PGA First Look: RBC Canadian Open

The PGA First Look is complete with a course preview, odds, salaries, Official World Golf Rankings, and course history.

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Event Preview

DFS favorite Patrick Cantlay was able to snag a come from behind victory at the Memorial Tournament last week to pick up his second career win on the PGA Tour. We knew that a big win was coming eventually and it was nice that it happened on a week where I was overweight on him in DFS and had him as an outright bet. We now head to Canada for the RBC Canadian Open. While it’s not considered a major on tour, it is Canada’s major (just ask Brooks Koepka).

The event has switched venues over the years and will be held at Hamilton Golf and Country Club, which is located just outside of Toronto. We have two years of course history data to work with, but the tournament hasn’t been played here since 2012. The course is a short Par 70 that measures just under 7,000 yards. On paper, it looks more like Harbour Town than Augusta National and the statistics back that up. The average driving distance here in the past was well below the tour average. Greens are fairly easy to hit and scrambling doesn’t appear to be overly difficult. This is a second shot golf course if I’ve ever seen one.

When it comes to off the tee, position is more important than distance. On average, the fairways are only 30 yards wide and they are surrounded by trees and fairly penal rough. Even more, about half of the holes feature dog legs. This doesn’t mean that a bomber can’t win here, but gaining strokes off the tee isn’t nearly as important as it is most weeks. You have to be great with your irons and catch fire with the putter. The last two winners here (Scott Piercy and Jim Furyk) gained most of their strokes on the greens the weeks that they won.

That’s all I have for you this week. We’ll do a much deeper dive into Pebble Beach for the U.S. Open.

Cut Rule: Top 70 and ties move on after the first two rounds. The MDF rule is in effect if more than 78 golfers make the initial cut.

Key Statistics (In Order of Importance)

1) Strokes Gained Approach
2) Bogey Avoidance
3) Strokes Gained Putting (Emphasis on Bentgrass)
4) Birdie or Better Percentage
5) Proximity Blend

Sports Betting Card

Ladies and gentlemen, we are back in the winner’s circle. It was a great week for the bets. We hit the Patrick Cantlay outright at 16/1, we hit Byeong-Hun An for a top 20 at 4/1, and we hit Kevin Streelman for a top 20 at 4/1. Overall we bet 10 units and brought back 24, so we are officially back in the green for the season.

YTD: 5 wins, +9 units

Outright Bets

Webb Simpson 20/1
Sergio Garcia 25/1 (late add)
Brandt Snedeker 40/1
Jim Furyk 50/1
Bud Cauley 50/1

Top 5 Bets

Jim Furyk 10/1
Bud Cauley 10/1
Nick Watney 20/1

Top 20 Bets

Peter Malnati 6/1
Shawn Stefani 6/1
Nate Lashley 7/1

Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2012)

