The BioSteel Championship, formerly the Windsor Championship, returns to Ambassador Golf Club for the fourth time following Sam Choi’s win in 2023. The BioSteel Championship has hosted current PGA TOUR members Paul Barjon (T2/2019), Patrick Fishburn (T2/2019, T47/2018), Hayden Buckley (T8/2019), Taylor Pendrith (T4/2018), Greyson Sigg (T13/2018), Ben Griffin (T19/2018) and Matt NeSmith (T28/2018).

This week’s field includes four players who finished inside the top 10 at the 2023 BioSteel Championship: Stuart Macdonald (T2), Devon Bling (T2), Joey Vrzich (T8) and Lawren Rowe (T8).

Field Summary (as of July 30, 2024)

156 players from 20 countries are in the field:

• 99 – United States
• 25 – Canada
• 9 – Argentina
• 4 – Mexico
• 2 – England, Chinese Taipei, South Africa
• 1 – Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, Chile, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Zimbabwe

Players to Watch

• Barend Botha (South Africa) – Botha earned his first professional win last week at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open in his second PGA TOUR Americas start; A native of George, South Africa, Botha earned exempt status for the North America Swing after earning medalist honors at PGA TOUR Americas Q-School and is currently No. 13 on the Fortinet Cup points list
• Johnny Keefer (United States) – Keefer has four top-10 finishes in five professional starts; Keefer finished No. 25 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University ranking and is currently No. 4 in the points list
• Connor Creasy (United States) – Creasy finished T2 in Ottawa after earning a spot in the field as a Monday qualifier; the University of Georgia alum earned conditional status for the North America Swing through PGA TOUR Americas Q-School
• Devon Bling (United States) – Bling returns to Windsor after a T2 finish at the 2023 BioSteel Championship; Bling has made the cut in eight of nine starts this season with three top-10 finishes and is currently No. 20 in the points list
• Michael Brennan (United States) – Brennan finished T6 in Ottawa and has finished in the top 10 in two of his last three starts; Brennan earned exempt status for the North America Swing after finishing No. 12 in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking
• Matthew Anderson (Canada) – The Mississauga, Ontario native and Team Canada member reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the Fortinet Cup points list after a T19 finish at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open; Anderson has finished in the top 20 in his last three starts after missing back-to-back cuts to start the North America Swing
• Ricardo Celia (Colombia) – Currently No. 41 in the points list, Celia was the low-Latin at the Commissionaires Ottawa Open after a T15 finish; Celia’s best finish of the year was a T3 performance in his season debut at the KIA Open

Fortinet Cup overview

The BioSteel Championship is the sixth stop of the North America Swing, and the 12th event of the season. The 10-event North America Swing is comprised of nine events in Canada and one in the United States.

After the North America Swing’s ninth event (CRMC Championship presented by Gertens, Aug. 29-Sept. 1), the top 120 players in the Fortinet Cup will be exempt into the Fortinet Cup Championship (Sept. 5-8), the final event of the season. The season will conclude in Caledon, Ontario, at TPC Toronto with the top 10 players in the Fortinet Cup earning exempt membership for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season.