Canadian Open (golf)

This article is about the men's golf tournament. For the women's tournament, see Canadian Women's Open.

The Canadian Open (French: L'Omnium Canadien) is a professional golf tournament in Canada. It is co-organized by Golf Canada (formerly known as the Royal Canadian Golf Association) and the PGA Tour.^[2] It was first played 119 years ago in 1904, and has been held annually since then, except for during World War I, World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the third oldest continuously running tournament on the tour, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. It is the only national championship that is a PGA Tour-managed event.^[2]

RBC Canadian Open

Tournament information
Location	Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Established	1904
Course(s)	St. George's Golf and Country Club^[1]
Par	70
Length	7,079 yards (6,473 m)
Organized by	Golf Canada
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$8,700,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	258 Rory McIlroy (2019)
To par	−25 Johnny Palmer (1952)
Current champion
Rory McIlroy
Location Map
St. George's G&CC Location in Canada Show map of Canada St. George's G&CC Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario

Tournament

As a national open, and especially as the most accessible non-U.S. national open for American golfers, the event had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf. In the interwar years, it was sometimes considered the third most prestigious tournament in the sport, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. This previous status was noted in the media in 2000, when Tiger Woods became the first man to win The Triple Crown (all three Opens in the same season) in 29 years, since Lee Trevino in 1971. In the decades preceding the tournament's move to an undesirable September date in 1988, the Canadian Open was often unofficially referred to as the fifth major.

The top three golfers on the PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit prior to the tournament are given entry into the Canadian Open. However, prize money won at the Canadian Open does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list.

Celebrated winners include Hall of Fame members Leo Diegel, Walter Hagen, Tommy Armour, Harry Cooper, Lawson Little, Sam Snead, Craig Wood, Byron Nelson, Doug Ford, Bobby Locke, Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer, Kel Nagle, Billy Casper, Gene Littler, Lee Trevino, Curtis Strange, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Vijay Singh, and Mark O'Meara. The Canadian Open is regarded as the most prestigious tournament never won by Jack Nicklaus, a seven-time runner-up.^[3] Diegel has the most titles, with four in the 1920s.

In the early 2000s, the tournament was still being held in early September. Seeking to change back to a more desirable summer date in the schedule, the RCGA lobbied for a better date. When the PGA Tour's schedule was revamped to accommodate the FedEx Cup in 2007, the Canadian Open was rescheduled for late July, sandwiched between three events with even higher profiles (The Open Championship the week prior, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational the week after, and the PGA Championship the week after that). The tournament counts towards the FedEx Cup standings, and earns the winner a Masters invitation.

In 2019, due to a re-alignment of the PGA Tour and major scheduling, the Canadian Open moved to early-June prior to the U.S. Open. The event was also added to the Open Qualifying Series, allowing up to three of the top-ten finishers to qualify for the Open Championship.^[4][5]

The 2020 event, originally scheduled for June 11 to 14 at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto, was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] On March 9, 2021, Golf Canada announced that the 2021 tournament would be cancelled as well.^[7]

Courses

Glen Abbey Golf Course has hosted the most Canadian Opens, with 30 to date. Glen Abbey was designed in 1976 by Jack Nicklaus for the Royal Canadian Golf Association, to serve as the permanent home for the championship.

In the mid-1990s, the RCGA decided to move the championship around the country. The owner of Glen Abbey since 2005, Clublink Corp filed an application in October 2015^[8] to redevelop the property into a residential community, with offices and retail stores. There was no provision for a golf course in the plan.^[8] The Town of Oakville Council responded in August 2017 by declaring the golf course a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act, which would make it more difficult for ClubLink to develop the area as it had planned.^[9][10] Golf Canada was also concerned since it could not predict whether it could get the necessary permit to hold the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in 2018 as it had planned.^[11] The dispute between the Town of Oakville and ClubLink remains before the courts as of November 2018.^[12] The 2019 and 2023 Open will be held at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.^[13] The event may again be held at Glen Abbey in some future years if the planned redevelopment by Clublink is not allowed to proceed.^[14]

Royal Montreal Golf Club, home of the first Open in 1904, ranks second having hosted the event ten times. Mississaugua Golf & Country Club and Hamilton Golf and Country Club have each hosted six Opens while Toronto Golf Club and St. George's Golf and Country Club have hosted five Opens. Three clubs have each hosted four Opens: Lambton Golf Club, Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, and Scarboro Golf and Country Club.

