Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – RBC Canadian Open

The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the RBC Canadian Open

The RBC Canadian Open Fantasy Sleeper Preview

After the majesty of yet another exhilarating Open Championship, the RBC Canadian Open once again has its work cut out in emulating the heroics of Jordan Spieth and co.

If you didn’t manage to catch the 23-year-old’s masterclass in a) how to mess up a three-hole lead heading into the final nine holes of a major, and b) how to regain it with the most breath-taking display of golf under pressure you are ever likely to see, then do have a scout around online and try and find it. We are unlikely to see a streak of holes as mind-blowing as Spieth’s from 14-17 in quite some time.

So he waltzes off home to Texas with the Claret Jug under his arm and the notion that he could complete the major Grand Slam as soon as early August, when the PGA Championship rolls into Quail Hollow.

Matt Kuchar, gallant runner-up to Spieth’s pyrotechnics, will be gutted that he didn’t manage to claim his first major title, but in truth he did very little wrong at Royal Birkdale. He has an immediate opportunity to cash in on his recent good form at this week’s event in Canada, where he joins the likes of Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Charley Hoffman, and Ian Poulter in making the trip from Liverpool to Ontario.

There they will be joined by many of the players who participated in the Barbasol Championship last week; the PGA TOUR’s very own Sideshow Bob trailing in the wake of the British Open. Grayson Murray won’t mind as he clinched his maiden tour win there, and he is making the trip to Canada along with many of his combatants there.

When they check their bags into Glen Abbey, Oakfield, they will be greeted by golf course that offers a stern test of credentials. Yes, scores have been pretty low here in recent years, but if the small greens firm up – as they are likely too given the hot weather currently governing the area – it’s a real task getting your ball in close proximity to the flag.

There are a few different ways to tame this stretch: lay up from the tee and give yourself every chance with an iron, or give it a whack and hopefully have a wedge in from the short stuff to give yourself every chance of staying in control. Defending champion Jhonattan Vegas chose the latter option, and it worked a treat as he saw off competition from a high-quality trio in Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, and Martin Laird by a single stroke.

Vegas joins an eclectic list of former champions of this event, which includes RBC ambassadors Jason Day and Brandt Snedeker, the occasionally excellent Scott Piercy and then a host of largely unfancied picks: Tim Clark, Carl Pettersson, and Nathan Green, among others.

So, the good news for sportsbook punters is that this event has every chance of serving up a long odds winner. But who? Let’s have a look!

The RBC Canadian Open Fantasy Sleeper Report

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