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Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour Gambling-Tips column, displaying the choice from Golf.com expert Brady Kannon’s prognostic. An experienced Bettor and commentator Kannon is a host and regular guest on Sportsgrid, a trade union network dedicated to sports and sports betting, and is a golf betting analyst for CBS Sportsline. You can follow Brady on Twitter in @LasvegolferAnd you can read his choices below for the RBC Canadian Open 2025, which begins on Thursday in Toronto. Together with Kannon’s recommended shows, you will also see data from Chirp Golf, a mobile app that contains free golf competitions to play free and everyday where you can make money and prizes with each round and tour.

As we roll the calendar in June, the PGA Tour begins its open national candidacy. We are north of the border this week for the RBC Canadian Open, again in the countries next week for the US Open, and then beyond the basin next month for The Scotti Open, followed by open championship Royal in northern Ireland.

Canadian Open is one of the oldest golf tournaments in the world, as dates back to 1904. However, for the first time, he will be played this year at TPC Toronto in Osprey Valley. A golf course that opened in 2001 and passed a large redesign in 2023 makes its debut in the tour and will also host Canadian 2026. The fair roads are relatively wide and bordered with rough thick. The greens are large and contain a mixture of bentgrass and poa Annua.

With the golf course that is long and wide of the wide roads, I believe we can show that this is a heavy path for the driver. For this reason, I have looked at the shocks: outside this week as one of my main statistics. Three of the four par 3 are close to 200 yards tall or more. Most of the first 4s measure between 450-500 yards. I have looked at both of these areas as well as the proximity of the holes from 175-200 yards. Finally, I looked at the shocks: Afrim, clashes and strokes won: Setting (Bent/Poa).

It is mainly a guess when trying to determine golf courses that are similar to or are related to TPC Toronto because we have not seen the course played in PGA Tour before, so it will be a while before we see any crucified success may develop. Have used Colonial club (Charles Schwab Challenge) due to the similarity in length and the fact that they are both in the 70s. Many of the Golf courses on the TPC network have similar features. TPC San Antonio (Valero Texas Open) and TPC Craig Ranch (CJ Cup Byron Nelson) are both severe courses for the driver. Craig Ranch has large greens, bentgrass and wide roads. Memorial (Houston Open) is another heavy driver par 70, and finally, I used Detroit Golf ClubRocket Mortgage Classic House. This is another course that has wide, tree-bonded greens and contains bantrgass/poa Annua-Blend greens.

MacKenzie Hughes (45-1)

Nick Taylor was the first Canadian to win Canadian Open in 54 years when he did this two seasons ago. Pressure to win on home is intense, so I don’t like to go very heavy with Canadians on the card, but I like the ways of playing Hughes and he has had very strong success in this tournament with the seventh, 14 and eight ends in the past. It is also noteworthy that an American has not won this event since 2018. Hughes has sufficient length from TeE, has very good results in interconnected courses, and owns one of the best short games in the field. Hughes has two ends of Top-10 and a competitor in his last seven starts. I believe he will play well this week.

Alex which (55-1)

Noran made his back to action four weeks ago after feeding a severe hamstring injury for seven months. He has played excellent golf in his return and I believe he is ready to win. He has two Top-10 conclusions in Detroit, two Top-15 conclusions at TPC San Antonio, has been third and 12th in Byron Nelson, and 11th and fourth in Houston. SG: Tee to Green Game has been very good since late and he has always been a successful holder in this type of green surface. If you also look at where he was good at his return – the Truist Championship, the PGA and Memorial Last week – they are three of the most difficult golf courses we’ve seen throughout the season. I feel he may be ready to go down this week to Toronto.

Matti Schmid (80-1)

Schmid completed the race on a long par-70 course just two weeks ago, Colonial Country Club. Before that, he posted three additional Top-10 ends in the last two months. His iron game has been fantastic, ranked seventh in this field for SG: Access during the last 24 rounds and no. 1 near the holes from 175-200 yards.

Davis Riley (86-1)

Here is another player who has succeeded in the state of Texas-a win and a fourth place finish at Charles Schwab Challenge and a ninth place in the Nelson Bureau. It was just three weeks ago that Riley ended the race in the PGA Championship. During the last 24 rounds, Riley ranks 10th in this field for SG: Tee To Green and for SG: Setting (Bent/Poa).

Justin Rose (95-1)

However, another winner in Colonial makes our card this week. Rose has also completed the Top 10 in Houston and his last two visits to Canadian Open have resulted in the endings of the eighth and fourth place. It is a great place on this surface, ranking 28th on the field during the last 24 rounds. I believe time is good for the English this week. He had to withdraw from the Truist championship and then lost the cut in the PGA championship. Last week in Memorial, a tour he earned earlier, he played two weak rounds and two very good rounds. Now he is in an event he loves and next week, he goes to the US Open, a big championship he has with his loan. I wait a positive week from the boy who this season ended the third in Pebble Beach, eighth in Bay Hill, and the second in Augusta National.