Canadian Open Golf Odds and Betting Picks

The top two players in the world, Australian Jason Day and American Dustin Johnson, are in the field for this week’s tournament at Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario. They are each priced at +546 on Sports Interaction’s golf odds to win.

Jason Day Looking For Rare Repeat

Day is the defending champion. Last year, also at Glen Abbey, he birdied his final three holes on Sunday for a final-round 4-under 68 to finish at 17 under and win by a shot over American Bubba Watson. Day became the third Aussie to win the Canadian Open, joining Hall of Famer Greg Norman (1984, 1992) and Nathan Green (2009). That victory came off a very disappointing result at the 2015 British Open as Day missed a playoff by just one shot. He was still looking for his first major championship back then. He really took off after winning the Canadian Open with six more wins in his next 14 starts, including the PGA Championship, which is next week. This year, Day has three wins and comes off a tie for 22nd at the British Open at Royal Troon. Only one player since 1952 has repeated at the Canadian Open: Jim Furyk in 2007.

Johnson has two wins this year, taking back-to-back events at the U.S. Open and WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He tied for ninth last week in Scotland. Johnson has a best result of second in the Canadian Open, coming at Glen Abbey in 2013.

American Matt Kuchar is +1200 on golf odds and then there’s a major drop-off to Furyk (+2300) and Brandt Snedeker (+2500). Kuchar was a co-runner-up in 2013 in this tournament and was seventh last year. This year, Kuchar hasn’t finished worse than sixth in his last five starts in non-major tournaments.

Will Canadian Drought Finally End?

No Canadian player has won this tournament since Pat Fletcher in 1954 at Point Grey Golf Club in Vancouver. There are 12 set to play this week, including amateur Garrett Rank, whose main profession is an NHL referee. David Hearn nearly ended the Canadian drought last year as he took a two-shot lead into Sunday. But he shot a final-round 72 and finished third at 15 under. South African Tim Clark won the tournament two years ago — at Royal Montreal — and his wife is from Toronto.

Hearn is +5400 to win his first-ever PGA Tour event this week. He’s having a decent season on the Tour with 16 made cuts in 24 events. He has one Top-10 finish, at the RSM Classic in November. Hearn didn’t qualify to play in the British Open last week so he competed in the Barbasol Championship and tied for 20th.

Canada’s Graham DeLaet is +5100 to win on golf odds. He has been dealing with the yips in his short game at times this season, but DeLaet comes off a tie for fifth at the Barbasol Championship. DeLaet missed the cut at the 2015 Canadian Open but was seventh two years ago.

Glen Abbey is a par 72 at 7,253 yards. The tournament record single-round score at the course is a 62, which has been accomplished four times and last by John Merrick in 2013.

Canadian Open Predictions

Five of the past six winners of the tournament had to come from behind on Sunday. I do expect Hearn to be the highest-finishing Canadian but not to win. Go Kuchar there.