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DraftKings PGA DFS Lineup Picks - The RBC Canadian Open Advice (2025)

Sam Burns - PGA DFS, DraftKings, FanDuel, Fantasy Golf, Betting

Spencer's DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks for the 2025 RBC Canadian Open. His PGA DFS targets and value plays for daily fantasy golf lineups, and golfers to avoid.

Welcome, everyone, to my DraftKings PGA DFS lineup picks and advice for the 2025 RBC Canadian Open. I'll be providing DFS picks and analysis to help you set those winning DraftKings lineups.

New starting this year -- if you want to see a deeper dive into my DraftKings analysis and thoughts for the week, you can click that link and find my beefed-up version, including more picks, data, analysis, and PGA DFS models.

Be sure to follow me on Twitter /X @TeeOffSports to get more answers this week. Also, if you aren't doing so already, I'd love for you to consider signing up for my RotoBaller premium subscription. There are numerous tools available, including my heralded 'PGA Rankings Wizard Model.'

 

Fantasy Golf Lineup Picks for DraftKings - The RBC Canadian Open

Below are some of my favorite picks for DraftKings. We also have tons of other great weekly PGA articles, DFS analysis, tools, and DFS advice. Be sure to read our other fantastic articles regarding this week's event.

 

PGA DFS Rankings Wizard - Spencer's Model (And More)

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  • The RBC Canadian Open

Vegas Report (All Pre-Tournament Bets)

  • Top Pre-Tournament H2H Pick: (104-60-9) 63.41%
  • All Pre-Tournament H2Hs: (296-228-30) 56.48%
  • In-Tournament H2Hs (300-200-55) 60.00%
  • Total H2Hs Since 2017: (596-428-85) 58.20%
  • Outright Winners Since 2017: 51
  • Units: +340.903 Units
  • All Totals Are Entering 2025
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Let's Look at the Stats

Stat TPC Toronto PGA Average
Driving Distance N/A 284
Driving Accuracy N/A 61%
GIR Percentage N/A 65%
Scrambling Percentage N/A 57%
Average Three-Putts Per Round N/A 0.55

 

Field

Field Size: 7156
Cut: Top-65 & Ties
Top 20 Entrants: 5

 

Last Five Winners of The RBC Canadian Open

2024 Robert MacIntyre -16
2023 Nick Taylor -17
2022 Rory McIlroy -19
2021 Rory McIlroy -22
2020 Dustin Johnson -23

 

Expected Cut-Line at The RBC Canadian

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

New course. I am not going to try to project the unknown answer.

 

TPC Toronto

7,445 Yards - Par 70 - Greens Bentgrass

You can find my premium course breakdown in my Vegas Report this week.

 

First Look Into Outright Bets

Player Price
Sam Burns 30
Sungjae Im 35

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Favorite Plays

Corey Conners ($10,100)

I discussed this in my other RotoBaller article, but it was a rare occurrence for my model this week, where every golfer priced at $ 9,000 or more graded as a positive or neutral DFS value on the slate. One of the reasons for that stems from all 11 names landing inside the top 11 of my math.

I don't want to make a massive push in any singular direction, as you could mix and match any of these golfers to create a high-end lineup with playability. However, one of the things I noticed when diving deeper into the data was how McIlroy, Aberg, and Conners landed in their own range for win equity. Yet, Conners is going to be the name going off the board as the cheapest commodity at only $10,100.

Conners' lack of distance might be enough to suppress his ownership for even more playability throughout the week, and let's not overlook his top 10 grades off-the-tee at TPC courses, other similar properties and venues with easy-to-hit fairways but thick rough.

The nearly $2,000 you save dropping down to him from McIlroy adds a lot more upside throughout the rest of your build, even though it is going to be nearly impossible to make a case for anyone being favored over the Irishman from a pure win equity standpoint.

Doug Ghim ($7,300)

Do the adverse effects of the Ghim Reaper work the same way in Canada as in the USA?

Very few golfers find a way to burn me with the consistency we see from Doug Ghim in these spots. Still, Ghim has been a Canadian stalwart in my model, ranking fifth in this field when placed on foreign soil and third when given any generic TPC property worldwide. 

Is that enough for me to feel fully comfortable? No. However, his third-place Weighted Proximity total and equally strong Bentgrass return will have me rostering him for DFS and playing him in various markets, including as a dangerous head-to-head target. 

Sam Burns ($9,300)

After a rocky start to 2025, Sam Burns has started to regain some of that statistical dominance from 2024, posting five top 30 finishes in a row -- including a putter that ranked first in this field over his last 24 rounds. 

Is that the purest recipe for success when the long iron numbers leave a ton to be desired? Not necessarily, but he still brings a blueprint that shows him to be a TPC stalwart and high-end scorer when given similar-styled courses.

My model considered Burns one of the best values on the board at his $9,300 going rate and believed he possessed a ceiling worth exploring within the outright market.

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