Merritt’s Roger Sloan finished with a final score of even-par 288 to place 70th at the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the weekend.

Sloan, 27, shot rounds of 71-68-71-78 at the TPC course in Avondale, Louisiana.

Winner of the event was England’s Justin Rose at 22-under 266, one stroke better than American runner-up Cameron Tringale.

Top Canadian in the competition was Brampton, Ontario’s David Hearn who placed sixth overall at 18-under 270.

The Zurich Classic was Sloan’s 10th PGA Tour event in his rookie season on the FedEx Cup circuit. He has successfully made the cut in four of those events, and picked up total winnings of $52,100.

Sloan’s best FedEx finish was 56th at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba in Mexico on November 16 of last year.

A Merritt Secondary School graduate and scholarship athlete at the University of Texas-El Paso, Sloan is in his sixth year as a professional golfer. He spent a total of five seasons on the Canadian and web.com Tours before earning his PGA Tour playing card in 2014.

Sloan has played once on the web.com Tour this season, placing 11th at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in late March. His 10-under 274 score earned him $11,660.