Two years after the last time, the RBC Canadian Open is back on the PGA Tour. At St. George’s G&CC in Toronto, 156 players will compete for the title and a prize pool of $ 8,700,000 from 9 to 12 June. (with first coin of 1,566,000) in the tournament preceding the US Open (third men’s Major of 2022 scheduled for June 16-19 in Brookline, Massachussetts).
RBC Canadian Open, schedule
Among the stars of the event, five of the best ten players in the world. From Scottie Scheffler (number 1) to Cameron Smith (fourth), from Justin Thomas (sixth) to Rory McIlroy (eighth, he will defend the title won in 2019), passing through Sam Burns (ninth).
These are the most anticipated big names of a historic competition (the first edition was played in 1904) which, in the last two years, has been canceled for Covid. 20 Canadian players will be looking for the feat in the home tournament, including Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin.
Toronto is a city in the far south-east of Canada, the capital of the province of Ontario and the most populous center in Canada with its 3 120 668 inhabitants (5 928 040 in the metropolitan area Toronto, Canada’s economic engine, is, together with Montreal, the best-known city in the North American country in the world, followed by Ottawa.
Characteristic of the city is that of being one of the most multicultural in the world, with about 36% of the inhabitants of non-Canadian origin. To give an idea of this, just think that Toronto’s 911 (emergency telephone number) is equipped to answer in over 150 languages .
The second largest community, overtaken by the Chinese one a few years ago, is made up of Italians who have made an enormous contribution to the development of this country. It is estimated that the people of Italian origin residing in Toronto are more than 500 000.
The first neighborhood where the Italians settled was that of College, subsequently they moved to Saint Clair called with the additional name of Corso Italia from 1988. Toronto is divided into 240 boroughs within its borders, grouped into six boroughs (Old Toronto, East York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York and York, where the Weston neighborhood is also located).
In the central part of Toronto (Downtown Toronto) there is an underground city, called PATH (in English: the path or the path), consisting of a network of connections that connect the skyscrapers of the city. The route is more than 30 km long.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, with its 371600 m² of extension, the PATH is the largest underground shopping center in the world.
