The 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Membership is only one week away, however we nonetheless have yet another PGA Tour tune-up earlier than the third main championship of the 12 months. Let’s try the three juiciest storylines for the RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto.
Large weapons taking the week off
You’d assume one of the best gamers on the planet would need to tee it up the week earlier than the U.S. Open to remain free, however most of the prime contenders at Shinnecock aren’t within the discipline at TPC Toronto. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Cameron Younger, Ludvig Aberg and Xander Schauffele have all opted to skip the RBC Canadian Open this 12 months.
Regardless of the shortage of star energy within the discipline, there are nonetheless some massive names on the prime of the chances board. Tommy Fleetwood (+1200), Matt Fitzpatrick (+1300), Sam Burns (+1500) and Collin Morikawa (+2200) are the highest 4 favorites to win the RBC Canadian Open, per FanDuel.
Sam Burns seems to avenge playoff loss
Burns hasn’t gained a PGA Tour occasion because the 2023 WGC-Dell Applied sciences Match Play. The closest he is come to a victory since then was at TPC Toronto final 12 months. The 29-year-old shot an 8-under 62 within the closing spherical and had a number of probabilities to win late on Sunday, however he finally misplaced to Ryan Fox on the fourth gap of a playoff.
