Sports Oakville Beaver www.aplushomes.ca Adam Campbell Broker of Record 905-844-4444 B R O K E R A G E I N D E P E N D E N T LY O W N E D A N D O P E R AT E D SPORTS EDITOR: JON KUIPERIJ Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 255) Fax 905-337-5567 email sports@oakvillebeaver.com · WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008 31 Field set as Open tees off tomorrow By Jon Kuiperij BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR ON DECK THIS WEEK IN OAKVILLE SPORTS Thursday to Sunday, Glen Abbey Golf Club PGA Tour CANADIAN OPEN It may not be a collection of the sport's elite or best-known players, but Bill Paul still expects to see some excellent golf played at this week's RBC Canadian Open. "The guys who are here, I'm happy with it," Paul, the tournament director, said Monday. "I think it's a good, solid field. They're all talented. One good thing about the PGA Tour (is) the depth on it is much more than it was 10-15 years ago." Only six of the top 25 players in the PGA Tour regular-season FedExCup standings are slated to tee it up tomorrow (Thursday) at Glen Abbey Golf Club. The top-ranked of those is Anthony Kim, who has won a pair of Tour events this season and enters the Canadian Open fifth in the FedExCup standings. Other notables include Ryuji Imada (7th), two-time defending Canadian Open champ Jim Furyk (13th), Jeff Quinney (21st), Sean O'Hair (24th) and Canadian hopeful Stephen Ames Mike Weir, Stephen Ames, Jon Mills and others try to become first Canadian golfer to win national open since 1954. Thursday, 8 p.m. Oakville Yacht Squadron Olympic sendoff OSKAR JOHANSSON OYS hosts `Oskar Night' to raise funds for Olympic-bound sailors Oskar Johansson and Kevin Stittle. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. North Bay CHRIS KORNACKI / OAKVILLE BEAVER vs. North Bay LONGHORNS FOOTBALL See Furyk page 34 YOUNG STAR: Anthony Kim, pictured playing a practice round yesterday at Glen Abbey Golf Club, is the highest-ranked PGA Tour player to be competing in this weekend's RBC Canadian Open. Kim is fifth in the Tour's regular-season FedExCup standings, while Ryuji Imada (7th) and two-time defending Canadian Open champ Jim Furyk (13th) are other top-15 members scheduled to play this weekend. Longhorns travel to North Bay for makeup game with Bulldogs in Northern Football Conference action. SOCCER ACTION CONTINUES AT BMO FIELD VS SUMMER CAMP ACTION CONTINUES! SHELL PARK JULY 28-AUGUST 1 · AUGUST 18-22 · AUGUST 25-29 RANGERS FC CAMP AUGUST 11-15 BUS TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE FOR ALL WEEKS AUGUST 20, 2008 7:30PM KICK OFF ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE www.oakvillesoccer.ca Group Requests @ mmaclaren@oakvillesoccer.ca www.oakvillesoccer.ca 504 Iroquois Shore Rd., Unit #11, Oakville, ON L6H 3K4 The Oakville Beaver Sponsor: Tel: 905-849-4436 Fax: 905-849-3677 A Proud Sponsor of Oakville Soccer Club