RBC Canadian Open
July 24 – 27, 2014
Royal Montreal G.C. (Blue Course)
Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada
Par: 70 / Yardage: 7,153
Purse: $5.7 million
with $1,026,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Brandt Snedeker

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 9 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with two players from the top-ten, #7 Matt Kuchar and #10 Jim Furyk. The other top 50 players are #15 Dustin Johnson, #16 Graeme McDowell, #22 Charl Schwartzel, #24 Luke Donald, #35 Brandt Snedeker, #38 Graham DeLaet and #44 Hunter Mahan. Last year this event had 13 top-50 players, so four less top-50 players from last year.
The field includes 3 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2014. Those players are #3 Dustin Johnson, #4 Matt Kuchar and #14 Jim Furyk.
The field includes 3 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those players are #3 Dustin Johnson, #6 Matt Kuchar and #8 Jim Furyk.
The field includes 3 players that have won 3 events on the PGA Tour this year: Dustin Johnson (WGC-HSBC Champions); Matt Kuchar (RBC Heritage) and Seung-Yul Noh (Zurich).
The field includes 10 past champions: Brandt Snedeker (2013), Scott Piercy (2012), Sean O’Hair (2011), Carl Pettersson (2010), Nathan Green (2009), Jim Furyk (2006 & ’07), Mark Calcavecchia (2005), Vijay Singh (2004), John Rollins (2002) and Billy Andrade (1998).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the RBC Canadian Open field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the RBC Canadian Open field in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the RBC Canadian Open field.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Sorry for this being a day late, had a tough trip home from England yesterday.
Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the RBC Canadian Open
Player | British Open | John Deere | Scottish Open | Greenbrier | BMW Intern. | Quicken Loans | French Open | Travelers | Irish Open | U.S. Open | FedEx St. Jude | Lyoness Open | Memorial |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graeme McDowell (300 pts) |
T9 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
DNP | T6 (40) |
T28 (29.33) |
T24 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Jim Furyk (221 pts) |
4 (160) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (50.67) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
Dustin Johnson (205.33 pts) |
T12 (76) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (12.67) |
DNP | T4 (106.67) |
T24 (8.67) |
DNP | T46 (1.33) |
Charl Schwartzel (113.33 pts) |
T7 (110) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
DNP | DNP | T8 (16.67) |
Erik Compton (106 pts) |
CUT (-20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T46 (2.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T2 (133.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Brandt Snedeker (105.33 pts) |
T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (19.33) |
DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | T9 (60) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jerry Kelly (102.67 pts) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (12.67) |
DNP | DNP | T65 (0) |
DNP | DNP |
Jhonattan Vegas (92 pts) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T31 (12.67) |
DNP | DNP | T32 (6) |
DNP | DNP |
Troy Merritt (90.67 pts) |
DNP | T20 (30) |
DNP | T16 (34) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T67 (0) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (33.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Aaron Baddeley (87 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | 4 (53.33) |
DNP | T23 (36) |
DNP | DNP | T37 (4.33) |
Charley Hoffman (86.33 pts) |
T67 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (60) |
DNP | T26 (16) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
Carl Pettersson (81.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (15) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | T3 (30) |
DNP | T62 (0) |
Scott Brown (75.67 pts) |
DNP | T5 (70) |
DNP | T75 (0) |
DNP | T71 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 (12.33) |
Matt Kuchar (75 pts) |
T54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (12.67) |
DNP | T12 (50.67) |
DNP | DNP | T15 (11.67) |
Will Wilcox (73.67 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Johnson Wagner (69 pts) |
DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | T26 (24) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Bo Van Pelt (65.33 pts) |
DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | T67 (0) |
DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
Chad Campbell (65 pts) |
DNP | T13 (37) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (36.67) |
DNP | DNP | T46 (1.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Tim Clark (60.33 pts) |
DNP | T5 (70) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T19 (10.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Ben Crane (57 pts) |
DNP | T37 (13) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 74 (0) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP |
Michael Putnam (55 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 (15) |
DNP | T24 (17.33) |
DNP | T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T55 (0) |
Charlie Beljan (51 pts) |
DNP | T23 (27) |
DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Joe Durant (48.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (12.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Andres Romero (46.67 pts) |
