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This week's field includes 44 players ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Rankings, with 14 of those in the top 50. Four top-10 players headline the field: Matt Fitzpatrick (#4), Justin Rose (#6), Tommy Fleetwood (#7), and Collin Morikawa (#10). That's a stronger showing than last year, which had 42 top-100 players and 15 top-50 players. The field includes 10 of the top 25 on this year's FedEx Cup points list. Past champions in the field are Ryan Fox (2025), Robert MacIntyre (2024), Nick Taylor (2023), Jhonattan Vegas (2016), and Sean O'Hair (2011).

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One of the strongest Canadian Open fields ever, minus the Memorial champ

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North Course hosts for just the second time, and the PGA Tour is billing this as one of the strongest Canadian Open fields in history. Four top-10 ranked players are in: Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, and Collin Morikawa, plus PGA Championship winner Aaron Rai, Brooks Koepka, and Viktor Hovland making his event debut. Defending champion Ryan Fox is back to chase the first repeat title since Jhonattan Vegas went back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. One name you will not see: Memorial winner J.T. Poston withdrew Monday morning, the day after his 31-hole Sunday marathon and playoff win, and is replaced by Ben Martin.

A bit of venue context: between 1977 and 2000, 22 of 24 Canadian Opens were played at Glen Abbey, but with that property targeted for redevelopment, Golf Canada spent years searching for a permanent home. When TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley joined the TPC network in 2018, the North Course emerged as the answer, undergoing a major renovation in 2023 and 2024 to get PGA Tour ready. Honestly, it's not a gem like Hamilton, St. George's, or Royal Montreal, but it's a good course, and the improved field suggests players gave it positive reviews after year one. The course isn't terribly long, the rough is a bit higher and tougher than last year, and long hitters should take advantage. Look for a winning score between 15 and 20 under par.

Golf's Longest Day delivers chaos, and a 17-year-old headed to Shinnecock

U.S. Open Final Qualifying wrapped Monday across 10 sites, and the carnage was real. The feel-good headline belongs to amateur Miles Russell, the world's top-ranked junior, who locked up his first major start at BallenIsles with fellow 17-year-old Charlie Woods, Tiger's son, caddying for him. Russell led through 16 holes, stumbled at the 17th, then survived a three-for-two playoff to punch his ticket to Shinnecock. Will Zalatoris called him one of the most naturally gifted kids he has ever seen. Meanwhile, Tony Finau, Max Homa, and Matt Kuchar all missed, while Chris Kirk, Davis Thompson, Billy Horschel, Tom Kim, and Carl Yuan advanced.

First played in 1904, the Canadian Open is one of golf's oldest championships; only the British Open, U.S. Open, and BMW Championship (the old Western Open) are older, with 112 editions now in the books. This week's host is TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North Course in Caledon, Ontario, a par 70 stretching 7,389 yards. Pastoral in setting, this lush parkland layout features naturally rolling fairways with generous landing areas, but the challenge comes on approach shots into wide, undulating greens guarded by artistically sculpted bunkers set close to the putting surfaces.

The renovation completed in 2023 transformed the course into a national championship venue, enhancing the dramatic green complexes and strategically repositioning bunkers and hazards to challenge elite players. The North Course plays to its new championship par of 70, with holes eight and thirteen converted to par-4s. The 585-yard par-5 18th, which received a new tee deck, a signature tree, and a short grass runoff area in front of the green, will play as a dramatic risk-reward finishing hole. For fans, TPC Toronto is a winner, with more room and better facilities than any of the older venues that have hosted this event.

The TPC Toronto layout suggests four key statistics will be crucial this week:

Strokes Gained Off-the-Tee: Driving is necessary. With wider fairways and a lack of deep rough following a more extended winter, this could be a bomber's course, though missing fairways will affect each player differently. Last year, TPC Toronto saw a driving distance average of 299.5 yards (32nd of 49 courses) and a driving accuracy of 65.88% (38th). Winner Ryan Fox averaged 309.4 yards off the tee (10th), hit 37 of 56 fairways (T-40th), and ranked 33rd in Strokes Gained Off-the-Tee, gaining 0.256 shots.

Strokes Gained Approach-the-Green: Hitting greens is essential. Last year the field hit 72.02% of greens (39th), with an average proximity of 33 feet 7 inches (34th). Fox hit 59 of 72 greens (T-6th), led the field in proximity at 25 feet 4 inches, and ranked 6th in Strokes Gained Approach-the-Green, gaining 1.864 shots.

Strokes Gained Around-the-Green: Players will miss greens, and winners get it up and down. The field ranked 25th in Sand Save Percentage (55.85%) and 21st in Scrambling (57.67%). Fox saved 75.00% from the sand, scrambled at 61.54% (32nd), and ranked 22nd in Strokes Gained Around-the-Green, gaining 0.206 shots.

Strokes Gained Putting: The flat stick will be very important this week. The course ranked 10th in Overall Putting Average, 9th in One-Putt Percentage, 17th in 3-Putt Avoidance, and 20th in Putting Inside Ten Feet (87.86%). Fox ranked 19th in Overall Putting Average, 17th in One-Putt Percentage, 9th in 3-Putt Avoidance, and 61st in Putting Inside Ten Feet (84.51%), gaining 0.672 shots (16th) in Strokes Gained Putting.

Want all of these stats rolled into one master list? Our Composite Rankings combine every key category to identify the most complete players in the field this week.