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Wrap-Up of the 2026 RBC Canadian Open | TPC Toronto
CALEDON (Ontario) - Bud Cauley (Winner/-17) earned his first PGA TOUR victory in 239th career start at the age 36 years, 2 months, 29 days. His previous best finish on TOUR: 3rd, four times, most recently: 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge.
Cauley became the 18th first-time winner at the tournament and first since Robert MacIntyre in 2024. He also became the first American to earn his first career win at this event since Chez Reavie in 2008.
The last five players to earn first win after 235 starts on TOUR:
Bud Cauley/2026 RBC Canadian Open/239
Adam Schenk/2025 Butterfield Bermuda Championship/243
Chris Stroud/2017 Barracuda Championship/290
Greg Chalmers/2016 Barracuda Championship/386
Alex Cejka/2015 Puerto Rico Open/287
Cauley’s two-stroke victory marks largest at the RBC Canadian Open since Rory McIlroy in 2022 (won by 2 strokes).
In his first start as a PGA TOUR member and as a professional, Ben James posted rounds of 67-63-78-69 to finish T54.
Nine-time PGA TOUR winner Brooks Koepka (hand injury) withdrew prior to the start of the final round.
RBC 🇨🇦 Canadian | Final Leaderboard
1 Bud Cauley 69 63 66 65 263 (-17)
2 Matt Fitzpatrick 67 68 66 64 265 (-15)
3 Viktor Hovland 68 69 64 65 266 (-14)
T4 Jimmy Stanger 65 67 68 67 267 (-13)
T4 Brice Garnett 65 67 67 68 267 (-13)
T4 Jesper Svensson 66 65 68 68 267 (-13)
T4 Jackson Suber 66 65 66 70 267 (-13)
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What They’re Saying
Bud Cauley Breaks Through in Canada (PGATourCom)
Qualifiers for the Signature Events (PGATourCom)
CBS Sports Coverage (CBS Sports)
ESPN Golf Coverage and US Open Preview (ESPN)
Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Winner’s Bag: What Cauley Had in Toronto (Golf Week)
Who Made What in Canada (Golf Week)
Looking Ahead to Shinnecock (ESPN)
On This Day in Golf History
June 15, 1980 -Jack Nicklaus set a new tournament scoring record and won his fourth U.S. Open championship. With the Baltusrol Golf Club as the setting, Nicklaus set a tournament scoring record of (272), breaking his own record of (275) set in 1967 (also at Baltrusol). Nicklaus hadn’t won a tournament since 1978. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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