RBC CANADIAN OPEN

Site: Toronto.

Course: St. George's Golf & CC. Yardage: 7,014. Par: 70.

Prize money: $8.7 million. Winner's share: $1.566 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Rory McIlroy (2019).

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Billy Horschel won the Memorial.

Notes: The fourth-oldest national open in the world resumes after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rory McIlroy defends the title he won in 2019. ... Title sponsor RBC ended its endorsement deals with Dustin Johnson and Graeme McDowell after both signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational outside London this week. ... This is the sixth time St. George's has hosted the Canadian Open and the first since Carl Pettersen won in 2010. ... The field includes Justin Thomas, who wants to play a week before the majors this year. It worked the first time. He won the PGA Championship a week after the AT&T Byron Nelson. ... Former Masters champion Mike Weir is among the Canadians playing in his national open. ... Masters champion Scottie Scheffler leads a field that features four of the top 10 in the world. ... Lee Trevino (1971) and Tiger Woods (2000) are the only players to have won the U.S. Open, Canadian Open and British Open in the same year.

Next week: U.S. Open.

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