RBC Canadian Open Betting 2015
Carrie Stroup here with your RBC Canadian Open 2015 betting odds.
Glen Abbey Golf Course – Oakville, Ontario
Sportsbook.ag Odds to Win Tournament
After an eventful weekend at The Open Championship, the players head to Ontario for the RBC Canadian Open. This has been a pretty high-scoring tournament over the years and the winner has been double-digits under par in eight of the past 10 installments. The average winning score of the last three of these tournaments to be played at Glen Abbey has been 17-under.
This event will feature a rather competitive field, as five of the top-20 golfers in the world (OWGR) will be competing this year. Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Jason Day, J.B. Holmes and Matt Kuchar are the headliners, but Furyk is the one who will be drawing most of the attention. He is a two-time winner at the RBC Canadian Open and will be looking to win his third event after failing to crack the top-25 in the past two majors (U.S. Open and The Open Championship).
Let’s take a look at the field and find some guys who could be lifting the trophy on Sunday:
Jason Day (+750) - Day comes into this tournament in great form, finishing in the top-10 at both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship. He was -14 at the Old Course at St Andrews this past weekend and came up just short on a birdie attempt that would have sent him into a playoff to win the major. Despite that missed putt, Day is second in the world in birdie average (4.3) and third in the world in driving distance (308.2 yards) and that will give him a leg up on his competition in this tournament. He is the only player in the field that ranks in the top-five in that statistic and will be hungry to come away with his second win of the season this weekend.
J.B. Holmes (+4000) - Holmes is putting together a spectacular season and has already finished in the top-five four times on the year. He won the Shell Houston Open in early April and will come into this tournament looking to rebound on a lousy performance at The Open Championship. Like Day, Holmes has been exceptional with his putter on the year. He is eighth in the world in birdie average (3.9) and that has helped him shoot double-digits under par in two events this season. Holmes also has a big driver, ranking sixth in the world in driving distance (308.2 yards). He is worth a play at this event, especially considering he shot a -9 and finished tied for 15th the last time he played in the RBC Canadian Open.
Scott Piercy (+4500) - Piercy did not participate at The Open Championship but is coming into the RBC Canadian Open on a serious hot streak. Piercy won the Barbasol Championship last week and is now a combined 42-under over his past three tournaments. He has finished in the top-10 four times on the year and will now be playing in a tournament that he won in 2012. He was 17-under that year and will look to put forth a similar performance this weekend. Piercy is solid on the greens with a 4.0 birdie average and that should help him stay in the hunt come Sunday.
Tim Clark (+12000) - Clark is the reigning champion at the RBC Canadian Open and he is getting some pretty juicy odds at +12000. One major issue is that he’ll come into this tournament after missing back-to-back cuts (Travelers Championship, John Deere Classic). Clark does, however, have a top-five finish this year after shooting 11-under at the WGC-HSBC Championship. He also finished in the top-30 in the two tournaments before missing consecutive cuts. He’ll look to regain his composure in an event that he is clearly comfortable at this weekend.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
