With the course at St. George’s Golf and Country Club playing 1.63 shots over par on the day, Wyndham Clark had no such trouble, gaining almost four strokes on the greens and shooting a 7-under 63 to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open. Matt Fitzpatrick had his irons dialed in as he gained almost four strokes on approach and sits one shot behind Clark. Doug Ghim and Harold Varner III are two shots back at 5-under. Defending champion Rory McIlroy had six birdies and in group of players at 4-under.
Winds appear to be stronger very early in the day and decrease slightly with each passing hour. Players in the afternoon wave, and especially those teeing off around 2 pm and after seem to have the best advantage.
Weather Forecast – Etobicoke, Ontario
Round 2 Betting Matchups Model
*Strokes Gained Rating (SG RTG) is the key metric that combines all the weighted categories in the model.
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Round 2 Betting Selections
*Betting lines accurate at the time of publication.
Tony Finau +117 (1u) over J.J. Spaun and Nick Taylor – PointsBet
Adam Svensson +128 (1u) over Andrew Novak and Braden Thornberry – PointsBet
Jhonattan Vegas -105 (1.3u) over Cameron Percy and Johnson Wagner – DraftKings
Round 2 DraftKings DFS Showdown Selections
*Weather and tee time impacts not included in model. Tee Times can be found here.
Core Plays
- Justin Thomas, $10,600
- Shane Lowry, $9,400
- Carlos Ortiz, $7,300
Top-Tier Plays
- Matt Fitzpatrick, $9,200
- Corey Conners, $9,300
- Tony Finau, $9,000
- Sam Burns, $9,600
- Scottie Scheffler, $10,800
Mid-Tier Plays
- Mackenzie Hughes, $8,400
- Jhonattan Vegas, $8,400
- Adam Hadwin, $8,800
- Chris Kirk, $8,600
- Mark Hubbard, $7,900
Value Plays
- Alex Smalley, $7,300
- Vaughn Taylor, $6,700
- Doug Ghim, $7,500
- Chase Seiffert, $7,200
- Rory Sabbatini, $7,400
- Danny Lee, $7,100
- Chris Gotterup, $7,100
- Ben Martin, $6,800
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