Defending champ is our lengthy shot

The PGA Tour heads north of the U.S. border this week for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open, and we’re selecting the defending champion and nationwide hero as our lengthy shot to win. Right here’s our long-shot choose, the RBC Canadian Open odds, betting favorites and every part else it is advisable know.

RBC Canadian Open odds: Lengthy-shot guess

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

Taylor impressed folks 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.

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

That’s ok for us to provide Taylor the long-shot nod but once more, although the course can be completely different than final yr.

In case you entrust $10 on Taylor to win and he pulls off the repeat, you’ll earn $600. For insurance coverage, contemplate putting extra small bets on Taylor to complete prime 10 and prime 20.

On the lookout 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 suggests McIlroy is well the betting favourite with +375 odds-to-win.

Final 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’ll be able to see the highest 15 in RBC Canadian Open betting odds as of Monday afternoon beneath or head over to BetMGM to see the total listing of odds and bets for this week.

2024 RBC Canadian Open betting odds (Prime 15)

Rory McIlroy (+375)
Tommy Fleetwood (+1600)
Sahith Theegala (+2000)
Shane Lowry (+2200)
Alex Noren (+2500)
Cameron Younger (+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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