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2025 Canadian Open
US PGA Tour
TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley
Caledon, Canada
5–8 June 2025
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy will be looking to join an elite list when he returns to Caledon for the
Canadian Open on Thursday, June 5.
The Ulsterman is a two-time winner of Canada's national championship (2019 and 2022) which is the third-oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour, after The Open Championship and the US Open.
Only four players have won the title on more than two occasions, with Lee Trevino, Sam Snead and Tommy Armour each claiming three victories, while Leo Diegel is the sole four-time champion.
McIlroy has enjoyed a fine year thus far, winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Players Championship and the Masters Tournament - the latter seeing him complete a career grand slam.
The 36-year-old also achieved top-10 finishes at the Houston Open (T5) and the Truist Championship (T7), although he came in for criticism for skipping the Memorial Tournament.
McIlroy withdrew from Jack Nicklaus' Signature Event last-minute, but the golf legend insists he does not begrudge the decision.
"It surprised me. But guys have got schedules and got things they do. I haven't talked to him for him to tell me why or why not. It's just his call," Nicklaus said.
"I made a lot of calls that I had to make when I played to play or not play, and sometimes it wasn't as popular as people thought it was. But sometimes you have to make those calls.
"I don't hold anything against Rory for that. He did what he likes to play. I know he likes to play so many in a row. He likes to play the week before a US Open. And so that's what he's doing.
"I really don't have a comment on it. It's very difficult. I'm a big Rory fan, I always have been. I'm sure that I will remain that way."
Last five Canadian Open winners
2024 - Robert MacIntyre (SCO)
2023 - Nick Taylor (CAN)
2022 - Rory McIlroy (NIR)
2019 - Rory McIlroy (NIR)
2018 - Dustin Johnson (USA)
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