Corey Conners will be among the many Canadian PGA Tour golfers aiming to break a lengthy drought at this week’s 2023 RBC Canadian Open. Conners, who finished sixth last year, will be among more than 20 Canadians teeing off Thursday at Toronto’s Oakdale Golf and Country Club. The last Canadian to win the RBC Canadian Open was Pat Fletcher, a transplant from England. A native hasn’t won the national open since Karl Keffer in 1914. An unprecedented three Canadians have won on the PGA Tour this season — Conners, Adam Svensson, and Mackenzie Hughes. All three are in the RBC Canadian Open field, but they’ll have to contend with stars like Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns, Tyrrell Hatton and Cameron Young.
Caesars Sportsbook lists McIlroy as the 9-2 favorite in its latest 2023 RBC Canadian Open odds. He is followed by Hatton (12-1), Burns (14-1), Young (14-1) and Matt Fitzpatrick (14-1). Conners (20-1) also is among the favorites, while Svensson is priced at 55-1 and Hughes is 75-1 in the RBC Canadian Open 2023 field. Before making any 2023 RBC Canadian Open picks or bets, you really need to see the PGA predictions and best bets from golf betting and fantasy expert Sia Nejad.
Nejad specializes in betting and DFS in golf, among other sports. He’s had incredible success in the outright and first-round leader markets and betting head-to-head matchups. At the Wells Fargo, he had Wyndham Clark among his longshot outrights, backing the 75-1 shot before he dominated at Quail Hollow for his first PGA Tour victory.
In 2022, Nejad hit six first-round leaders in a 12-week span while peppering in tournament outrights throughout the year. In 2023, Sportsline debuted “The Early Wedge,” and in the first three months of the show, he hit two FRLs and three outright winners. Nejad also had a winning head-to-head record in eight of 10 weeks (including full tournament sweeps on head-to-head plays). He was up more than 70 units over that three-month span.
Now, Nejad has focused his attention on the 2023 RBC Canadian Open field and has locked in his best bets, top sleepers and favorites to avoid. See all his picks at SportsLine.
Top 2023 RBC Canadian Open expert picks
One shocker from Nejad: He is fading McIlroy despite consecutive top-10 finishes for the Northern Irishman. McIlroy has 23 career victories, with the most recent coming at the CJ Cup in October. But Nejad says “he’s not in peak form,” and he comes off a tough weekend at Muirfield. The 34-year-old tied for seventh, but he had share of the lead after three rounds before going 3 over on Sunday. He made six bogeys, and his wedge game let him down. Nejad expects that to be a key area this week, so “there’s simply no chance” he’ll back McIlroy.
Meanwhile, Nejad says Hatton is showing few weaknesses right now, and he expects a lot from the Englishman at Oakdale. “He has the complete game to contend here,” Nejad says, “particularly with a slightly watered-down field.” Hatton tied for 12th last week at the Memorial, his fifth straight top-20 finish, and he ranks fourth on tour in scoring average (69.52). He ranks in the top 20 in every strokes gained category except around the green (59th). The 31-year-old has seven worldwide victories, one on the PGA Tour. Nejad thinks he “is due” for another one. See who to back here.
How to make 2023 RBC Canadian Open golf picks
Nejad has locked in his best bets for the 2023 RBC Canadian Open and is picking his longshots, including one player who’s priced at more than 100-1. This golfer’s “scoring statistics are quite good,” and the winner should certainly go low at Oakdale. You can only see the picks at SportsLine.
So which players should you target or avoid for the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, and which golfer in the RBC Canadian Open 2023 field could bring a huge payday of more than 100-1? Check out the odds below, then visit SportsLine to see Sia Nejad’s top prop picks for RBC Canadian Open 2023, all from the expert who recently was up more than 70 units on his golf picks in a three-month span.
2023 RBC Canadian Open odds, field, contenders
See Nejad’s picks, best bets and predictions here.
Rory McIlroy 9-2
Tyrrell Hatton 12-1
Sam Burns 14-1
Matt Fitzpatrick 14-1
Cameron Young 14-1
Justin Rose 18-1
Corey Conners 20-1
Shane Lowry 20-1
Tommy Fleetwood 20-1
Sahith Theegala 28-1
Adam Hadwin 35-1
Keith Mitchell 40-1
Matt Kuchar 45-1
Nicolai Hojgaard 50-1
Adrian Meronk 50-1
Adam Svensson 55-1
Joseph Bramlett 60-1
Ludvig Aberg 65-1
Nick Taylor 70-1
Alex Smalley 70-1
Eric Cole 75-1
Mackenzie Hughes 75-1
Aaron Wise 80-1
Taylor Pendrith 80-1
Sam Stevens 80-1
Aaron Rai 80-1
Maverick McNealy 90-1
Ben Martin 100-1
Mark Hubbard 100-1
Ben Griffin 100-1
Michael Kim 100-1
Lee Hodges 100-1
S.H. Kim 100-1
Michael Thorbjornsen 100-1
Brendon Todd 100-1
Harry Hall 100-1
Luke List 125-1
Garrick Higgo 125-1
Vincent Norman 125-1
Akshay Bhatia 125-1
Webb Simpson 125-1
Brandon Wu 125-1
Will Gordon 125-1
David Lipsky 125-1
C.T. Pan 150-1
Robby Shelton 150-1
Nate Lashley 150-1
Doug Ghim 150-1
Davis Thompson 175-1
Aaron Baddeley 175-1
Cameron Champ 175-1
Sam Ryder 175-1
Dylan Wu 175-1
Carson Young 175-1
Patton Kizzire 200-1
Lanto Griffin 225-1
Chez Reavie 225-1
Scott Piercy 250-1
Charley Hoffman 275-1
Carl Yuan 275-1
Aaron Cockerill 275-1
Augusto Nunez 275-1
Jake Knapp 300-1