PGA TOUR 2022, RBC Canadian Open, St Georges Golf Course, Toronto, CA: 9-12 June
The RBC Canadian Open finally returns after two long years of pandemic delays. Rory McIlroy won this tournament in 2019, then at Hamilton G&CC. His seven stroke winning margin, over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson, seems to have been the widest since the 1950s. McIlroy holds the 72-hole record of 258. [As a footnote to history, Charlie Sifford, who was honoured last week at the Memorial Tournament, attended the 1962 Canadian Open in part to raise the profile of African-American players on the PGA Tour.]
From PGA TOUR, The First Look, by Adam Stanley:
FIELD NOTES: Scottie Scheffler, a four-time winner already this season, will make his RBC Canadian Open debut… Sam Burns, who topped Scheffler in a playoff to win the Charles Schwab Challenge, will also make his Canadian Open debut… Rory McIlroy returns to defend… Justin Thomas is making his second-straight Canadian Open appearance… Cameron Smith, winner of THE PLAYERS Championship, returns to Canada… Read more
COURSE: St. George’s Golf and Country Club, par 70, 7,014 yards. The Stanley Thompson gem, first constructed in 1929, is consistently ranked as one of Canada’s top courses – if not its best. Located just 11 miles from the CN Tower, St. George’s has hosted the Canadian Open five times – most recently in 2010 – along with the CP Women’s Open five times. Playing up, down, and across valleys, golfers will have to contend with uneven lies, thick rough, and slopey greens. Read more
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