CALEDON, Ont. — Some of the biggest names in golf are set to tee it up at the RBC Canadian Open this summer, while tournament organizers also announced the event will return to TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in 2027.
RBC and Golf Canada shared some of the initial field commitments Monday at the facility — about 45 minutes north of Toronto’s airport — and amongst the splashy confirmations are three golfers ranked inside the top 10 in the world: Matt Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa and Tommy Fleetwood.
Brooks Koepka will also return to the RBC Canadian Open for the first time since 2019.
“Strength of field is sort of everything when you think of tournaments,” RBC chief brand officer Shannon Cole told Sportsnet.ca. “That’s what drives viewership, that’s what drives fandom, that drives attendance, that drives storylines — it’s an important foundational element that we focus a lot on because strength of field drives everything else.”
Fleetwood and Fitzpatrick have been mainstays at the lone PGA Tour stop in Canada but Morikawa, like Koepka, hasn’t teed it up since 2019, finishing tied for 14th.
Both Fitzpatrick and Morikawa’s wives are pregnant and expecting their first children this summer but, for now, the pair is in.
Koepka re-joined the PGA Tour earlier this year from LIV Golf and must play at least 15 events on the Tour schedule as part of the rules of his return. Since he cannot receive sponsor exemptions into signature events, Koepka must fill his tournament list as much as he can — for example, he's playing an alternate-field event this week in Myrtle Beach. His star power, however, hasn’t diminished.
Other notables who are set to join the field include Max Homa and Tony Finau, while Ryan Fox will return to defend his title from 2025. Fox won last year’s Canadian Open in a playoff over Sam Burns after hitting what he called “the best shot” of his life on the fourth playoff hole. There is now a plaque on the 18th fairway of the North Course at TPC Toronto dedicated to Fox and his tournament-winning shot.
“It was a massive event for my career,” Fox said by telephone to the assembled media group. “(The RBC Canadian Open has) storied history. To get a win was unbelievable.”
RBC-sponsored golfers Burns, Shane Lowry and Sahith Theegala will be joined by a plethora of Canadian talent including 2023 RBC Canadian Open winner Nick Taylor and the country’s top-ranked male golfer Corey Conners.
Mike Weir has also accepted a sponsor invite and will compete in his incredible 33rd RBC Canadian Open, just one back of the all-time record total held by George Cumming.
In all, 11 Canadians were confirmed Monday to tee it up in a few weeks. Tournament director Ryan Paul said there will be likely close to 20 Canadians in the field.
“Fans want to come and watch the best and players want to come to the best venues and compete for a national open,” Cole said. “There is excitement and validation (for the field) and hopefully more to come.”
One golfer who was not announced Monday who had played each of the last five RBC Canadian Open events was Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy, a two-time winner in Canada, has long said he would be culling his schedule, and it appears the Canadian Open will be a victim of that trim for 2026, although Paul said “talks are ongoing” with McIlroy’s team — and, technically, he has until 5 p.m. ET the Friday before the tournament begins to change his mind. McIlroy won the event in his first start in 2019 and again in 2022, the first event after the COVID-19 hiatus, and if that is it for him, well, no one would be upset to have that run in the tournament’s history books.
As part of Monday’s announcement, RBC and Golf Canada also confirmed TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s North Course will host next year’s Canadian Open — making it three years in a row for the Caledon facility, which underwent an impressive overhaul leading into hosting the 2025 edition of the event.
This is the first time the Canadian Open will be played at the same venue in back-to-back years since 2015-2018 when it was contested at Glen Abbey Golf Club.
Chris Humeniuk, the president of TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, said the North Course at TPC Toronto is now positioned as a “legacy venue” for the event.
“We’re incredibly honoured to host Canada’s National Open Championship, and to be part of the ongoing legacy of this historic event,” said Humeniuk. “We were thrilled with how the venue was received during our first time hosting the event in 2025 and look forward to building on the success of that event with our commitment to continuous improvement and collaboration with our partners at Golf Canada, RBC and the PGA Tour.”
The North Course at TPC Toronto is not yet open for the season — TPC Toronto’s Hoot course opened May 1 while its Heathlands course opens May 8 — but Humeniuk said Monday his team is “very confident” the course will be in great shape. He said the agronomy team from the PGA Tour has already been up to TPC Toronto and said there had been “extra steps” taken as it warms up for the season. They will continue to keep play off the course and limit traffic as tournament week nears, he said.
The 2026 Canadian Open will be held June 11-14.
Paul, the tournament director, said there would be more field commitments to come along with other tournament announcements, including concert performers and more. Paul also confirmed organizers that would show Canada’s opening match of the World Cup on screens across the property on Friday of tournament week.
