Pre-Tournament Information – 2025 RBC Canadian Open

Player Interviews

Tuesday, June 3

10 a.m. – Robert MacIntyre

12 p.m. – Luke Clanton

Wednesday, June 4

After 6:52 a.m. (9-hole) Pro-Am – Corey Conners

After 7:58 a.m. (9-hole) Pro-Am – Rory McIlroy

After 8:20 a.m. (9-hole) Pro-Am – Taylor Pendrith

After 11:45 a.m. (9-hole) Pro-Am – Nick Taylor

1:30 p.m. – Gordon Sargent*Visit pgatourmedia.com for the latest interview schedule      

Robert MacIntyre looking to become only the fifty player since WW2 to successfully defend the Canadian Open. Image Getty

Robert MacIntyre

• Won the RBC Canadian Open by one stroke over Ben Griffin at Hamilton Golf & Country Club, earning his first career PGA TOUR title in his 45^th start
• Became the 17^th player to make the RBC Canadian Open his first win on TOUR and first since Nathan Green in 2009
• Became the fifth player from Scotland to win on TOUR since the start of the 1940 season and first since Martin Laird (2020 Shriners Children’s Open)
• Four players since World War II have successfully defended the RBC Canadian Open title: Jim Ferrier (1951), Jim Furyk (2007), Jhonattan Vegas (2017), Rory McIlroy (2022)
• Claimed second career victory on TOUR at the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open, four starts after his RBC Canadian Open title
• Enters the week No. 45 in the FedExCup standings with three top-10 finishes in 14 starts this season (best: T6/WM Phoenix Open, Charles Schwab Challenge)

Luke Clanton

• Second player to earn PGA TOUR membership through PGA TOUR University Accelerated (Gordon Sargent); will make his professional debut after recently finishing his junior season at Florida State
• Secured his 20th point in PGA TOUR University Accelerated to earn TOUR membership following a made cut at the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
• Has recorded four top-10s and 10 made cuts in 13 PGA TOUR starts as an amateur, highlighted by runner-up finishes at the 2024 John Deere Classic and 2024 RSM Classic; two top-20 finishes in five starts this season (T15/Farmers Insurance Open, T18/Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches)
• Hialeah, Florida native capped off his time as a Seminole as the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking with seven individual collegiate titles, including four this past season
• 21-year-old was named the 2025 Ben Hogan Award winner, one of three player of the year awards in college golf
• Last player to win in first start as a TOUR member was Emiliano Grillo at the 2015 Procore Championship

Corey Conners

• Team RBC Ambassador is highest ranked Canadian in the Official World Golf Ranking at No. 21
• Making 10^th RBC Canadian Open start and was awarded the Rivermead Cup as low Canadian twice (6^th/2022, 6^th/2024)
• Five top-10s this season, including three consecutive top-10 finishes for the first time in his career (3^rd /Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, T6/THE PLAYERS Championship, T8/Valspar Championship)

Rory McIlroy

• Two-time winner of the RBC Canadian Open is making fifth consecutive start at the event (Won/2019, Won/2022, T9/2023, T4/2024)
• World No. 2 seeks to join three-time RBC Canadian Open champions Tommy Armour, Sam Snead and Lee Trevino
• One of 17 multiple winners of the RBC Canadian Open (most: 4/Leo Diegel)
• 2025 Masters Tournament champion became the sixth player to complete the Career Grand Slam
• With wins at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship and Masters Tournament, is one of four multiple winners this season (Scottie Scheffler/3, Ben Griffin/2, Sepp Straka/2)
• Fifth PGA TOUR season with three or more victories (2012/4, 2014/3, 2019/3, 2022/3, 2025/3)
• Making his 10^th start of the season and first since the PGA Championship (T47)

Taylor Pendrith

• Making fifth appearance at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open (best: T21/2024)
• In 14 starts this season, has four top-10 finishes (T5/PGA Championship, T5/Texas Children’s Houston Open,  T7/Farmers Insurance Open, T9/AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am) ,); T5 at the PGA Championship marked his best finish in eight career major appearances
• Enters the week ranked fourth in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee (0.671) this season
• Finished No. 14 in the 2024 FedExCup, highlighted by his first PGA TOUR victory at 2024 CJ CUP Byron Nelson

Nick Taylor

• Won the 2023 RBC Canadian Open in a playoff over Tommy Fleetwood, becoming the first Canadian to win the event since Pat Fletcher in 1954; made a 72-foot, 6-inch putt for eagle on the fourth playoff hole to win
• RBC Ambassador is making his 14^th start at the event, with his 2023 victory his lone top-10 finish
• Held the 36-hole co-lead at last week’s Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and finished solo fourth
• Has three top-10s in 15 starts this season, including his fifth career PGA TOUR title at the Sony Open in Hawaii, making him the most recent Canadian to win on the PGA TOUR
• Enters the week No. 16 in the FedExCup standings; seeking a second appearance at the TOUR Championship and first since 2023

