Six PGA Tour Winners Among Withdrawals From 2025 RBC Canadian Open As Rory McIlroy Headlines Field

Despite the prestige of playing in the third-oldest continuously running PGA Tour event on the calendar - behind only The Open Championship and US Open - multiple players have withdrawn from the 2025 RBC Canadian Open.

A fascinating field has been put together at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley, with Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg among the highest-ranking golfers set to compete for the title.

They are joined by plenty of European Ryder Cup hopefuls, too, including Shane Lowry, Justin Rose, and Thomas Detry - plus defending champion, Robert MacIntyre.

Corey Conners is the leading Canadian at World No.20, while Wyndham Clark is the highest-ranked American pro teeing it up as World No.22.

However, while 15 of the world's top-50 are scheduled to be involved in the $9.8 million event, multiple PGA Tour winners have pulled out of the running already.

The first player to withdraw from the RBC Canadian Open was 2025 Mexico Open champion, Brian Campbell. The 32-year-old had suffered a shoulder injury during the early stages of the Memorial Tournament last week and was subsequently forced to withdraw from the event at Muirfield Village after just nine holes of round two.

Campbell had reportedly sustained the injury on Thursday before going on to card a seven-over 79, later calling it a day alongside Harris English. At the RBC Canadian Open, he was initially replaced by Georgia Tech alumnus, Anders Albertson, who was set to make his 10th PGA Tour appearance of the season.

However, the former Yellow Jacket - who missed seven of nine cuts so far this term - later also withdrew with Hayden Springer given the chance to play instead.

KH Lee's withdrawal from the RBC Canadian Open on Saturday sparked a curious chain reaction in the line-up, with the two-time AT&T Byron Nelson winner making way for Brandon Matthews - only for the American to later pull out as well.

Matthews has not played a PGA Tour event since the CJ Cup Byron Nelson but has competed in two Korn Ferry Tour tournaments since. There was no reason given for his withdrawal this week.

Another of the PGA Tour winners to have pulled out of the RBC Canadian Open was 2014 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open winner, Ben Martin. The 37-year-old also hasn't played a tournament on the top US circuit since the CJ Cup Byron Nelson but has enjoyed a decent year otherwise, making five of 10 cuts and earning $228,397.

Michael Kim became the latest withdrawal when he confirmed he would be taking a week off ahead of the US Open. 2018 John Deere Classic champion, Kim had suffered a back injury during the Truist Championship last month but recovered suitably to feature in three subsequent PGA Tour competitions, managing a best finish of T16th at the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Kim and Martin were ultimately replaced by Canadian, Justin Matthews and rookie, David Ford, who is making his professional debut after finishing top of the PGA Tour University Class of 2025.

The former University of North Carolina golfer will be joined by Gordon Sargent and Luke Clanton in making their professional debuts this week, with Vanderbilt alumnus Sargent having deferred his PGA Tour card for a year and Florida State's Clanton opting to start his pro career almost immediately after securing status through the PGA Tour University Accelerated program.

On Monday, Ford's predecessor in the PGA Tour U Class rankings, Michael Thorbjornsen pulled out and was replaced by Joseph Bramlett. The 2018 US Junior Amateur champion had played five weeks in a row until withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge and has not been seen on tour since.

Following Thorbjornsen's lead were two more PGA Tour winners. Nine-time champion, Matt Kuchar and 2023 Fortinet Championship victor, Sahith Theegala knocked the event on the head less than 48 hours before the first tee time.

Theegala's pre-tournament exit - due to injury - is likely to be particularly frustrating given not only is he an RBC ambassador but he also withdrew from the Truist Championship, failed to qualify for the PGA Championship and then missed the cut at the Memorial Tournament.

Kuchar and Theegala were ultimately replaced by Dylan Wu and Cameron Champ, with Taylor Montgomery later taking the spot of Taylor Dickson after the latter pulled out.

Greyson Sigg Withdraws After Wife Goes Into Labor During Pro-Am

The 11th and final player to withdraw from the 2025 RBC Canadian Open prior to Thursday was American, Greyson Sigg. Mind you, he had a pretty good reason - his wife had gone into labor.

The 30-year-old former University of Georgia man was midway through Wednesday's pro-am when he received the call. That led to him thanking his playing partners and swiftly exiting the property before returning to his wife.

A post from PGA Tour Communications on X noted that Sigg had also withdrawn from competition rounds at the RBC Canadian Open and he would be replaced by Zac Blair.

The Korn Ferry Tour winner has been paired with Sam Ryder and Mark Hubbard for rounds one and two.