Canadian Open Picks 2013 The Canadian Open picks are based on recent performance and historical performance at the event. Picks can be verified by checking out the statistics page on the web site. Others to consider are based on other various factors, stats, trends, etc. Brandt Snedeker – Snedeker finished 11th last week at The Open Championship. Snedeker finished 34th last year at this event and 5th in 2009. Chris Kirk – Kirk is on a trend and finished 4th at this event last year, his first time playing it. Matt Kuchar – Kuchar is on a slight trend, he finished 15th last week and had a 4th place finish at the Canadian Open in 2010. Ernie Els – Els is another player on a trend, he placed 26th last week and 17th in 2011 at this tourney, he missed the cut last year coming off his Open Championship victory. Hunter Mahan – Mahan finished 9th at the Open Championship last week and hasn’t missed the cut at the Canadian Open in the last 3 years. Morgan Hoffmann – Hoffmann has top 25 finishes in his last 4 events played and finished 22nd in his only start at the Canadian Open in 2011. Daniel Summerhays – Summerhays is one of the hottest players on tour right now with 3 top 10 finishes in a row coming into this event. Bud Cauley – Cauley is on a trend and he finished 4th at this event last year and 13th in 2011, his only 2 starts at the Canadian Open tourney. Troy Matteson – Matteson is on a 4 week trend and he finished 10th at this event last year. Charl Schwartzel – Schwartzel has 4 top 15 finishes in his most recent 5 events played, 15th at the Open Championship last week. Schwartzel finished 42nd here last year, but 9th in 2011. Others to consider, in no particular order: Graeme McDowell, Chris Stroud, Scott Piercy, Nathan Green, William McGirt, Seung‐Yul Noh, Ryan Palmer, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Cameron Tringale, Nicholas Thompson. .