

Rory McIlroy looks to bounce back after his disappointing finish at the PGA Championship. Nick Taylor and Corey Conners lead a large Canadian contingent into Toronto. The forthcoming Canadian Open boasts a new venue and has a lot to offer its audience, despite a couple of notable dropouts. Here are the basics to know before tee-off.
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How to watch the 2025 Canadian Open
- Venue: TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley — Ontario, Canada
- Dates: June 5-8
- Watching in person? Get tickets on StubHub.
Round | Time (ET) | TV | Streaming |
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First |
3 p.m. Thurs. |
Golf Channel |
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Second |
3 p.m. Fri. |
Golf Channel |
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Third |
1 p.m. Sat. |
Golf Channel |
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Third (main coverage) |
3 p.m. Sat. |
CBS, TSN |
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Final |
1 p.m. Sun. |
Golf Channel |
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Final (main coverage) |
3 p.m. Sun. |
CBS, TSN |
PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group coverage beginning at 6:45 a.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 7:45 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. CBS coverage can also be streamed on Paramount+, and TSN coverage can also be streamed on TSN+. NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App will offer live simulcasts of Golf Channel’s telecasts.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has won three of the past six PGA outings, but he’ll sit out this weekend to rest up before the U.S. Open on June 12. Canada’s top tournament still holds gravity, though. Its purse is $9.8 million, and its history is longer than that of all but one non-major Tour event (the BMW Championship, originally played as the Western Open in 1899).
The inaugural 1904 installment was played in Quebec, but the most frequent location has been Ontario’s Glen Abbey, with 30 different hosting turns. This is the Canadian Open’s first time at TPC Toronto, a course opened in 1992 and renovated by Ian Andrew in 2023.
All-universe golfer Rory McIlroy is the favorite to win this tourney (+450 moneyline). He has already claimed the hardware twice: in 2019, by a commanding seven strokes, and then again in 2022 (the event was cancelled in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). McIlroy hits this weekend second to Scheffler in both the World Golf Rankings and FedEx Cup points.
Scottish golfer Robert MacIntyre won last year’s Open. American golfers have traditionally dominated this event, with 74 total first-place finishes across 59 different champions. Canada comes in at fourth place, trailing the U.S., England and Australia. Canadian Nick Taylor knocked off England’s Tommy Fleetwood in 2023 via a thrilling playoff. His clinching 72-foot putt is worth a rewatch this weekend, especially for the top-shelf Jim Nantz call (“Are you serious? Oh my goodness, glorious and free!”).
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Ludvig Åberg has the field’s second-best odds behind McIlroy at +1400. He won his second PGA Tour event in February at the Genesis Invitational, where he sank a career-first hole-in-one. Hometown hero Corey Conners (+1800) is tied for third-best odds alongside Ireland’s Shane Lowry.
First Round (ET) tee times
6:45 a.m.
Justin Lower
Nicolai Højgaard
Dylan Wu
6:45 a.m.
Beau Hossler
Henrik Norlander
Roger Sloan
6:56 a.m.
Chad Ramey
Andrew Putnam
Rico Hoey
6:56 a.m.
Mark Hubbard
Sam Ryder
Greyson Sigg
7:07 a.m.
Doug Ghim
Hayden Buckley
Mac Meissner
7:07 a.m.
Mike Weir
Chan Kim
Ben Silverman
7:18 a.m.
Davis Riley
Lee Hodges
Gary Woodland
7:18 a.m.
Sam Burns
Max Homa
Sungjae Im
7:29 a.m.
Matthieu Pavon
Adam Svensson
Aaron Wise
7:29 a.m.
Nick Taylor
Taylor Pendrith
Mackenzie Hughes
7:40 a.m.
Thomas Detry
Keith Mitchell
Byeong Hun An
7:40 a.m.
Rory McIlroy
Ludvig Åberg
Luke Clanton
7:51 a.m.
Camilo Villegas
Emiliano Grillo
Nick Hardy
7:51 a.m.
