RBC CANADIAN OPEN

June 14, 2026

Matthew Anderson

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course)

Quick Quotes

Q. Congratulations on a really solid tournament. I know you might be a little disappointed in today's final result, but you're you were at T-1 for a while. What's that say about the state of your game and your potential as a golfer?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: I mean if I didn't believe it before I absolutely know that I can win out here. I proved that to my self. I mean, listen, I went out, I did my process, I did as best I could, I just, the one swing on 16 I just was not overly committed to what I was doing. That may be the only one I would take back. But again, I would rather be in there in the mix and not is have it go my way than not have that at all. I mean, it's just like the stuff that you learn from feeling those feelings and trying to manage your emotions and focus on what you need to focus on is like more valuable than anything. So I'm just, I'm obviously grateful for that. It wasn't my time today, but it will be my time soon and that's fine.

Q. You could have been playing a Korn Ferry Tour event this week instead, what was sort of the balance or mental arithmetic of choosing to take the sponsor's exemption this week and play in the Canadian Open maybe rather than get some points on the Korn Ferry Tour?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: I think honestly I believe in my game, no matter what. I'm never going to turn down an opportunity to play in my National Open. That's something that I grew up watching. Ultimately, missing a week on Korn Ferry Tour, yes, there's points, but ultimately if I believe in my game and I believe in my direction of where I'm going, I'm going to get to where I want anyway, regardless of whether I choose to play an event one week or not basically.

Q. The plan is to win, especially when you make the turn the way you did. What about some of the secondary benefits, a chance at British Open, a chance at pre-qualifying for the next TOUR event, does that enter your head at all?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Sure, I mean, yeah, for sure. Just, yeah, the odd thoughts will come in, and I just kind of, if I try and get ahead of myself or if that happens I'll just kind of say to my caddie, hey, I'm thinking about such and such, or I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. I know I brought that up to him on 6. Like, hey, and he's like, okay, well just feel your feet, where are you at right now, what are you trying to focus on and just bring it back to what I'm trying to do in the moment. That's all you can do. You can't prevent thoughts from entering your head, that's natural, that's going to happen to everyone. But what you can do is gently bring yourself back and try to put your energy into what you need to do in order to play your best. So that's what I try and do.

Q. Take us through a front, I caught you on 9 you made about a 5-footer for birdie. But that was just, there was five other birdies before that, I think. What was that process like as you're heating up?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Yeah, no, you just find a little bit of a flow state. I honestly was not -- yeah, I wasn't -- I was pretty comfortable. Obviously playing with Justin a fellow Canadian, that was great, that was pretty comfortable. I kind of got away with one on 1 to be honest. I made a great 5. I played some solid golf after that. I made obviously a string of birdies, hit a lot of quality shots, made a lot of putts. It was just kind of the nine where everything went right. That's awesome. Obviously it didn't go my way on the back nine, but obviously there is plenty to learn, and you obviously, you're a little disappointed, but you take what you can, take the positives, learn from it and move on.

Q. (No Microphone.)

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Yeah, sure.

Q. What was that like?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: You feel definitely feel the juices. Thoughts come in your head, liking, hey it's my National Open, I'm tied for the lead, that's awesome. And then we redirect the focus and try and make a good swing. Obviously on 10 tee did not make a very good swing, was trying my best to. It was raining, it was windy, sometimes stuff happens. Then you kind of just try and for bet about it and move on. I thought I did a fairly good job of that.

Q. You're fairly familiar with this venue, this golf course itself?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: I play here a ton. I practice here a lot during my off weeks. I haven't really, I obviously haven't been here in awhile, since last fall, but in summer, fall, if I'm home, I'm up here a fair bit. So that's definitely good to have that comfort factor around here. So seeing it in all sorts of conditions.

Q. Wondering if you learned anything new about yourself this week?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Yeah, I definitely learned I can compete at this level. Yeah, I know I have what it takes. I know that I am able to hit a lot of quality shots under pressure which is good. That stuff I can take forward in my golfing career. So that's, yeah, that's very important. Again, I learned to compete, I had a lot of fun, obviously. Playing in the National Open, being in contention, that's kind of what I said, like my radio interview on Tuesday I would love to get in contention this week and I did. So that's obviously great to learn from, for sure.