Gordon Sargent

• 22-year-old will make his professional debut after finishing his senior season at Vanderbilt
• Became the first player to earn PGA TOUR membership through PGA TOUR University Accelerated; secured his 20^th point as a junior in October 2023 when he represented the United States at the World Amateur Team Championship; elected to return to Vanderbilt for his senior season in 2024-25
• Spent 42 weeks at No. 1 in World Amateur Golf Ranking and named 2023 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading player in WAGR
• Birmingham, Alabama native named low amateur at the 2023 U.S. Open, his best finish in six starts on TOUR
• Became the ninth freshman to win the NCAA individual championship in 2022 and went on to represent his country at the Walker Cup (2022) and Palmer Cup (2022, 2023)

David Ford

• Making his debut as a PGA TOUR member after finishing as the No. 1 player in the 2025 PGA TOUR University Ranking
• Record-setting senior season at the University of North Carolina included five individual titles and the lowest scoring average in school history (70.13)
• Won the D-1 Nicklaus Award and Haskins Award presented by Stifel, two of the three player of the year awards in college golf
• Made his professional debut at the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge (MC) after earning a sponsor exemption from winning the 2024 Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational
• Fifth career PGA TOUR start, with his lone made cut at the 2023 ISCO Championship (T58)

RBC Canadian Open notes:

• Established in 1904, the RBC Canadian Open is the second-oldest non-major on the PGA TOUR schedule behind BMW Championship (1899)
• TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course) will host the tournament for the first time, becoming the 38th golf course in tournament history (and only the eighth since 1977) to host the RBC Canadian Open
• In 2023, the Doug Carrick-designed North Course underwent a major golf course renovation under the guidance of renowned architect Ian Andrew with consultation from the PGA TOUR for the venue to host large-scale, global championship level competition
• Sponsor exemption Johnny Keefer finished T3 at last year’s Fortinet Cup Championship on PGA TOUR Americas, held at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course); has five top-10 finishes in 11 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour, including a win at the Veritex Bank Championship, and leads the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• There are 21 Canadians in the field, seven of which have won on TOUR: Mike Weir (8), Nick Taylor (5), Corey Conners (2), Mackenzie Hughes (2), Adam Hadwin, Taylor Pendrith, Adam Svensson

• 26 players in the field competed last week the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, including 36-hole co-leader Nick Taylor (4th) and Brandt Snedeker (T7), who both finished in the top 10Additional field features:

• • 16 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, headlined by World No. 2 Rory McIlroy and No. 8 Ludvig Åberg
  • Four past RBC Canadian Open champions: Robert MacIntyre (2024), Rory McIlroy (2019, 2022), Brandt Snedeker (2013), Nick Taylor (2023)
  • Three past FedExCup champions: Rory McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022), Justin Rose (2018), Brandt Snedeker (2012)

• • Six PGA TOUR winners this season: Nick Taylor (Sony Open in Hawaii), Rory McIlroy (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament), Thomas Detry (WM Phoenix Open), Ludvig Åberg (The Genesis Invitational), Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Ryan Fox (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic)

PGA TOUR season notes

• The leading three players, not otherwise exempt, who make the cut at the RBC Canadian Open will qualify for The 153^rd Open at Royal Portrush. In the event of a tie for a qualifying place, the player with the higher ranking in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) entering the week will be awarded the spot.
• With 3,501 FedExCup points, FedExCup leader Scottie Scheffler has an 835-point lead over No. 2 Rory McIlroy (2,666) in the FedExCup standings
• Eight first-time winners in 2025: Thomas Detry (WM Phoenix Open), Brian Campbell (Mexico Open at VidantaWorld), Joe Highsmith (Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches), Karl Vilips (Puerto Rico Open), Min Woo Lee (Texas Children’s Houston Open), Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak (Zurich Classic of New Orleans), Ryan Fox (ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic)
• International players have won 14 of 25 events this season: Hideki Matsuyama/Japan, Nick Taylor/Canada, Sepp Straka/Austria/2, Rory McIlroy/Northern Ireland/3, Thomas Detry/Belgium, Ludvig Åberg/Sweden, Karl Vilips/Australia, Viktor Hovland/Norway, Min Woo Lee/Australia, Garrick Higgo/South Africa, Ryan Fox/New Zealand