The RBC Canadian Open returns to TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s North Course for the second year in a row, and as Canada’s lone stop on the PGA Tour, there will once again be nearly two dozen home-grown talents looking to follow in Nick Taylor's footsteps from 2023 and win our national open on home soil.
Canada’s top-ranked contingent is all set to return to TPC Toronto led by Corey Conners, who sits at No. 53 in the Official World Golf Ranking. The rest of the best from the PGA Tour including of course, the 2023 champ, along with Taylor Pendrith, Mackenzie Hughes, Ben Silverman, and Adam Hadwin.
Taylor broke a 69-year drought when he triumphed in a playoff over Tommy Fleetwood at Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
PGA Tour rookies AJ Ewart and Sudarshan Yellamaraju will also tee it up at TPC Toronto – for the first time as full-fledged members of the Tour. Yellamaraju has had a spectacular rookie campaign and is actually the top-ranked Canadian on the FedExCup standings so far this season.
There are nine other Canadians who earned exemptions into the field beyond those who are members of the PGA Tour led by recent winner and current top Canadian on PGA Tour Americas, Joey Savoie of Quebec. Savoie won the KIA Open de Ecuador earlier this month and has one additional top 10 finish in four events played this season. He will be making his third appearance at the RBC Canadian Open.
Joining Savoie are four members of Team Canada, Ashton McCulloch, Justin Matthews, Matthew Anderson, and Dawson Lew – all of Ontario. McCulloch will compete in his third consecutive RBC Canadian Open and this will mark his professional debut.
Canadian golf icon Mike Weir will compete in his 33rd RBC Canadian Open. Weir sits second all-time in appearances at Canada’s National Open Championship behind fellow Canadian Golf Hall of Famer George Cumming who teed it up a record 35 times.
One big name that won’t be returning to TPC Toronto is Rory McIlroy, who had long spoke about changing his schedule decisions for 2026. McIlroy, who won the Canadian Open in back-to-back fashion (in 2019 and then post-COVID in 2022), had four top-10s in a row - including the two triumphs – before missing the cut last year.
Still, the rest of the field for the Canadian Open has shaped up nicely, with four of the top 10 golfers in the world ranking – Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa, and Tommy Fleetwood – all in the field along with notables Shane Lowry, Max Homa, and recent PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai.
Brooks Koepka is also set to make his return to Canada for the first time since 2019.
The 2025 RBC Canadian Open was won by Ryan Fox of New Zealand, who hit what he called, “the shot of his life” in a playoff against Sam Burns. That effort, a 3-wood from the fairway on 18, is now immortalized at the club with a new plaque.
The 2026 edition tees of June 11 and goes until June 14. Next year the Canadian Open will once again be played at TPC Toronto.