Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com expert prognosticator Brady Kannon. A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a host and regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network dedicated to sports and sports betting, and is a golf betting analyst for CBS Sportsline. You can follow Brady on X at @LasVegasGolferand you can read his picks below for the 2026 RBC Canadian Open, which begins Thursday in Toronto.
I love the Canadian Open. Dating back to 1904, it is the longest-running non-major event on the PGA Tour. I’ve leaned heavily on Byron-Ben-Jack’s recent tournaments, the last two of which have been decided by a playoff. Now it becomes the national open season, north of the border this week, Long Island next week, then Scotland and finally Royal Birkdale for the Open Championship. Since we’re in the Northeast this week, the New York Knicks and Shinnecock are at the heart of it, but I’ll start with TPC Toronto and the Canadian Open as we begin to break the news.
This is the second of three years in a row that we will see the North Course at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley host the RBC Canadian Open. What matters most about the design is the fact that Ian Andrew was brought in for a complete renovation of the course in 2023. Andrew is responsible for numerous such projects across Canada, including work on recent Canadian Open venues, St. George’s Golf & Country Club and Hamilton Golf & Country Club. The course will play as a par 70, measuring approximately 7,400 yards. The fairways are generous in width, but bordered with considerable severity if not absent. The greens are a mix of Bentgrass and Poa Annua. Many are elevated and surrounded by deep sand bunkers.
Ryan Fox won the first edition of the Canadian Open held at this golf course last year. He defeated Sam Burns in a playoff with a winning score of 18 under par. Four of the top five players on last season’s leaderboard were ranked in the top 20 in the field for driving distance. All five ranked in the top 15 for placement. The greens are above average in size. The par 4s are really the meat of the course with eight out of 10 measuring between 440-500+ yards.
Having only seen this golf course once before, I kept the statistical analysis fairly simple, looking at strokes gained: off the tee, strokes gained: approach, strokes gained: tee to green, and strokes gained: putting (bend/Poa). I also saw Par 4s between 450-500 yards and Proximity Holes from 150-200 yards.
Again, with only one result on the books, it’s too early to draw any firm conclusions about other subjects that may or may not be related – but we can see the similarities in design, layout and architects. I previously mentioned Ian Andrew and Hamilton and St. Philadelphia Cricket Clubwhich hosted the Truist Championship in 2025 appears to have a very similar design to TPC Toronto. Detroit Golf Clubwhere they play the Rocket Classic.
Tommy Fleetwood (13-1)
I believe the last time I was at Fleetwood, it was for a winner in last year’s tournament championship. If you have seen our “Early Bets” article for next week’s US Openyou will see that I am with the Englishman there as well. Let’s see if we can get one of the two – and maybe both? Fleetwood was fourth last year at Cricket Club and was 21st at the Canadian Open in Hamilton in 2024. It doesn’t hurt that he was also runner-up here in Canada in 2023, losing to Nick Taylor in a playoff at nearby Oakdale – which was also reset by Ian Andrew. Over the last 24 rounds, Fleetwood ranks 13th in the field for SG: Off the Tee and is 17th in the 450-500 yard Par 4s. He is also one of the best players in the field in the Bent/Poa mix. Fleetwood has finished top 5 in two of his last three starts.
Justin Rose (31-1)
The veteran Englishman has also had tremendous success here north of the border and on these types of greens, winning earlier this season at Torrey Pines and being a past champion at Pebble Beach. Rose was eighth at Oakdale in 2023 and fourth at St. He has finished 10th and 12th in his last two starts.
Shane Lowry (36-1)
I feel like I’m putting together a European Ryder Cup team here to try and take down TPC Toronto. The Irishman was 13th last year here at Osprey Valley, was 10th at St. Statistically, Lowry is having a great year on Tour, where he ranks 43rd in SG: Approach and 25th in SG: Putting. Over the past 24 rounds, he is third in the field on 450-500 yard Par 4s.
Shane Lowry hits a shot at the 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open.
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Aaron Ray (43-1)
No, we’re not done yet. The 2026 PGA Champion is another European who has had great success here in Canada. Rai was 14th at Hamilton in 2024, 13th at St. Over the past 24 rounds, Rai is fifth in the field for SG: Tee to Green and eighth for SG: Approach.
Eric Cole (47-1)
Remember when we had this guy two weeks ago and he lost in a playoff at Colonial? Ugh. Well, I think he might be ready to make another run at that first PGA Tour win again this week. He was eighth last week at the Memorial, giving him two sixths, an eighth and a runner-up finish in his last five starts. He was sixth at Oakdale in 2023 and has finished as high as sixth at Detroit Golf Club. Cole ranks 12th in the field for SG: Tee to Green and Hole Proximity of 150-200 over the last 24 rounds. Over the past 12 rounds on Bent/Poa greens, he is 11th in the field for SG: Putting.
Jackson Suber (175-1)
I thought I had discovered a diamond in the rough here – and maybe I did – but it seems that some of my colleagues in the golf handicap industry have also come across young Mr. Suber, which is good. How about a group win? Yes, he’s a long shot, but just a few weeks ago he finished fourth in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Suber finished 18th here at TPC Toronto last year and has been sixth at the Rocket Classic. Over the last 24 rounds, he is 12th in the field for SG: Approach and is 10th for SG: Putting (Bent/Poa) over the last 12 rounds.
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