DeLaet enjoys fine form with play-off beard

Canada’s Graham DeLaet is following the ice hockey tradition of not shaving during the play-offs and the superstition appears to be working after he shot a stunning round at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Sunday.

DeLaet’s nine-under 62 at TPC Boston, coming after he bogeyed the first hole, left him at 16-under par for the tournament, just three strokes behind the leader.

He said: “I’ve been focused on what I need to do and I’m proud of the way I’ve handled it because there is a lot of pressure on the outside. I’ve been playing well so it’s easier to stay in the moment when you’re trusting your golf swing and making a few putts as well.”

DeLaet missed the cut at the Canadian Open and the PGA Championship but bounced back impressively at the Barclays last week where he finished T2 after a final round 65.

This week, with the ‘play-off beard’ even scragglier, DeLaet shot rounds of 67, 68 and 62 at the par-71 course.
 
His 62 tied his career low and was just one stroke off the course record. And for another few weeks at least, the beard is staying.

“I’m Canadian, that’s what we do in the play-offs, you don’t shave until you’re done,” he said.

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