2023 RBC Canadian Open field: Who is playing alongside defending champion Rory McIlroy at Oakdale?

Two-time defending champion Rory McIlroy has confirmed his return to the RBC Canadian Open next week. The Northern Irishman, who has been dominating the event since 2019, will join some of the PGA Tour’s biggest names at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario.

The RBC Canadian Open is set to tee off on June 8. The four-day event will see a 120-player field compete for the $9 million prize purse on offer. Falling just a week ahead of the third major championship of the year, the U.S. Open, many golfers will be looking to make a mark at the Canadian outing.

It’ll be interesting to see how the 2023 RBC Canadian Open's final leaderboard shapes up with the likes of McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson, among others, on it.

2023 RBC Canadian Open field

Here is the complete field list for next week’s RBC Canadian Open at Oakdale (as of Friday, June 2):

Winner of U.S. Open Championship (five-year exemption)

Matt Fitzpatrick

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)

Rory McIlroy
Webb Simpson

Winner of Open Championship (five-year exemption)

Shane Lowry

Winner of World Golf Championships event (three-year exemption)

Sam Burns

Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial Tournament and Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

Tyrrell Hatton

FedExCup Champion (five-year exemption)

Justin Rose

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

Ryan Brehm
Cameron Champ
Corey Conners
Tyler Duncan
Brian Gay
Lucas Glover
Lanto Griffin
Jim Herman
Garrick Higgo
Mackenzie Hughes
Matt Kuchar
Martin Laird
Andrew Landry
Luke List
Chad Ramey
Chez Reavie
Robert Streb
Adam Svensson
Nick Taylor
Brendon Todd
Erik van Rooyen
Richy Werenski

Career money exemption

Jason Dufner
Ryan Moore

Sponsor exemption (Korn Ferry Tour Finals)

Sam Bennett
Camilo Villegas

Sponsor exemption (members not otherwise exempt)

David Hearn
Mike Weir

Top 30 prior season FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List

Aaron Wise
Cameron Young
Sahith Theegala

Top 125 on prior season's FedExCup

Maverick McNealy
Taylor Pendrith
Troy Merritt
Adam Hadwin
Tommy Fleetwood
Alex Smalley
Lee Hodges
Brandon Wu
Adam Long
Dylan Frittelli
David Lipsky
Aaron Rai
Stephan Jaeger
Russell Knox
Mark Hubbard
Peter Malnati
C.T. Pan
Sam Ryder
Vince Whaley
Nate Lashley
James Hahn
Greyson Sigg
Scott Piercy
Callum Tarren
Max McGreevy
Nick Watney
Doug Ghim
Kevin Tway
Matthias Schwab
Patton Kizzire
Kramer Hickok
Austin Smotherman
Justin Lower
Doc Redman
Kelly Kraft

Major medical extension

Zac Blair

Top 10 and ties from the previous event

Paul Haley II
Zecheng Dou
Vincent Norrman
Harry Hall
Michael Kim

Korn Ferry Tour Points winners (The 25 and The Finals 25)

Eric Cole
Byeong Hun An
Samuel Stevens
Ben Griffin
S.H. Kim
Robby Shelton
Joseph Bramlett
Tyson Alexander
Ben Martin
Will Gordon
Carson Young
Harrison Endycott
MJ Daffue
Henrik Norlander
Ryan Armour
Brent Grant
Brice Garnett
Augusto Núñez
Austin Cook
Matti Schmid
Trevor Werbylo
Scott Harrington
Brandon Matthews
Kevin Roy
Carl Yuan
Kyle Westmoreland
Brian Stuard
Trevor Cone
Michael Gligic
Anders Albertson
Philip Knowles

No. 1 player PGA TOUR University

Ludvig Aberg

Minor medical exemption

Brandt Snedeker

Nos. 126-150 on prior season's FedExCup Points List (reshuffled)

Dylan Wu
Andrew Novak
Harry Higgs
Cameron Percy
Charley Hoffman
Martin Trainer
Hank Lebioda
Jonathan Byrd
Bill Haas

More details on the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, including schedule and tee times, will be updated soon.

About the author

Vishnu is a Golf journalist at Sportskeeda. He completed his post-graduation diploma in Print Media Journalism. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked as an entertainment writer at Zee5 and a news writer at Republic.

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