RBC Canadian Open Tees Off: Thursday, July 24 The Royal Montreal Golf Club – LLe Bizard, CanadaOdds to Win Tournament(For the latest Odds, connect to Sportsbook.com)Golfer | Odds | Dustin Johnson | 23-to-2 | Jim Furyk | 23-to-2 | Matt Kuchar | 12-to-1 | Graeme McDowell | 15-to-1 | Charl Schwartzel | 17-to-1 | Brandt Snedeker | 20-to-1 | Graham DeLaet | 20-to-1 | Luke Donald | 23-to-1 | Hunter Mahan | 25-to-1 | Charley Hoffman | 30-to-1 | David Hearn | 40-to-1 | Bo Van Pelt | 50-to-1 | Tim Clark | 50-to-1 | Aaron Baddeley | 50-to-1 | K.J. Choi | 55-to-1 | Jerry Kelly | 60-to-1 | Nick Watney | 60-to-1 | Kevin Chappell | 60-to-1 | Russell Knox | 60-to-1 | William McGirt | 60-to-1 | Carl Pettersson | 60-to-1 | Seung-Yul Noh | 65-to-1 | Robert Garrigus | 65-to-1 | Erik Compton | 70-to-1 | Ben Crane | 75-to-1 | Camilo Villegas | 75-to-1 | Scott Brown | 80-to-1 | Jason Bohn | 90-to-1 | 6 Golfers | 95-to-1 | 2 Golfers | 100-to-1 | 6 Golfers | 110-to-1 | 5 Golfers | 120-to-1 | 6 Golfers | 130-to-1 | Robert Streb | 140-to-1 | 6 Golfers | 160-to-1 | 4 Golfers | 170-to-1 | 8 Golfers | 180-to-1 | Jonathan Byrd | 190-to-1 | 3 Golfers | 200-to-1 | 7 Golfers | 210-to-1 | 3 Golfers | 220-to-1 | 3 Golfers | 240-to-1 | 26 Golfers | 250-to-1 |
The PGA Tour heads north of the border this week for the RBC Canadian Open. This tournament was once widely regarded as one of the most prestigious events of the year but has lost favor in recent years and is now sandwiched between three big events (British Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, PGA Championship). As a result, just two top-10 players (Matt Kuchar and JimFuryk) and four others from the top-25 (Dustin Johnson, Graeme McDowell, Charl Schwartzel, Luke Donald) in the World Golf rankings will be amongst the field this weekend. Surprisingly, that places just three Americans out of the 13 from the top-25 in this tourney. Brandt Snedeker will attempt to defend his title this week as last season he had an easy three-stroke victory where 10 of the top 11 players were from the United States. Since 1995, American-born players have won 16-of-19 times at this event, so let’s take a look at some golfers who could keep the U.S. dominance going, and a few who will try to earn a victory from other parts of the world. Golfers to WatchJim Furyk (23/2): Furyk is an obvious choice here with all his success he has had in this tournament in the past. He won back-to-back times back in 2006 and 2007, and had a ninth-place finish at the event last year. Furyk has not slowed down in 2014 either, and as a 44-year-old has made the cut in every tournament on the season while finishing as the runner-up in two tournaments (Wells Fargo Championship and The PLAYERS Championship); putting him in 14th place on the FedEx Cup leaderboard. His accurate driver (70.3%, 9th on tour) combined with amazing scrambling (68.7%, best on tour) has earned him 21 straight made cuts, and he should be eyeing his 17th PGA Tour victory this week. Graeme McDowell (15/1): McDowell has played in just 14 tournaments this year (12 on PGA Tour, 2 on European Tour) and has done very well, winning once on the European Tour and putting together nine top-10 finishes between the two. He placed 9th this past week at The British Open and has been playing great golf lately due to his tremendous putting (1.006 strokes gained, best on tour). McDowell's momentum this year should put him in the running to take home the trophy this weekend. Dustin Johnson (23/2): Johnson has been having a great year, as he ranks third in the FedEx Cup standings with top-12 finishes at the last two majors -- fourth at the U.S. Open and 12th at the British Open Championship. These were big performances, as he did not do well in the middle part of the season. Johnson has a huge drive (311.3 yards per, 2nd on tour) and uses those big shots to hit plenty of greens in regulation (68.5%, 18th on tour), which should both help him improve on his runner-up performance here in 2013. William McGirt (60/1): McGirt, just like Johnson, tied for second-place here last year with a score of 13-under and also was the runner-up in 2012, as he lost by just one stroke. He has one of the better putting strokes (.380 strokes gained putting, 21st on tour) and has been able to parlay that into five top-25 finishes this year. This tournament has eluded him now for a few years and would be the fitting venue for him to earn his first career PGA Tour event. David Hearn (40/1): The Canadian-born player has made eight cuts in his past nine events and has posted three top-30 performances in that time; including placing sixth at The PLAYERS Championship back in May. He ranks in the top-30 in both driving accuracy (66.3%) and strokes gained putting (.350), and should certainly be pumped to play in front of his native Canadians.
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