What Golf Tournament Is This Weekend? (June 13–14, 2026)

Fifteen years of watching professional golf on weekends has taught me exactly one thing: the weeks before a major are always more interesting than the schedule makes them look. The golf tournament this weekend – the 2026 RBC Canadian Open — sits one week before the US Open at Shinnecock Hills, and that positioning shapes everything. Two of the world’s top three players are absent. The players who showed up are hungry. And TPC Toronto’s par-70 layout rewards the kind of precise, grinding golf that wins majors in the first place. Here’s what you need to know for Saturday and Sunday.

Quick Answer: The golf tournament this weekend is the 2026 RBC Canadian Open, running June 11–14 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. This $9.8 million PGA Tour event airs on Golf Channel and CBS, with live streaming on ESPN+/PGA Tour Live from 7:45 AM ET on Saturday and Sunday.

The Golf Tournament This Weekend: 2026 RBC Canadian Open

Canada’s national open is one of the oldest professional golf events in North America, and in 2026 it returns to TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley for the second straight year. That’s not a coincidence – the 2025 edition drew strong reviews from players and fans alike, and the PGA Tour clearly liked what it saw. The tournament runs Thursday through Sunday, June 11–14, with Rounds 3 and 4 – the rounds you’ll actually watch – falling on Saturday June 13 and Sunday June 14.

The total purse is $9.8 million, with the winner taking home $1,764,000. The event carries 500 FedExCup points, which puts it in the tier just below the Signature Events – meaningful enough to move players up the standings, not quite worth $4 million to the winner, but nobody finishing in the top 10 this week will complain about their check.

Think of this as Canada’s equivalent of the Scottish Open or the Zurich Open – a serious national championship with a strong field and genuine history, played on a demanding course that doesn’t flatter players who haven’t earned their form.

Where Is This Weekend’s Golf Tournament Being Played?

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley’s North Course, in Caledon, Ontario — roughly 45 minutes northwest of downtown Toronto. The course was designed by Doug Carrick and plays to a par of 70 at 7,389 yards. That’s not a misprint. Par 70.

Two par-5s. That’s it. Hole number 1 and hole number 18. Every other hole is either a par-3 or, more painfully, a par-4 that demands a full and accurate golf shot just to reach the green in regulation. Par-70 courses don’t show up often on the PGA Tour schedule, which makes scoring projections here genuinely different from a typical 72-par event. Players who rely on turning par-5s into birdie runs will miss them badly. The players who make long par-4s feel like routine pars — and then capitalise on both par-5s — will be in contention Sunday afternoon.

The 18th hole is the one to circle. Water comes into play on the closing approach, bunkers frame the landing area, and the scoring spread in that final fairway has already decided multiple finishes at this course. Ryan Fox navigated it perfectly last year on his way to 18-under par (262) and a win over the field. The closing hole at Osprey Valley is the kind of test you want to watch on Sunday afternoon when someone is leading by one.

The course got a full renovation before last year’s Canadian Open to meet PGA Tour event standards. Players approved. Fans showed up. It earns its spot on the schedule.

Who’s Playing in the PGA Tour Golf Tournament This Weekend?

One hundred and forty-seven players are in the field. Several storylines are worth following across all four rounds.

Matt Fitzpatrick enters as World No. 4 and the strongest recent form in the field. He’s won three times already in the 2026 season — including the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook and a Zurich Classic team title alongside brother Alex. Fitzpatrick’s ball-striking this season has been at a level that doesn’t come around every year, and on a par-70 course that rewards precision over raw distance, his game profile fits better here than almost anyone else’s. He’s listed at 12-1 in most betting markets, which frankly seems generous given his run. If his iron play at Osprey Valley looks anything like it did at Innisbrook, this field has a problem.

Tommy Fleetwood enters at the same 12-1 odds with excellent recent momentum. He was in genuine contention at the Memorial Tournament last week before a poorly timed bogey on 17 ended his challenge. Two top-five finishes in his last three starts. One of the most accurate drivers of the golf ball on the entire PGA Tour. And – this part matters – he was the runner-up the last time the US Open was held at Shinnecock Hills, back in 2018. Fleetwood has never won a major. He knows next week at Shinnecock is a rare opportunity to close out unfinished business. Winning this week wouldn’t just be a Canadian Open title; it would be a statement made on the same trajectory of form that took him to second place at the last Shinnecock US Open.

Aaron Rai – the reigning PGA Championship winner – comes in as one of the most interesting players in the field. His win at Aronimink in May was decisive: three shots over Jon Rahm, a ball-striking performance that left the field well behind. Rai has always ranked among the Tour’s most accurate drivers, and TPC Toronto rewards accuracy off the tee. He’s not the sentimental favourite, but he might be the most likely winner.

