The stars on the PGA Tour head north of the border this week for the RBC Canadian Open and TSN will have wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament beginning on Thursday morning.
Canada’s national open is the second-oldest non-major on Tour after it’s establishment in 1904, and returns to TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s north course for the second straight year after the venue made its debut in the rota last spring.
This year, one of the deepest tournament fields in recent memory will tee it up from Caledon, Ont. in the hopes of taking home a $1.67 million share of the $9.8 million purse, as well as 500 FedEx Cup points for the season-long race.
10 of the top 30 players in the world (per Official World Golf Ranking) are in action this week, including Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Aaron Rai, joining major winners Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark, and Shane Lowry in headlining the field.
2025 winner Ryan Fox is defending his title from last year after a thrilling four-hole playoff victory over Sam Burns, who is also back to try for redemption following the marathon Sunday loss.
21 Canadians are listed in the 145-player field at TPC Toronto, headlined by 2023 Canadian Open winner Nick Taylor, Corey Conners, Taylor Pendrith, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Adam Hadwin, Mackenzie Hughes, and 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir.
Taylor, of Abbotsford, B.C., put an end to a 69-year drought for Canadians at their national open with a playoff victory over Fleetwood in 2023, following in Pat Fletcher’s footsteps with his victory in 1954.
“It’s our one tournament where we’re the stars and the celebrities out here,” Nick Taylor told TSN’s Bob Weeks on Monday. “It’s fun to be out there, we’ve had great crowd support. Last year, I was with Mac and Taylor and it’s just a lot of fun, the energy out there.
“That’s definitely something we look forward to and it’s the one event a year that you play in your home country, so it’s special.”
Taylor, who won the Rivermead Cup as the low Canadian last year, is coming off of an up-and-down week at the Memorial Tournament.
The five-time PGA Tour winner was one off the pace following a blistering 4-under 68 opening round, but played his final 54-holes at 11-over par to fall down to 43rd on the leaderboard.
“The good, the bad, and the ugly last week,” Taylor said of his play from Muirfield Village. “It was a very tough test last week and just didn’t execute as well as I’d hoped on certain shots and partly the last three rounds.
“But the game feels pretty good. Two weeks off was nice to recharge the battery and get ready for this long stretch.”
Now armed with four tournament rounds of experience at TPC Toronto, Taylor will look to follow up his good showing from last year by being in contention deep into the weekend.
“I played well last year,” he said. “For me, it’s being in the fairways. The fairways got run in so they didn’t play that long, you’ll have enough edge opportunities. There’s only two par-fives, but they’re definitely scorable.
“I don’t know what the forecast looks like but low rounds are definitely out there, and luckily I was able to do that last year so I know what I can do.”
The RBC Canadian Open is also the last tournament ahead of next week’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, offering players one last chance to find their form before the third major of the season begins.
How to watch the RBC Canadian Open on TSN, TSN+
First-round coverage of the 2026 RBC Canadian Open gets underway on TSN5 Thursday morning, beginning 7 a.m. ET / 4 a.m. PT.
Three bonus streams are available for viewing on TSN+ during the opening round with the Featured Holes and Featured Groups getting underway at 7:45 a.m. ET / 4:45 a.m. PT, while the Marquee Group feed begins at 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT.
Friday’s coverage mirrors the plan from Thursday, with all four feeds feeds beginning at the same time they did on the previous day on both TSN5 and TSN+.
Moving day gets started on TSN5 at 7:45 a.m. ET / 4:45 a.m. PT with the main feed, followed by the Featured Holes and the Featured Groups at 8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT. The Marquee Group feed will then begin at 8:45 a.m. ET / 5:45 a.m. PT.
The start of the final round begins on TSN3 at 7:45 a.m. ET /4:45 a.m. PT. The Featured Holes (8:30 a.m. ET / 5:50 a.m. PT, the Featured Groups (8:30 a.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. PT) and the Marquee Group (8:45 a.m. ET / 5:45 a.m. PT) bonus feeds are also available for streaming on TSN+.
The remainder of the tournament can be viewed on TSN3 until a winner is crowned.