Golfer DK Salary FD Salary FDRFT Sal OWGR Odds DK % FD % FDRFT % Cuts 2012
Dustin Johnson $11,900 $12,600 $18,800 2 5 0% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Brooks Koepka $11,700 $12,500 $18,600 1 6 0% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Rory McIlroy $11,200 $12,000 $17,800 4 9 0% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Matt Kuchar $10,500 $11,300 $15,900 13 18 -25% 0% 0% 1/1 34
Justin Thomas $10,000 $11,500 $16,700 6 14 20% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Webb Simpson $9,700 $10,800 $15,900 20 20 0% 0% -20% 0/0 500
Sergio Garcia $9,500 $10,700 $15,600 30 25 0% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Scott Piercy $9,300 $10,500 $15,400 60 28 0% 11% 0% 1/1 1
Henrik Stenson $9,100 $10,600 $15,300 43 33 0% -13% 0% 0/0 500
Brandt Snedeker $9,000 $10,300 $14,900 50 38 -10% 0% 0% 1/1 34
Bubba Watson $8,900 $10,400 $15,000 19 36 9% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Jim Furyk $8,800 $10,100 $14,600 49 46 -8% -8% 0% 0/1 80
Jason Dufner $8,700 $9,900 $14,300 146 50 -15% -7% -7% 0/0 500
Shane Lowry $8,600 $10,000 $14,800 42 42 14% 8% 0% 0/0 500
Keegan Bradley $8,500 $9,900 $13,800 37 62 -13% -21% 0% 0/0 500
Bud Cauley $8,400 $9,800 $14,300 145 49 13% 13% 0% 1/1 4
Adam Hadwin $8,300 $9,300 $13,800 79 65 -6% 28% -6% 0/1 80
Ryan Palmer $8,200 $9,700 $14,200 69 54 11% 11% 0% 1/1 19
Austin Cook $8,100 $9,500 $13,600 147 74 -11% 0% 0% 0/0 500
Daniel Berger $8,000 $9,700 $13,700 98 69 0% -11% 0% 0/0 500
Lucas Bjerregaard $8,000 $9,400 $13,500 44 77 -10% 4% 0% 0/0 500
Jimmy Walker $7,900 $9,300 $13,300 101 81 -14% 0% 0% 1/1 28
Sungjae Im $7,900 $9,600 $13,400 68 80 -9% -20% 0% 0/0 500
Erik Van Rooyen $7,800 $9,100 $13,200 90 87 -17% 7% 0% 0/0 500
Aaron Wise $7,800 $9,800 $13,800 71 67 21% -19% -12% 0/0 500
Jonas Blixt $7,800 $9,500 $13,000 214 91 -33% -52% -3% 0/0 500
Joaquin Niemann $7,700 $9,000 $13,300 132 82 4% 19% -4% 0/0 500
Kevin Tway $7,700 $9,200 $13,100 105 91 -15% -15% -3% 0/0 500
Alexander Noren $7,700 $9,200 $13,500 38 77 15% 15% -5% 0/0 500
Graeme McDowell $7,600 $9,100 $13,200 121 87 3% 3% -4% 0/0 500
Zach Johnson $7,600 $9,400 $13,000 94 90 0% -30% 3% 0/0 500
J.B. Holmes $7,600 $9,000 $12,600 51 105 -20% -13% 0% 1/1 15
Brian Harman $7,600 $9,200 $13,300 96 83 10% 0% -8% 1/1 19
Nick Watney $7,500 $8,800 $13,000 144 94 3% 13% -6% 0/0 500
Russell Henley $7,500 $8,900 $12,500 168 105 -6% -6% 5% 0/0 500
Corey Conners $7,500 $8,900 $13,000 83 94 0% 0% -10% 0/0 500
Mac Hughes $7,500 $8,700 $12,400 218 127 -26% -2% -5% 0/1 110
Peter Uihlein $7,400 $8,500 $12,500 128 114 -3% 20% -3% 0/0 500
Kramer Hickok $7,400 $8,400 $12,200 206 132 -18% 15% 2% 0/0 500
Matt Every $7,400 $8,500 $12,100 216 148 -37% -6% -8% 1/1 61
Kyoung-Hoon Lee $7,400 $8,800 $12,700 238 103 8% 8% 0% 0/0 500
Danny Willett $7,400 $8,800 $12,600 84 108 0% 0% -6% 0/0 500
Shawn Stefani $7,300 $8,600 $12,000 293 146 -19% -11% -4% 0/0 500
Trey Mullinax $7,300 $8,900 $12,400 226 119 5% -21% 0% 0/0 500
Dylan Frittelli $7,300 $8,700 $12,500 107 118 7% 5% -5% 0/0 500
Denny McCarthy $7,300 $8,700 $12,000 164 137 -12% -14% 2% 0/0 500
Danny Lee $7,300 $8,800 $12,300 117 121 2% -11% 5% 0/1 80
Harris English $7,300 $8,200 $11,800 331 166 -37% 3% 0% 0/1 80
Sebastian Munoz $7,200 $8,300 $11,900 246 155 -12% 4% -4% 0/0 500
Ryan Armour $7,200 $8,500 $11,900 126 157 -14% -14% -6% 0/0 500
Scott Stallings $7,200 $8,700 $12,400 141 130 10% -5% -7% 1/1 7
