Dustin Johnson will try to bounce back from a dismal performance at last weekend’s Open Championship over in Scotland when he tees off on Thursday as a strong +650 favourite on the 2018 RBC Canadian Open odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
Johnson saw a run of three straight Top 10 finishes halted last weekend in Scotland, where he failed to make the cut for the third time in his past seven major tournament appearances. However, he remains atop the Official World Golf Ranking going into the 108th edition of the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ont.
The 34-year-old headlines a strong field that includes two-time defending U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, who sits second to Johnson on the Canadian Open odds at +1100, as well as two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson, and Sergio Garcia, who earned his first green jacket at Augusta in 2017.
A pair of rising stars then round out the top of the odds, with Tommy Fleetwood joining Tony Finau at +1600. Fleetwood followed up a second-place performance at the U.S. Open as a +4000 bet with a 12th-place finish at the Open Championship, but has yet to earn a victory this season. Finau finished one stroke ahead of Fleetwood at Carnoustie as a +10000 wager, and shot four sub-70 rounds to record a fifth-place finish at last year’s Canadian Open.
Watson is pegged at +2000 on the golf odds, ahead of Garcia, who joins Charley Hoffman and Matt Kuchar at +2500. It has been a roller coaster campaign for Watson. The 39-year-old has tallied three wins on the PGA Tour this year, including a victory at the Travelers Championship on +2800 odds, but missed the cut both last weekend in Scotland and last month at the U.S. Open.
Garcia started the season strong, posting Top 10 finishes in three of his first four outings, but has struggled horribly since, missing the cut in six of his past seven appearances, including all three of this year’s majors.
While Garcia looks to rediscover his game, Jhonattan Vegas aims to make history as the first golfer to win three straight Canadian Open titles while sporting lengthy +6600 odds. Vegas has also endured a tough season, recording just one Top 10 finish in 21 tour appearances, but has shot 67 or better in four of his past eight rounds at Glen Abbey.
Adam Hadwin is pegged as the top Canadian on the odds to win the Canadian Open, sitting alongside Vegas at +6600, well ahead of Mackenzie Hughes, Corey Connors, and David Hearn at +15000, while 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir lags at a distant +50000.
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