Canadian Open Shifts Venue as Rory McIlroy Seeks Repeat Win

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - PGA goes north of the border to the RBC Canadian Open.

00:07 Of course, last year you had Nick Taylor

00:09 with the 70 foot eagle in the playoff to be the first.

00:12 What is it, 68, 69 years before Nick

00:16 that a Canadian had won this event.

00:19 And this, unlike other events that we talk about every week,

00:22 this is an event, Keith, where the course rotates

00:25 on a year by year basis.

00:26 So they are not playing at the same track

00:28 that Nick Taylor won on a year ago.

00:29 They're playing at Hamilton,

00:31 where Rory McIlroy has won on in the past.

00:33 - So Hamilton has hosted six of these before.

00:36 This is the seventh.

00:37 They've had four of them since the year 2000.

00:40 And you may have been on Nick Taylor.

00:41 I know he's your guy last year,

00:43 but I was on Tommy Fleetwood in that fourth playoff hall.

00:46 Man, that amazing eagle from 72 feet.

00:49 It made a lot of people happy in Canada.

00:51 I was not in Canada.

00:52 So, you know, another runner up for Tommy.

00:55 And I mean, that's always been his story.

00:57 And he sits second on the odds board this week

00:59 behind that heavy favorite Rory.

01:01 But Hamilton this week, right?

01:03 And you look back at the most recent versions of this,

01:06 you know, Rory at minus 22 in 2019

01:10 with a very interesting,

01:11 and I know we'll get into this more in the outrights,

01:13 but a very interesting top five there.

01:15 It was him and the Irish bear,

01:16 but then you had Webb Simpson, Matt Kuchar,

01:19 and Brant Snedeker.

01:20 I mean, those guys with Rory.

01:22 Hamilton Golf and Country Club

01:23 is one of those classic designs by Harry Colt

01:25 that we just love to see national championships on.

01:28 Just like William Flynn and Lancaster Country Club

01:30 for the Ladies US Open.

01:31 It's gonna be a really entertaining weekend

01:34 on both tours for golf.

01:36 (upbeat music)

01:39 [MUSIC]

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