Brian Gay $7,200 $8,900 $12,200 137 135 4% -38% -2% 1/1 28
Seamus Power $7,200 $8,300 $11,800 277 168 -22% -5% -2% 0/0 500
Martin Laird $7,200 $8,600 $12,300 272 134 6% 0% -5% 0/0 500
Peter Malnati $7,100 $8,200 $12,000 220 152 2% 11% -10% 0/0 500
Talor Gooch $7,100 $8,600 $12,000 167 144 11% -7% 0% 0/0 500
Cameron Tringale $7,100 $7,800 $11,600 543 198 -20% 16% -5% 1/1 19
Nick Taylor $7,100 $8,500 $11,900 270 148 5% -6% 2% 0/1 152
Luke Donald $7,100 $8,100 $11,600 512 191 -15% 3% 0% 0/0 500
Harold Varner $7,100 $8,400 $11,900 176 145 9% 6% 6% 0/0 500
Bill Haas $7,100 $8,400 $11,800 327 176 -11% -15% -3% 0/0 500
Josh Teater $7,000 $8,000 $11,500 398 189 0% 10% 6% 1/1 4
Ollie Schniederjans $7,000 $8,200 $11,900 235 158 8% 7% -8% 0/0 500
J.J. Spaun $7,000 $8,300 $11,900 160 161 6% -2% -9% 0/0 500
David Hearn $7,000 $8,000 $11,400 525 232 -16% -4% -6% 1/1 71
Wyndham Clark $7,000 $8,400 $11,300 267 239 -24% -45% -7% 0/0 500
Brandon Harkins $7,000 $8,000 $11,400 340 216 -10% 1% 0% 0/0 500
Stephan Jaeger $7,000 $8,100 $11,200 332 241 -26% -20% -1% 0/0 500
David Lingmerth $6,900 $8,300 $11,600 521 191 9% -11% 0% 0/0 500
Roberto Castro $6,900 $7,900 $11,300 334 225 -3% 4% 1% 0/1 110
Zack Sucher $6,900 $7,900 $11,300 494 232 -4% 3% 0% 0/0 500
Cameron Davis $6,900 $7,500 $11,100 210 259 -20% 13% -1% 0/0 500
Nicholas Lindheim $6,900 $7,600 $11,000 404 277 -29% 1% -6% 0/0 500
Chris Stroud $6,900 $8,100 $11,400 203 218 0% -6% -1% 1/1 61
Benjamin Silverman $6,900 $7,600 $11,000 389 264 -22% 7% 0% 0/0 500
Padraig Harrington $6,900 $8,100 $11,400 252 223 -1% -8% -3% 0/0 500
Adam Schenk $6,800 $7,800 $11,500 240 202 13% 15% -2% 0/0 500
Johnson Wagner $6,800 $7,900 $11,000 328 275 -13% -18% -4% 0/0 500
Sepp Straka $6,800 $8,000 $11,200 355 245 -5% -17% -5% 0/0 500
Jim Knous $6,800 $7,600 $11,200 440 236 4% 18% 4% 0/0 500
Roger Sloan $6,800 $7,700 $11,200 263 241 -1% 7% -1% 0/0 500
Tyler Duncan $6,800 $7,900 $11,700 386 193 16% 12% -5% 0/0 500
Roberto Diaz $6,800 $7,500 $11,000 593 268 -12% 9% -2% 0/0 500
Chad Campbell $6,800 $7,400 $10,600 438 305 -34% -2% 2% 0/1 98
Nate Lashley $6,700 $8,000 $11,200 397 241 8% -13% -1% 0/0 500
D.J. Trahan $6,700 $7,700 $10,700 528 264 0% -1% 9% 0/1 80
Hank Lebioda $6,700 $7,700 $11,100 423 257 4% 2% 0% 0/0 500
Scott Brown $6,700 $8,200 $11,300 250 236 13% -21% -3% 0/1 80
Alex Prugh $6,700 $7,300 $10,700 531 286 -7% 15% 2% 0/0 500
Curtis Luck $6,700 $7,900 $11,300 458 236 13% 0% -3% 0/0 500
Brady Schnell $6,700 $7,400 $10,700 412 295 -16% 2% -6% 0/0 500
Robert Streb $6,700 $7,400 $10,800 300 295 -16% 2% -8% 0/0 500
Ben Crane $6,600 $7,300 $10,700 467 318 -15% 0% -15% 0/0 500
Sam Saunders $6,600 $7,500 $10,900 318 286 2% 4% -2% 0/0 500
Richy Werenski $6,600 $7,700 $10,700 219 286 2% -8% 2% 0/0 500
Tom Hoge $6,600 $7,800 $10,700 347 286 2% -15% 2% 0/0 500
Jonathan Byrd $6,600 $7,700 $10,900 406 286 2% -8% -2% 0/0 500
Brice Garnett $6,600 $7,400 $10,700 191 286 2% 10% 2% 0/0 500
Alex Cejka $6,600 $7,700 $10,600 475 314 -13% -25% 0% 0/0 500
Sang-Moon Bae $6,600 $7,000 $10,500 380 391 -24% 7% -5% 0/0 500
Adam Svensson $6,500 $7,500 $10,600 454 336 -8% -15% -4% 0/0 500
Bronson Burgoon $6,500 $7,500 $10,700 195 291 3% -3% -5% 0/0 500
Hudson Swafford $6,500 $7,800 $10,900 273 277 12% -13% 0% 0/0 500
Ricky Barnes $6,500 $7,200 $10,500 998 375 -13% -1% -4% 1/1 48
Fabian Gomez $6,500 $7,200 $10,700 480 314 -4% 7% -13% 0/0 500
Kelly Kraft $6,500 $7,600 $11,000 193 275 14% 3% -4% 0/0 500
