Defending champ is our long shot

The PGA Tour heads north of the U.S. border this week for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open, and we’re choosing the defending champion and nationwide hero as our long shot to win. Here’s our long-shot choose, the RBC Canadian Open odds, betting favorites and every thing else you have to know.

RBC Canadian Open odds: Long-shot wager

Our long-shot choose to win this week, Canada’s personal Nick Taylor, carries an odd title you don’t usually see with PGA Tour long photographs: defending champion.

Taylor impressed individuals throughout Canada as he topped Tommy Fleetwood in a playoff to win final yr’s Canadian Open, the primary Canadian professional to take action since 1954. We even picked Taylor as our-long shot to win that week on this very column.

Strangely, as we head into the 2024 occasion, Taylor is nonetheless an underdog, beginning the week with +6000 odds-to-win. It’s even stranger provided that he added one other massive victory at February’s WM Phoenix Open.

That’s adequate for us to present Taylor the long-shot nod but once more, despite the fact that the course shall be totally different than final yr.

If you entrust $10 on Taylor to win and he pulls off the repeat, you’ll earn $600. For insurance coverage, take into account inserting extra small bets on Taylor to complete prime 10 and prime 20.

Looking for extra long-shot bets for the RBC Canadian Open? This week’s honorable mentions are Doug Ghim (+8000) and Davis Riley (+9000).

RBC Canadian Open odds: The favorites

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy is again in motion this week, whereas Scottie Scheffler is taking this one off, which implies McIlroy is simply the betting favourite with +375 odds-to-win.

Last yr’s runner-up, Tommy Fleetwood, is available in second at +1600, whereas Sahith Theegala sits proper behind him at +2000 odds-to-win to begin the week.

You can see the highest 15 in RBC Canadian Open betting odds as of Monday afternoon beneath or head over to BetMGM to see the complete listing of odds and bets for this week.

2024 RBC Canadian Open betting odds (Top 15)

Rory McIlroy (+375)
Tommy Fleetwood (+1600)
Sahith Theegala (+2000)
Shane Lowry (+2200)
Alex Noren (+2500)
Cameron Young (+2500)
Corey Conners (+2500)
Sam Burns (+2800)
Adam Scott (+3300)
Aaron Rai (+4000)
Keith Mitchell (+4000)
Mackenzie Hughes (+4000)
Maverick McNealy (+4000)
Taylor Pendrith (+4000)
Tom Kim (+4000)

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