic.twitter.com/JVuLJns8am

— Mackenzie Tour (@PGATOURCanada) June 18, 2018

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. 

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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. 

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.