Ryan Fox tees it up as defending champion. The New Zealander won this title in 2025 at 18-under par — eight shots better than anyone in that field managed to run him down. His game at Osprey Valley has a history that extends beyond one season, and courses where you’ve won before have a way of revealing themselves in useful ways.

Wyndham Clark brings the power dynamic. He’s one of the longest drivers on Tour, and on a long par-70 he can create wedge distances into greens that shorter hitters simply can’t reach. Sam Burns enters with three top-10 finishes in 2026, including solid results at Augusta National and Muirfield Village. Brooks Koepka — back on the PGA Tour after his time with LIV Golf — carries a major champion’s competitive instinct into any event he enters. Shane Lowry and Justin Rose round out a genuinely strong international component of the field.

The Stars Sitting Out – And Why That Actually Improves This Tournament

Scottie Scheffler (World No. 1) and Rory McIlroy (World No. 2) aren’t playing this weekend.

Both skipped the RBC Canadian Open to rest and prepare for next week’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills.

Their absence doesn’t hurt this tournament. It improves it.

When Scheffler plays a regular PGA Tour event, the tournament frequently becomes an exercise in whether anyone else can match his ball-striking before he buries them on the back nine Sunday. He’s that dominant. Without him, Fitzpatrick doesn’t need to outperform the best player in the world — he just needs to win a golf tournament. That’s a meaningful distinction.

McIlroy’s withdrawal creates the same dynamic for the European contingent. Fleetwood, Rai, Lowry, and Rose all get a clear shot at a win without the burden of competing against the world’s top two players in the same week.

This is precisely how the Canadian Open used to build its reputation as a players’ tournament: a genuine contest between hungry competitors on a demanding course, no built-in winner, no foregone conclusion. The week of the Scheffler-McIlroy rest window is one of the best weeks to watch professional golf all season. Don’t let the absence of those two names mislead you.

What Channel Is the Golf Tournament on This Weekend?

Here’s the complete TV and streaming schedule for the 2026 RBC Canadian Open. All times are Eastern.

Golf Channel handles the early weekend coverage. CBS takes over for the final three hours of each round — starting at 3:00 PM ET — which is where the leaderboard usually tightens and the real decisions get made. If you want to watch Fitzpatrick start Saturday’s round before most people have made it downstairs, ESPN+ with a PGA Tour Live subscription gets you featured-group coverage from 7:45 AM ET on both days.

International viewers: UK viewers can find coverage on Sky Sports Golf. Australian viewers should check Fox Sports. For the Canadian broadcast — given this is literally Canada’s national open — TSN will carry comprehensive coverage all four days.

Live leaderboard: Track scores throughout the tournament at pgatour.com/leaderboard.

Also on TV This Weekend: LPGA Dow Championship

The men aren’t the only professionals teeing it up this week. The LPGA Tour runs its 2026 Dow Championship simultaneously — also June 11–14 — at Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan. The women’s event carries a $3.3 million purse.

Nelly Korda is in the field one week after winning the US Women’s Open at Riviera Country Club. She won the Women’s Open by one shot over Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez — her fourth major title. Most players would take a week off. Korda shows up. She also won the Chevron Championship earlier in the year, meaning she’s already a two-major winner in 2026. If she wins the Dow Championship this weekend, it won’t be a story about a player finding form — it’ll be a story about one of the most dominant streaks in recent women’s golf.

The Dow Championship airs on CBS and Golf Channel on similar weekend windows to the Canadian Open. Networks juggle coverage between the two events on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

What’s Coming Next Weekend? The US Open at Shinnecock Hills

The 2026 US Open tees off one week from today – Thursday, June 18 – at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York.

This is the 126th US Open and the sixth time Shinnecock Hills has hosted it. The course is one of the most demanding venues in the US Open rotation: narrow fairways, deep rough, greens that run fast and firm in the coastal wind. Setup conditions at Shinnecock typically produce US Open scoring that looks brutally high against par, which means the mental game gets tested as much as the technical one.

The last time the Open was held here — 2018 — Brooks Koepka won by one stroke. Tommy Fleetwood finished second. Both are in the field this weekend at the Canadian Open.

Scheffler and McIlroy arrive at Shinnecock next Thursday fresh, rested, and with a week of US Open-specific preparation behind them. Whether that deliberate rest advantage outweighs any momentum players like Fitzpatrick or Fleetwood carry out of TPC Toronto this Sunday is one of the more interesting questions the final round of the Canadian Open will implicitly answer.

Airs on NBC, USA Network, and Peacock. Full coverage begins June 18.

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The Bottom Line

The RBC Canadian Open doesn’t always get the attention its history deserves, mostly because it falls in the shadow of whatever major bookends it on the calendar. This year that major is the US Open at Shinnecock Hills – and the players who survive this week’s par-70 grind at Osprey Valley will carry either earned confidence or hard lessons straight into one of the most demanding courses in major golf. Check out the full 2026 PGA Tour schedule for dates, purses, and coverage details on every remaining event this season.