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2022 RBC Canadian Open odds, field notes, best bets and picks

McIlroy is one of several big names tuning up in Canada before heading to Massachusetts for next week’s U.S. Open.

The PGA Tour is headed to the great white north for the first time since 2019 thanks to the global crisis known as COVID-19. Rory McIlroy won by seven shots that year and was a closing birdie away from posting 59 in the final round.

McIlroy is one of several big names tuning up in Canada before heading to Massachusetts for next week’s U.S. Open. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who most recently lost in a playoff to Sam Burns at the Charles Schwab, Justin Thomas, Cameron Smith, Shane Lowry, and Tony Finau are just a few of the stars teeing it up at St. George’s.

Golf course

St. George’s Golf and Country Club | Par 70 | 7,014 yards

The 11th hole tee is seen during round three of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club on July 24, 2010, in Etobicoke, Canada. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Key statistics

  • Strokes Gained: Approach
  • Strokes Gained: Around the Green
  • Fairways in regulation

Data Golf Information

Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. TPC Craig Ranch, 2. Brown Deer Park GC, 3. Port Royal Golf Course

Trending: 1. Scottie Scheffler (last three starts: T-15, MC, 2), 2. Cameron Smith (T-21, T-13, T-13), 3. Rory McIlroy (5, 8, T-18)

Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Scottie Scheffler (10.2 percent), 2. Rory McIlroy (9.4 percent), 3. Justin Thomas (8.8 percent)

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Congaree to host PGA Tour event in place of RBC Canadian Open in 2021

The yet-to-be-named tournament will be conducted at the South Carolina course June 10-13.

Due to lingering concerns with the U.S.-Canada border tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, PGA Tour officials and event organizers announced a cancellation of the RBC Canadian Open for the second straight year three weeks ago.

The Canadian Open, which was established in 1904 and is currently the third-oldest national championship in golf behind The Open Championship and the U.S. Open, is still off in 2021 but the PGA Tour has announced a replacement event will be staged at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina, June 10-13.

Located about 30 miles northwest from Hilton Head, Congaree was built on an eighteenth-century rice plantation and ranks No. 2 on the Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play in South Carolina list.

Eamon Lynch: Congaree, The billionaires golf club with two members, one mission

The Tom Fazio design opened in 2017. As Eamon Lynch writes:

It opened in 2017 and has only two official members — its billionaire founders Dan Friedkin and the late Robert McNair, who owned the Houston Texans. What it has instead are invited ambassadors, people prominent in their industries who aren’t so much expected to pay cash as donate their time and mentorship. Their number includes titans of industry and golf Hall of Famers like Masters winner Mark O’Meara.

The most recent Canadian Open was in 2019 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Ontario, when Rory McIlroy won in his debut there. The 2021 event had been scheduled for June 9-12 at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.

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No, Canada: COVID concerns lead officials to nix RBC Canadian Open for second straight year

Lingering concerns with the border tied into COVID-19 have forced the cancellation of the event for the second straight year.

Lingering concerns with the border tied into COVID-19 have forced PGA Tour officials and organizers of the RBC Canadian Open to cancel the event for the second straight year.

The event, which was established in 1904, is currently the third-oldest national championship in golf behind The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.

“Even with an extensive health and safety plan in place, we faced a number of significant logistical challenges that led us to this decision,” said PGA Tour President Tyler Dennis. “While we are disappointed to cancel Canada’s National Championship, we are thankful to our partners RBC and Golf Canada – along with our Canadian fans — for their unwavering support and cooperation throughout this process. We look forward to the RBC Canadian Open returning to our schedule next year.”

The most recent Canadian Open was held in 2019 at Hamilton Golf & Country Club in Ontario, when Rory McIlroy won in his debut there. This year’s event had been scheduled for June 7-12 at St. George’s Golf & Country Club in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke.

While organizers of the event were working on a comprehensive plan to revive the event for this year, current quarantine restrictions and other logistical issues made the tournament’s completion uncertain.

“Together with RBC and the PGA Tour, we set a decision timeline based on the most up-to-date travel and quarantine restrictions in effect along with consideration for the Tour’s ability to pivot and successfully fill a significant date on the schedule,” said Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum. “It was also important to be respectful partners to the health leaders and government officials who have helped inform our operation protocols and provided great direction on this journey. The timing simply did not align for us and we are deeply disappointed that the celebrated return of the RBC Canadian Open will have to wait another year.”

The PGA Tour will host a separate FedEx Cup-official event for this year, the details of which are expected in a few weeks.

The 10 PGA Tour events that were canceled in 2020

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The 10 PGA Tour events that were canceled this season

The PGA Tour season originally had 49 FedEx Cup tournaments. Now there are 36 on the revised schedule.

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The current PGA Tour season originally had 49 FedEx Cup tournaments. The global coronavirus pandemic forced changes to those plans.

On Thursday, the PGA Tour released its revised schedule, and the new slate shows a total of 36 tournaments.

Ten of the original events have been canceled, including the 149th Open Championship, meaning we’ll only see three majors this calendar year.

Two of those majors – the U.S. Open and the Masters – as well as the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, slide onto next season’s 2020-21 schedule. Puntacana, an opposite-field event that was supposed to be the same weekend as the WGC-Match Play, is now opposite the Ryder Cup.

Also coming off the PGA Tour’s future schedules is A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier, which had served as the Tour’s season opener. On Thursday, tournament organizers canceled next season’s event as well as the remaining years on a contract that was to run through 2026.

Canceled 2019-20 tournaments

The Players Championship
Dates: March 12-15 (canceled after the first round)
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Valspar Championship
Dates: March 19-22
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play
Dates: March 25-29
Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas

Valero Texas Open
Dates: April 2-5
TPC San Antonio – AT&T Oaks, San Antonio, Texas

Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Dates: April 23-26
TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana

Wells Fargo Championship
Dates: April 30-May 3
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina

AT&T Byron Nelson
Dates: May 7-10
Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas

RBC Canadian Open
Dates: June 11-14
St. George’s G&CC, Toronto, Ontario

The Open Championship
Dates: July 16-19
Royal St. George’s Golf Club, Sandwich, England

Barbasol Championship
Dates: July 16-19
Keene Trace Golf Club, Nicholasville, Kentucky

Moved from 2019-20 to 2020-21 schedule:

Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship
Dates: Originally March 26-29, now Sept. 24-27
Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Also listed on the schedule for next season:

U.S. Open
Dates: Sept. 17-20
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York

The Masters
Dates: Nov. 12-15
Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia

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