Brooks Koepka and Matthew Anderson Share Six-Way Lead at RBC Canadian Open 2026 After Round 1

The RBC Canadian Open is underway at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley's North Course, and the first round delivered exactly the kind of leaderboard that makes a tournament feel wide open heading into the weekend, with six players sharing the lead at six under par and a strong group of names sitting just one shot back with plenty of golf still to play.

Brooks Koepka found his best ball-striking on the back nine on Thursday, making six birdies coming home to card a 64 and share the top spot with Sahith Theegala, Eric Cole, Emiliano Grillo, Sam Burns and Matthew Anderson, with the Canadian Anderson's presence among the co-leaders giving the home crowd something to genuinely get behind as the tournament moves into the second round at Osprey Valley. Adam Svensson was among the Canadians sitting one shot back at five under alongside Shane Lowry, Tony Finau and several others, meaning Canada had more than one player in serious contention after the opening day of play on home soil.

Tommy Fleetwood tees off in Round 2 alongside Sahith Theegala and Corey Conners, while Matt Fitzpatrick plays with Viktor Hovland and Sudarshan Yellamaraju,two separate groups carrying plenty of interest as the featured coverage gets underway on Friday afternoon, with both Englishmen looking to move up the leaderboard and put themselves in weekend contention. The tournament serves as the last meaningful competitive tune-up for most of the field before the US Open at Shinnecock Hills begins on June 18.

Sportscape feels that a Canadian co-leading his national open after Round 1 is exactly the storyline the RBC Canadian Open needed to pull attention toward Osprey Valley, and with Koepka, a four-time major winner who saves his best for the biggest occasions sharing that lead heading into Friday, the leaderboard has the kind of mix of local interest and star power that tends to make a tournament genuinely worth following all the way to Sunday.