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The next major championship is just over the horizon, and several of the PGA Tour's top players will get their final prep this week at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. St. George's Golf and Country Club won't be quite the challenge of The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., site of next week's U.S. Open. But like that course outside Boston, it will require players to hit the fairways and be strong with their irons to succeed. Five of the world's top 10 golfers are in the RBC Canadian Open 2022 field, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. The event has not been played since 2019 because of COVID, so Rory McIlroy will be defending that title. The No. 8 player in the world won by seven strokes at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in 2019. No. 4 Cameron Smith, fifth-ranked Justin Thomas and No. 9 Sam Burns also are set to compete in the 2022 RBC Canadian Open.     

Caesars Sportsbook lists Scheffler (8-1), McIlroy (9-1) and Thomas (9-1) as the favorites in its latest 2022 RBC Canadian Open golf odds. Corey Conners, the highest-ranked Canadian slated to compete in the country's national championship, is priced at 20-1. He is behind Smith (12-1) Burns (14-1), Matt Fitzpatrick (18-1) and Shane Lowry (18-1) as favorites in the RBC Canadian Open 2022 field.    

Should you pay more than $10,000 for the anchor of your picks, or would a golfer like Conners ($9,600 at DraftKings) or Tyrrell Hatton ($9,500) give you the flexibility to win? Which low-priced players have the most value and can set you up to win with your 2022 RBC Canadian Open picks? Before you consider any Fantasy golf rankings or make any bets on the 2022 RBC Canadian Open, be sure you check out the Fantasy golf projections from SportsLine fantasy expert Riley Gates.

Gates is a writer for 247Sports and has covered a range of sports for nearly five years. He has followed golf closely for much longer and has a profound knowledge of the sport. He also knows what it takes to win, on the course and in fantasy sports.

At last week's Memorial Tournament, five of Gates' nine picks finished in the top 15, including Will Zalatoris, who tied for fifth. His biggest sleeper pick of  the week, Brendan Steele -- priced at just $6,600 at DraftKings -- posted a top-10 finish. 

And at the Charles Schwab Challenge, three of Gates' top six picks finished in the top four on the final leaderboard, including winner Burns and runner-up Scheffler. Before the PGA, Gates backed both Thomas and 30-1 shot Zalatoris among his top five picks, and Thomas beat Zalatoris in a playoff. 

Now, Gates has ranked his top golfers for the 2022 RBC Canadian Open (see tickets at StubHub), and you'll really want to see what he has to say. You can only see his Fantasy golf rankings and RBC Canadian Open picks at SportsLine.

2022 RBC Canadian Open golf expert picks

The expert expects McIlroy to be well worth his $10,500 DraftKings price tag this week at St. George's. The four-time major champion wants to get some wins out of his stellar play this season and needs to build momentum for the U.S. Open. He has been in the top 25 in seven of nine events this season. Five of those were in the top 10, including three of the past four. The Northern Irishman tied for 18th at the Memorial after fading on the weekend, but he is second on tour in scoring average (69.3) and one of the tour's best off the tee (sixth in total driving).    

On the other hand, Gates thinks the $9,900 for Fitzpatrick at DraftKings is too much to pay. The Fantasy expert has a feeling the Englishman will sort of go through the motions in preparation for next week's U.S. Open at Brookline. The 27-year-old has won seven times overseas but hasn't recorded a PGA Tour win yet. Gates thinks he wants that win to be a major. "His mind could be elsewhere," the expert says. "using this event to just stay sharp and hit some shots going into a major championship." He also has missed two cuts in his past four tournaments.

How to set your 2022 RBC Canadian Open Fantasy golf rankings

For this week's event at St. George's, Gates is backing a long shot who comes in at massive odds of around 300-1 and priced under $7,000 on DraftKings. Gates says this player has been shooting low rounds and just needs to string some together to be a huge steal as one of the lower-priced players on the board. You can find out who it is, and check out all of Gates' top RBC Canadian Open golf picks, at SportsLine.

Who wins the 2022 RBC Canadian Open? Who are the top PGA Tour players to target for your Fantasy picks? And which overlooked players can help you win your league this week? Visit SportsLine now to get Riley Gates' Fantasy golf rankings for the 2022 RBC Canadian Open, all from the fantasy expert who has been on fire with his picks, and find out.