Brandon Hagy $6,500 $7,200 $10,500 758 436 -20% -7% -10% 0/0 500
Cody Gribble $6,500 $7,300 $10,300 790 400 -15% -8% 0% 0/0 500
Julian Etulain $6,400 $7,400 $10,700 344 300 6% -1% -10% 0/0 500
Collin Morikawa $6,400 $7,000 $10,500 323 1% 12% 2% 0/0 500
Scott Langley $6,400 $7,300 $10,700 260 305 6% 4% -11% 0/0 500
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez $6,400 $7,800 $10,600 490 359 -2% -41% -6% 0/0 500
Joey Garber $6,400 $7,000 $10,300 439 364 -3% 9% 3% 0/0 500
Austin Connelly $6,400 $7,200 $10,400 680 414 -9% -5% -3% 0/0 500
Albin Choi $6,400 $7,100 $10,200 1118 505 -22% -13% -9% 1/1 74
Richard T. Lee $6,400 $7,000 $10,200 518 -23% -9% -10% 0/0 500
Carlos Ortiz $6,300 $7,000 $10,600 278 286 22% 26% 13% 0/0 500
Dominic Bozzelli $6,300 $7,300 $10,700 363 295 15% 7% -6% 0/0 500
J.J. Henry $6,300 $7,600 $10,300 635 355 6% -22% 5% 1/1 37
Chad Collins $6,300 $7,000 $10,200 545 -16% -11% -11% 0/0 500
Whee Kim $6,300 $7,000 $10,300 234 459 -5% 0% -6% 0/0 500
Mike Weir $6,300 $7,100 $10,200 564 -18% -17% -13% 0/1 129
Michael Gligic $6,300 $7,000 $10,300 362 400 1% 6% 0% 0/1 129
Drew Nesbitt $6,300 $7,000 $10,200 846 532 -15% -10% -11% 0/0 500
Tyrone Van Aswegen $6,200 $7,500 $10,500 639 365 10% -19% -3% 0/0 500
Ryan Yip $6,200 $7,000 $10,200 795 595 -11% -13% -14% 0/0 500
Chase Wright $6,200 $7,200 $10,300 358 400 7% -3% 0% 0/0 500
Tom Lovelady $6,200 $7,300 $10,200 498 486 -4% -21% -7% 0/0 500
Jake Knapp $6,200 $7,000 $10,100 846 636 -12% -14% 0% 0/0 500
Will Claxton $6,200 $7,000 $10,100 664 -14% -15% -1% 1/1 19
Matthew Anderson $6,200 $7,000 864 -17% -19% 0/0 500
Joseph Deraney $6,200 $7,000 $10,000 1045 -18% -20% -2% 0/0 500
Chris Crisologo $6,200 $7,000 $10,000 1364 -20% -22% -4% 0/0 500
Wes Roach $6,100 $7,000 $10,200 533 418 10% 2% 2% 0/0 500
Martin Trainer $6,100 $7,000 $10,200 155 477 5% -3% -4% 0/0 500
Derek Fathauer $6,100 $7,100 $10,200 487 464 7% -5% -2% 0/0 500
Jim Herman $6,100 $7,000 $10,200 1133 482 4% -4% -5% 0/0 500
Kyle Jones $6,100 $7,000 $10,200 421 555 -2% -11% -12% 0/0 500
Rod Pampling $6,100 $7,000 $10,100 1131 668 -7% -16% -2% 0/0 500
Paul Barjon $6,100 $7,000 $10,200 706 440 9% 1% 0% 0/0 500
Zachary Bauchou $6,100 $7,000 $10,000 818 -8% -18% -1% 0/0 500
Marc-Etienne Bussieres $6,100 $7,000 $10,000 1364 -12% -22% -4% 0/0 500
Anders Albertson $6,000 $7,000 $10,200 309 491 8% -7% -7% 0/0 500
Seth Reeves $6,000 $7,400 $10,200 557 491 8% -30% -7% 0/0 500
Martin Piller $6,000 $7,100 $10,200 630 464 13% -5% -2% 0/0 500
Colt Knost $6,000 $7,000 $10,200 473 12% -2% -3% 1/1 48
John Chin $6,000 $7,000 $10,100 599 659 1% -15% -1% 0/0 500
Chris Thompson $6,000 $7,100 $10,200 460 482 10% -8% -5% 0/0 500
Joey Savoie $6,000 $7,000 $10,000 1091 -3% -20% -3% 0/0 500
Richard Jung $6,000 $7,000 $10,000 732 -1% -17% 0% 0/0 500
Michael Blair $6,000 $7,000 $10,000 1136 -4% -21% -3% 0/0 500
Josh Whalen $6,000 $7,000 $10,000 2091 -6% -24% -6% 0/0 500

Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a made cut with a finish outside the top 25.
Course history in RED indicates a missed cut.

Legend

Term Description
Site % Odds The percentage differential between a golfer’s salary rank and odds rank. The higher the %, the better.
OWGR Official World Golf Ranking
Cuts Cut record of each golfer at this course in the last five seasons.
2014 – 2018 Columns Course history at this event in the last five seasons.
Cover Image Credit: USA Today Sports Images

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