Overview
- Brooks Koepka and Sam Burns were among six players tied at 6-under after Thursday's opening round at TPC Toronto.
- Firm greens, narrow fairways and reachable par-5s on the North Course produced unusually low scores and a compact leaderboard after 18 holes.
- Defending champion Ryan Fox is competing and 21 Canadian players, including Nick Taylor and Corey Conners, are in the field chasing a home result.
- Several top-ranked stars — notably Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young — opted to skip the week to rest before the U.S. Open.
- With a $9.8 million purse and favorites such as Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Sam Burns on the board, the event offers FedEx Cup points and one of the last chances to move into U.S. Open qualifying positions.