Fantasy Golf Picks: RBC Canadian Open
Jason Day is favourite to defend his title, but who else is fancied?
This week it's the RBC Canadian Open which Jason Day defends. Here are the men to have in your fantasy teams
Fantasy Golf Picks: RBC Canadian Open
This week on the PGA Tour it's the RBC Canadian Open once again at Glen Abbey GC in Oakville, Ontario.
Last year Jason Day beat Bubba Watson by a stroke to start what would be an incredible run of victories as he shot to world number one.
Each week the GM Tipster posts his betting tips. He’s been having a great season, successfully backing Thonchai Jaidee and Alex Noren at 50/1 in the last few weeks to put him at over 660 points up for the season.
Think you can pick better than the GM tipster? Then prove it! Sign up to our FREE Fantasy Game and join the Take On The GM Tipster mini league
League Name: Take On The GM Tipster
Get the Golf Monthly Newsletter
Subscribe to the Golf Monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest tour news, equipment news, reviews, head-to-heads and buyer’s guides from our team of experienced experts.
League password: gmtipster2016
There are great prizes from Puma Cobra Golf to be won each and every week.
The prize for the month is a Limited Edition Cobra Open Championship Tour Bag and a Cobra driver.
Fantasy Golf Picks for the RBC Canadian Open:
USA 1: Dustin Johnson - The world number two has to be fancied with his two huge wins recently as the US Open and WGC-Bridgestone. He came runner-up in 2013 here at Glen Abbey GC.
USA 2: Brandt Snedeker - In 2013 when DJ came T2nd, it was behind Sneds. He won by three shots with a closing total of 16-under-par. He's missed a few cuts this season but has recorded top-22 finishes at both the WGC-Bridgestone and the Open.
GB: Matt Fitzpatrick - The Nordea Masters champion plays in Canada the week before the USPGA. He's not had the best of runs since his win in Sweden but is the highest ranked Brit in the field this week.
Ireland: Graeme McDowell - As he's the only Irishman in the field this week, it's no surprise I'll be putting him in my team. At less than 7,300 yards the course at Glen Abbey certainly won't be too long for him so I'm hoping he can find some form and pick up some points.
Scandinavia: Jonas Blixt - As the highest ranked Scandinavian, Blixt will be in my team. The Swede was playing the Barracuda last week instead of The Open so that tells you where his game has been. However he has has two top-six finishes this season and came T19th at The Players Championship.
Asia: KT Kim - Since June 2015, Kim has won eight times on the Japan Tour. He's up to world number 41 and has made his last two cuts at the WGC-Bridgestone and The Open.
Africa: Ernie Els - The Big Easy missed the cut at The Open at +5 after two rounds but cast your mind back to the Quicken Loans National last month where he played in the final group on Sunday and ended in 5th.
Australasia: Jason Day - The world number one defends this week against a relatively weak field and is as low as 5/1 with the bookies. He didn't have the best week at Troon but with memories of last year, he could become the first back-to-back Canadian Open winner since Jim Furyk in 2006-07
South America: Emiliano Grillo - The Argentine is on a hot run of form. He finished 2nd in Japan last month at the ISPS Handa Cup in a field which included Charl Schwartzel, Padraig Harrington and Victor Dubuisson, and came T14th and T12th at the WGC-Bridgestone and The Open.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
-
Best After Christmas Golf Sales 2024 - big reductions on Qi10, Darkspeed and Ai Smoke clubs
Christmas gifting may have been and gone but there is still plenty of golf gear with reduced prices right now...
By Sam Tremlett Published
-
Golf’s Atypical Photo Shoot Exposes Traditions And Why Some Are Holding The Sport Back
Our women's editor, Alison Root, reflects on the challenges of mastering golf's rules and etiquette
By Alison Root Published