RBC Canadian Open 2016: Leaderboard, TV Schedule, Updates For Round 1

Jason Day returns as the No. 1 player in the world to defend his title at the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario. No. 2 ranked American Dustin Johnson is also playing this weekend.

RBC Canadian Open 2016: Leaderboard, TV Schedule, Updates For Round 1

The tournament begins Thursday at 7:10 a.m. and Golf Channel will televise live from 4-7 p.m. You can follow along on our live leaderboard (below).

Day will be playing with Brandt Snedeker and Ernie Els with an 8:10 start time. Johnson is playing with Billy Hurly III and Jim Furyk, teeing at 1:25 p.m.

Day defeated Bubba Watson by a shot to win the title a year ago. It was the Australian’s second victory of the season and helped push him to the No. 1 ranking. Day finished tied for 22nd place at last week’s British Open, while Johnson, champion of the U.S. Open last month, tied for eighth.

David Hearn, the leader after three rounds of last year’s Canadian Open, is one of 12 Canadian golfers in the field. Another is former Masters champion Mike Weir. Hearn finished third last year.

Next week is the PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

Course: Glen Abbey Golf Club. Yardage: 7,253. Par: 72.
Purse: $5.9 million (First prize: $1,044,000)
Television: CBS Sports (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.), Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m.; Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2 p.m.)
Last week: Henrik Stenson won the British Open and Aaron Baddeley won the Barbasol Championship.
Notes: Jason Day gives the Canadian Open the No. 1 player in the world for the first time since Luke Donald played in 2011.

Caption:DORAL, FL – MARCH 10: Golfer Jason Day hits on the tenth fairway at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at the Trump Doral Golf Resort & Spa on March 10, 2013 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Article by Pablo Mena