Rory McIlroy Sits as Heavy Favorite at the RBC Canadian Open

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00:00so no scouting scheffler in the field this week up near toronto has the week off getting ready for

00:05the u.s open next week at oakmont if he was in the field we'd see his price probably around even

00:11money plus 100 right now but keith there is a short favorite relative to every other golfer

00:17up in the great white north notably absent last week at jack's place that is rory mackleroy plus

00:24450 second best price is ludwig oberg at a 14 to 1 number so after a week off a week ago in dublin

00:32ohio what can we expect out of mackleroy this week at the canadian open you know ben i think rory takes

00:39a lot of pride in the rbc canadian open he's almost single-handedly saved this event when he started

00:44coming here in the late teens and he won it in back-to-back additions and now you look at it you

00:48look at this field and how they've leaned into the pga tour u and how they have a bunch of dp world

00:53tour players that come over and play in this national championship of course there's the the

00:57rising up of a lot of these young canadian stars like cory connor's taylor pendris nick taylor

01:02all of these guys it's turned into somewhat of an event on the pga schedule and it sits in a pretty

01:08good place right here in june where a lot of guys are going to play and prep for our national open

01:13i think that rory pushes himself this week i think he sees that you know what hey to start the year i was

01:18pretty good i won the players i won the masters the career grand slam i won the signature event at

01:23at&t i know scotty has three wins but so do i i think rory he may not win this week but i think

01:28he works really hard towards getting himself ready for oakmont and i think he challenges this week for

01:33sure and so keith as we look at the canadian open this week whether it's the odds short there

01:40on the odds board or any other golfers to highlight it's that time the early lanes on the early line

01:46which players do we need to know this week up in the great white north i'm going to start with sam

01:50burns he's at plus 3 000 you know what in the last three canadian opens he has a 10th last year and a

01:56fourth a couple years ago he's got he's coming off four top 20s in his last five starts and the putter

02:02has been absolutely scintillating for sam i mean he is burning it up on the greens he's getting an

02:06average of five strokes on the field over his last five starts he was 12th at memorial a tough test

02:11the second guy eric van royan he's at plus 10 000 100 to 1 all right he qualified for the u.s open on

02:18monday in columbus ohio shooting 64 67 he loves long bombers golf courses where you gotta score evr at 100

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