As the RBC Canadian Open weekend approaches, tougher conditions and rising pressure play right into the strengths of Nick Taylor.

Taylor Pendrith, Nick Taylor, and Mackenzie Hughes, all Canadians, started strong at the RBC Canadian Open. Three of the top Canadians in the field at the RBC Canadian Open are off to as hot of a start as the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals.

Rory McIlroy made an 8 on his fifth hole Friday at TPC Toronto, free-falling down the RBC Canadian Open leaderboard on his way to a missed cut. McIlroy followed that quadruple-bogey debacle with four bogeys and a double in shooting 8-over 78.