2018 RBC CANADIAN OPEN POWER RANKINGS

10. ADAM HADWIN

A patient, but raucous Canadian crowd desperately wants to see a Canada native win the Canadian Open for the first time since Pat Fletcher did it in 1954.

If that 63 year slump is going to be busted this week, Canada’s best hope by far is Hadwin, who at No. 55 in the World Rankings, is the only Canadian inside the world’s top 200. That might not be good news for the crowd, as Hadwin has not placed inside the top 10 since at T9 at the WGC-Mexico Championship in early March.

Still, the notoriously streaky Hadwin has been much more consistent this year from a made cut perspective, missing the weekend just once in 20 starts this season, and while his last two starts at his national open have been poor (CUT, T49), he did place T7 in 2015 at Glen Abbey.

Odds: 66-1
World Rank: 55th
2017 RBC Canadian Open: MC
Last Seven: 35, 48, 42, MC, 74, 52, 57

9. KEVIN KISNER

Based on talent and most recent form, Kisner should probably be higher on this list, but we are considered about the fatigue factor, both physically and emotionally, fresh off four days of major contention.

Kisner led at Carnoustie after the first round, and co-lead after the second and third rounds, before early Sunday troubles forced him to settle for a runner-up, a painful ending for the still majorless 34-year-old. A good example would be Matt Kuchar, who finished solo-second at last year’s Open Championship, losing an intense duel with Jordan Spieth over the weekend.

Kuchar made the trip to Canada, in much hotter form than Kisner, and placed T32. Maybe Kisner has more left in the current tank than we think, but the disappointment was too poignant to shake off in such short time.

Odds: 33-1
World Rank: 25th
2017 RBC Canadian Open: MC
Last Seven: 2, 55, MC, 74, 52, MC, MC

8. CHARLEY HOFFMAN

While Hoffman is still looking for his first major championship victory, it is no longer surprising when the 41-year-old plays his way into the mix, as he did again at last week’s Open Championship, where he went into the final round tied for 13th place with Justin Rose.

Unfortunately, while Rose (T2) had one of the best best rounds in the Sunday field, Hoffman had four front nine bogeys and finished with a 2-over 73. In Hoffman’s “pros” column this week, he was runner-up at last year’s Canadian Open, reaching a playoff with Vegas, and was T7 in his prior Glen Abbey start, two years earlier.

Odds: 25-1
World Rank: 34th
2017 RBC Canadian Open: MC
Last Seven: 17, 19, 15, 20, MC, 52, MC

7. IAN POULTER

One of the bigger names in the Canadian Open field, England’s Ian Poulter returns to Glen Abbey one year after finishing solo-third in his event debut.

The winner of the Houston Open in April, Poulter is hoping to continue another successful PGA Tour season, but he will need to eradicate any negative feelings that came about at Carnoustie last week, where he missed the cut by a staggering nine strokes. A second-round 81 included five bogeys, two doubles, and one triple.

Odds: 40-1
World Rank: 32nd
2017 RBC Canadian Open: 3rd
Last Seven: MC, 30, 21, 25, 8, 20, 11

6. JHONATTAN VEGAS

The RBC Canadian Open’s two time defending champion is back, attempting to become the first player on Tour since 2011 to win the same event three consecutive years. Vegas is coming into Glen Abbey in poor form, with no finishes of better than T40 in his last 11 starts, but he came into this event in poor form the last two years as well, and that did not stop him.

Something about Glen Abbey suits Vegas perfectly, and while the impassioned Canadian crowd will be pulling hardest for their native sons this week, they will continue to cheer on Jhonattan,to whom they have unofficially granted honorary Canadian status.

Odds: 66-1
World Rank: 85th
2017 RBC Canadian Open: 1st
Last Seven: MC, MC, 41, 40, 73, 41, 42

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