Hoffman set to compete in the 2025 RBC Canadian Open
TORONTO - There will be a familiar face in the field this week at the 2025 RBC Canadian Open as Humber's Mark Hoffman earned a spot at the national golf tournament.
The long-time assistant coach for the Hawks, Hoffman, will be facing off against some of the top golfers in the world June 4 to 8 at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley. The Canadian Open was first played 121 years ago, in 1904, and is the third-oldest continuously running tournament on the PGA Tour, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. The 156-player field will tee it up Thursday for a $9.8 million (USD) purse, with the winner collecting $1,764,000.
Two-time winner Rory McIlroy headlines the field, along with defending champion Robert MacIntyre. There are plenty of other stars in the field, as well — such as Ludvig Aberg, Shane Lowry and top-ranked Canadian pro Corey Conners — who will do everything they can to thwart McIlroy's fourth win, all with one eye on next week's U.S. Open at Oakmont.
A four-time CCAA national champion with the Hawks, Hoffman competed for Humber from 2007 to 2011 under head coach and current director of athletics, Ray Chateau. He also captured five OCAA provincial team titles, while winning back-to-back OCAA individual titles in 2010 and 2011. That year, he led Humber to the program's third RCGA University/College championship, firing a one-under par (287) at Royal Ashburn to capture the individual title. A year later, he was inducted into the Humber Hall of Fame.
Hoffman will open the tournament at 2:12 pm on Thursday and is paired with Max McGreevy and Kris Ventura. McGreevy is currently ranked 8th in the FedEx Cup standings, with career earnings of $2,628,328, while Ventura is ranked 105th with earnings of $1,602,166 since 2020. Hoffman's last PGA Tour event was the 2017 Ontario Open.
You can watch Thursday's first round of the RBC Canadian Open from 3-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and TSN. The TourCast for the group can be found here.
The Course
The event will take place at TPC Toronto's Osprey Valley's North course in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. It'll be the 38th golf course in the 121-year history of the tournament.
In 2023, Ian Andrew led a restoration of the property with consultation from the PGA Tour. Bunkers were repositioned, green complexes were enhanced, and hazards were added.
The course will play as a 7,389-yard par-70 with an average green size of 6,500 square feet, 48 bunkers, three water hazards and bentgrass greens.
Its closing hole is a 585-yard par-5 with a closely mown runoff area in front of the green into water, providing a risk/reward finish.
And the "Rink," which is a rowdy, hockey-themed hole that has become a Canadian Open staple, will be the scorable 125-yard par-3 14th.
