Who is leading the 2024 RBC Canadian Open after day 1? Leaderboard explored

The 2024 RBC Canadian Open began on Thursday, May 30, at Hamilton Golf and Country Club in Ontario, Canada. David Skinns went low in the score to lead the event after 18 holes.

Englishman Sckinns leads the 2024 RBC Canadian Open with a score of 8 under. A total of 10 players are chasing him at 4 strokes or less.

2024 RBC Canadian Open day 1 leaderboard

Below is the leaderboard of the 2024 RBC Canadian Open after the first round (including players in the Top 50):

1 David Skinns -8
T2 Sean O'Hair -7
T2 Sam Burns -7
4 Robert MacIntyre -6
5 Ryan Palmer -5
T6 Rory McIlroy -4
T6 Ryan Fox -4
T6 Andrew Novak -4
T6 Erik van Rooyen -4
T6 Nick Hardy -4
T6 Trace Crowe -4
T12 Zac Blair -3
T12 Joel Dahmen -3
T12 Mac Meissner -3
T12 Adrien Dumont de Chassart -3
T12 Aaron Rai -3
T12 Tommy Fleetwood -3
T12 David Hearn -3
T12 Tyler Duncan -3
T20 Mike Weir -2
T20 Nicolai Højgaard -2
T20 Joseph Bramlett -2
T20 Vince Whaley -2
T20 Patrick Fishburn -2
T20 Tom Whitney -2
T20 Thorbjørn Olesen -2
T20 Sam Stevens -2
T20 Matt Wallace -2
T20 Chad Ramey -2
T20 Carson Young -2
T20 Lanto Griffin -2
T20 Ben Silverman -2
T20 Cam Kellett -2
T34 Chez Reavie -1
T34 Keith Mitchell -1
T34 Taylor Pendrith -1
T34 Garrick Higgo -1
T34 Davis Thompson -1
T34 Harry Hall -1
T34 Corey Conners -1
T34 Akshay Bhatia -1
T34 Cameron Young -1
T34 Mackenzie Hughes -1
T34 Ryan Moore -1
T34 Jorge Campillo -1
T34 Parker Coody -1
T34 Jacob Bridgeman -1
T34 Ryo Hisatsune -1
T34 Chandler Phillips -1
T50 Beau Hossler E
T50 Mark Hubbard E
T50 Justin Suh E
T50 Dylan Wu E
T50 Martin Trainer E
T50 Alex Noren E
T50 Greyson Sigg E
T50 J.J. Spaun E
T50 Gary Woodland E
T50 Tom Kim E
T50 Adam Scott E
T50 Stewart Cink E
T50 S.H. Kim E
T50 Jhonattan Vegas E
T50 Kevin Yu E
T50 C.T. Pan E
T50 Rafael Campos E
T50 Pierceson Coody E
T50 Wil Bateman E
T50 Sam Choi E
T50 Kevin Tway E
T50 Kelly Kraft E
T50 Ben Griffin E
T50 Max Greyserman E
T50 Erik Barnes E
T50 Sami Valimaki E
T50 Victor Perez E

David Skinns' performance during the first round of the 2024 RBC Canadian Open included eight birdies with no bogeys. Skinns was just two strokes shy of the course record (60) held by Brandt Snedeker since 2019.

Top-ranked golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy, carded a score of 4 under, with four birdies and no bogeys, to place T6. Defending RBC Canadian Open champion Nick Taylor scored three birdies and five bogeys (2 over) and will start the second round tied for 95th.

Sean O'Hair, 2011 Canadian Open champion, had an eagle and five birdies, with no bogeys, to finish the first round tied for second. O'Hair achieved this performance after being the last player to get a spot on the field and arriving at the event only the night before tee time due to a delayed flight.

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Edited by Vaishnavi Iyer