Final field for 2019 RBC Canadian Open https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/rbc-canadian-open/field.html
While the cleanup crews get to work today at Jack's Muirfield Village in Dublin Ohio after Patrick Cantlay out sprinted the field to the finish line with an -8 64 for his 2nd PGA Tour win, they have already completed their setup a few hundred miles to the north at the venerable Hamilton GC in the leafy suburbs of Ancaster for the re scheduled RBC Canadian Open.
A combination of this new date, a week before the US Open, the traditional old style Ancaster course and the money that the RBC has splashed out in sponsorship to its stable of stars has resulted in their strongest field since the glory days when Jack, Arnie and Lee showed up setting the standard for Curtis, Vijay, the "Shark" Greg Norman and eventually Tiger in 2000 to follow.
There will be plenty of star gazing for the sold out galleries with #1 Brooks Koepka joining Rory McIlroy, and Dustin Johnson headlining a very strong field including Sergio Garcia, Justin Thomas and Henrik Stenson and a record 20 Canadians at last count under forecasted sunny skies for the weekend.
I've banked with RBC most of my life and if you haven't I can tell you they are spending their enoormous profits well when it comes to customer service with new open plan facilities and friendly available staff who for too many years were locked in offices working on everything but the lineups outside their windows.
That is just a small example. On the bigger stage, their decision to become a major sponsor of pro golf spearheaded by the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head and of course this $7.6US million dollar Canadian Open is part of their investment plan to become a truly international bank. Pictures of their RBC logo on the most famous players bags, etal will be flashed by all forms of media around the world including hopefully in the winners circle as it was with Dustin Johnson last year.
As the old addage goes " Success breeds success"..
I'll have all the tee times and pairings to follow as they are made available.
Bryan Angus
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