Harry Hall
Taylor Moore
Kurt Kitayama
8:02 a.m.
Joel Dahmen
Patrick Rodgers
Carson Young
8:02 a.m.
Nate Lashley
Alex Smalley
Victor Perez
8:13 a.m.
Kaito Onishi
Myles Creighton
Matthew Anderson
8:13 a.m.
Matteo Manassero
Jackson Suber
Ashton McCulloch
8:24 a.m.
Kevin Velo
Braden Thornberry
Wes Heffernan
8:24 a.m.
Thomas Rosenmueller
Mason Andersen
Josh Goldenberg
8:35 a.m.
Niklas Norgaard
Gordon Sargent
Johnny Keefer
8:35 a.m.
Paul Peterson
Philip Knowles
Hunter Thomson
8:46 a.m.
Antoine Rozner
Vince Covello
Wei-Hsuan Wang
8:46 a.m.
Hayden Springer
Harrison Endycott
Cougar Collins
8:57 a.m.
Noah Goodwin
Yi Cao
Barend Botha
8:57 a.m.
Takumi Kanaya
Trevor Cone
A.J. Ewart
Noon
Aaron Baddeley
Harry Higgs
Matti Schmid
Noon
Kevin Kisner
Eric Cole
David Lipsky
12:11 p.m.
Cameron Champ
Alex Noren
Rasmus Højgaard
12:11 p.m.
Charley Hoffman
Danny Willett
Danny Walker
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12:22 p.m.
Vince Whaley
Will Gordon
Ben Kohles
12:22 p.m.
Lanto Griffin
Ryan Palmer
Thorbjørn Olesen
12:33 p.m.
Ryan Fox
Tom Kim
Cameron Young
12:33 p.m.
Nick Dunlap
Brandt Snedeker
Adam Schenk
12:44 p.m.
Wyndham Clark
Justin Rose
Adam Hadwin
12:44 p.m.
Brice Garnett
Jake Knapp
Luke List
12:55 p.m.
Robert MacIntyre
Shane Lowry
Corey Conners
12:55 p.m.
Chris Gotterup
Erik van Rooyen
Matt Wallace
1:06 p.m.
Rafael Campos
Peter Malnati
Seamus Power
1:06 p.m.
Karl Vilips
Matt McCarty
Kevin Yu
1:17 p.m.
Trey Mullinax
Joseph Bramlett
Ryo Hisatsune
1:17 p.m.
Patrick Fishburn
Chandler Phillips
David Skinns
1:28 p.m.
David Hearn
Alejandro Tosti
Steven Fisk
1:28 p.m.
Jeremy Paul
Will Chandler
Matthew Scobie
1:39 p.m.
Frankie Capan III
Cristobal Del Solar
Tyler Mawhinney
1:39 p.m.
Taylor Montgomery
Matthew Riedel
Justin Matthews
1:50 p.m.
Kevin Roy
Jesper Svensson
Richard Lee
1:50 p.m.
Quade Cummins
Tim Widing
Matthew Javier
2:01 p.m.
Ricky Castillo
Paul Waring
Brett Webster
2:01 p.m.
William Mouw
John Pak
David Ford
2:12 p.m.
Max McGreevy
Kris Ventura
Mark Hoffman
2:12 p.m.
Isaiah Salinda
Cristian DiMarco
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
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From the New York Times archive, 2000 (original print version):
“The situation called for something spectacular, which meant the situation was perfect for Tiger Woods.
“Leading today’s final round of the Bell Canadian Open by one stroke on the final hole, Woods executed a shot that required both boldness and brilliance. Standing in a fairway bunker, 218 yards from the pin, with water guarding the front and right sides of the green, Woods hit a 6-iron shot that will add to his legend. As his club met the ball, it rocketed out of the bunker and soared majestically as the gallery at Glen Abbey Golf Club watched, eyes staring upward as if they were watching a space-shuttle launch. Somehow, the ball cleared the water, sailed directly over the flag stick and came to rest just off the green, 18 feet past the hole.” — Clifton Brown
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