Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – 2022 RBC Canadian Open

2022 RBC Canadian Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

If God loves a trier, then you have to hand it to Billy Horschel – he claims to be one of the hardest-working players on the PGA TOUR.

And so you know that when he experiences a slump in form, as he has of late, he’ll be working doubly hard on the range to get some feel back into his game – that makes him a dangerous animal to write off.

So it proved at the Memorial Tournament, where he produced a sublime ball-striking show to clinch a seventh PGA TOUR title – just a week after missing the cut at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

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A 55ft eagle putt holed on the fifteen in his final round was the difference-maker, perhaps, but Billy-Ho had put in the hard yards with a round of 65 on Saturday – the best of the week, and one which gave him a near unassailable five-shot cushion heading into Sunday.

Form is temporary, class is permanent – so says the old adage, at least. Horschel has been the living embodiment of it for the past week.

It’s hard not to get excited about the U.S. Open next week, which will give us a rare look at the Country Club course in Brookline, Massachusetts. But we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves, as the TOUR makes a long-awaited return to Canada after a near three-year hiatus this week.

Many followers of the PGA TOUR will be familiar with the RBC Canadian Open from years gone by, and the event returns to the schedule following its pandemic-related absence at a new(ish) home, St. George’s in Toronto.

This course last hosted the event in 2010, when Carl Pettersson won with a score of -14, and while the world of golf has moved on greatly since then it appears, at first glance, if St. George’s hasn’t changed at all.

It first opened its doors in 1929, and has remained pretty much the same ever since – there’s some seriously mature tree-lines, some big bunkers and uniquely shaped greens, many of which are undulating and contoured.

St. George’s looks and plays like your typical parklands track, but with some expansive undulations and (usually) thick rough, the players will have to pick and prod their way around this 7,014 yard Par 70. 

Accuracy off the tee and quality on approach and/or around the green looks to be the order of the day, and the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, Cameron Smith and Rory McIlroy (the defending champion, in a fashion) will be hoping they have got what it takes.

But with the U.S. Open surely front and center in many of the big guns’ minds this week, do we have a great opportunity to see a long odds winner at a course that the vast majority won’t be familiar with?

We certainly hope so, and let’s see if one of our RBC Canadian Open 2022 sleeper picks can get the job done.

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