DNP | T45 (5) |
DNP | T45 (5) |
DNP | T5 (46.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Luke Guthrie (46 pts) |
DNP | T27 (23) |
DNP | T26 (24) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
T43 (2.33) |
DNP | T8 (16.67) |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the RBC Canadian Open
Player | British Open | John Deere | Scottish Open | Greenbrier | BMW Intern. | Quicken Loans | French Open | Travelers | Irish Open | U.S. Open | FedEx St. Jude | Lyoness Open | Memorial |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y.E. Yang (-60 pts) |
CUT (-20) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
Roberto Castro (-36.67 pts) |
CUT (-20) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | T73 (0) |
DNP | T30 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
David Duval (-33.33 pts) |
CUT (-20) |
WD (-5) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | WD (-1.67) |
DNP | DNP |
Graham Delaet (-33.33 pts) |
CUT (-20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Jim Herman (-30 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Kevin Foley (-30 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
James Driscoll (-30 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T69 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Chad Collins (-30 pts) |
DNP | T70 (0) |
DNP | T68 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Mark Wilson (-30 pts) |
DNP | T63 (0) |
DNP | T86 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-13.33) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T72 (0) |
Daniel Chopra (-30 pts) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the RBC Canadian Open
Best Bets:
Jim Furyk
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | CUT | T34 | T14 | Win | Win |
What a perfect course for him, loves to drive it straight and does have a bit of length. He was 4th at the British Open so think of him as the big favorite at Royal Montreal.
Hunter Mahan
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WD | T48 | T34 | T17 | T5 | T60 | T24 | T4 | T42 |
Has to be everyone’s choice after what happened last year. Hasn’t had the best last four months but you have to think he is charged up and ready to pick up where he left off last year, on the driving range on Saturday afternoon. One thing that will help him, he is T-7th on the total driving stat for the year, so maybe this will be his best shot at winning this event.
Dustin Johnson
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 | WD |
Played well at Hoylake, his problem was not doing well on the Par 5s. That won’t be a problem since there are only two par 5s at Royal Montreal
Best of the rest:
Graham DeLaet
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T56 | CUT | T46 | CUT |
Could this be the year of a Canuck winner? He is 5th in total driving for the year and this could be the perfect place for him to find his game.
Graeme McDowell
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
74 | T46 |
Was T-9th at the British Open, plays well on tight courses.
Charl Schwartzel
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T28 | T42 | T9 |
Another of those players that has lot’s of experience and can play tight courses. Was T-7th at Hoylake so is playing well right now.
Luke Donald
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUT | T17 | 3 | T24 | T46 |
He has had some close calls this year at Valspar, Heritage and BMW PGA, is a very experience player in courses like Royal Montreal so stick him on the short list of players that could do well.
Solid contenders
David Hearn
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T44 | T71 | T34 | CUT | T58 | T58 | T20 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Another Canadian that can do well in this event. Has made cuts in 2014 but hasn’t had a top-ten since the Players Championship.
Matt Kuchar
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 | T34 | CUT | T4 | CUT | T14 |
Was runner-up last year, plays well on courses like this. Has struggled a bit in the last two months but on this course he can be very good.
Brandt Snedeker
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | T34 | CUT | T5 | T7 |
Was in the right place at the right time last year to win this. Can he do it twice in a row is the big question, but again has the experience to do well at Royal Montreal.
Vijay Singh
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T31 | T7 | 2 | T35 | T7 | Win | T6 | T6 |
Still think he has that one shinning moment left in him, this is a perfect course for him. Many may not know this but did finish T-5th two weeks ago in the Senior Open so maybe that can rub off on him this week.
Long shots that could come through:
K.J. Choi
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T4 |
Has missed his last two cuts, but remember he finished T-2nd at the Travelers just a month ago and was in the top-ten at Royal Montreal in 2001.
William McGirt
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T2 | T2 | T59 |
Has been runner-up the last two years, hasn’t played that bad in 2014.
Mike Weir
2013 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 | ’02 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T49 | CUT | WD | CUT | T24 | T5 | T34 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 10 | T22 |
You have to always root for him at this event, odds are real long on him winning but it would be nice to see him play well.
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