The championship has for the most part been held in Ontario and Quebec, between them having seen all but nine Opens. New Brunswick had the Open in 1939, Manitoba in 1952 and 1961, Alberta in 1958, and British Columbia in 1948, 1954, 1966, 2005 and 2011.

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Royal Montreal Golf Club	Two venues	1904	2014	10
	Dorval, Quebec	1904	1950	(5)
	Île-Bizard, Quebec	1975	2014	(5)
Toronto Golf Club	Two venues	1905	1927	5
	Toronto, Ontario	1905	1909	(2)
	Mississauga, Ontario	1914	1927	(3)
Royal Ottawa Golf Club	Aylmer, Quebec	1906	1911	2
Lambton Golf Club	Toronto, Ontario	1907	1941	4
Rosedale Golf Club	Toronto, Ontario	1912	1928	2
Hamilton Golf and Country Club	Ancaster, Ontario	1919	2019	6
Rivermead Golf Club	Aylmer, Quebec	1920	1920	1
Mt. Bruno Golf Club	St. Bruno, Quebec	1922	1924	2
Lakeview Golf Club	Mississauga, Ontario	1923	1934	2
Kanawaki Golf Club	Kahnawake, Quebec	1929	1929	1
Mississaugua Golf & Country Club	Mississauga, Ontario	1931	1974	6
Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club	Ottawa, Ontario	1932	1932	1
St. George's Golf and Country Club	Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario	1933	2022	6
Summerlea Golf Club	Montreal, Quebec	1935	1935	1
St. Andrews Club	Toronto, Ontario	1936	1937	2
Riverside Country Club	Rothesay, New Brunswick	1939	1939	1
Scarboro Golf and Country Club	Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario	1940	1963	4
Thornhill Golf Club	Thornhill, Ontario	1945	1945	1
Beaconsfield Golf Club	Montreal, Quebec	1946	1956	2
Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club	Vancouver, British Columbia	1948	2011	4
St. Charles Country Club	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1952	1952	1
Point Grey Golf and Country Club	Vancouver, British Columbia	1954	1954	1
Weston Golf and Country Club	Toronto, Ontario	1955	1955	1
Westmount Golf and Country Club	Kitchener, Ontario	1957	1957	1
Royal Mayfair Golf and Country Club	Edmonton, Alberta	1958	1958	1
Islesmere Golf and Country Club	Montreal, Quebec	1959	1959	1
Niakwa Country Club	Winnipeg, Manitoba	1961	1961	1
Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac	Laval-sur-le-Lac, Quebec	1962	1962	1
Pine Grove Golf and Country Club	St. Luc, Quebec	1964	1969	2
Montreal Municipal Golf Club	Montreal, Quebec	1967	1967	1
London Hunt and Country Club	London, Ontario	1970	1970	1
Richelieu Valley Golf and Country Club	Ste.-Julie, Quebec	1971	1973	2
Cherry Hill Club	Ridgeway, Ontario	1972	1972	1
Essex Golf & Country Club	Windsor, Ontario	1976	1976	1
Glen Abbey Golf Course	Oakville, Ontario	1977	2018	30
Angus Glen Golf Club	Markham, Ontario	2002	2007	2

The 2002 event was held on the south course at Angus Glen Golf Club, while the 2007 event was held on the north course.

History

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  George Sargent, winner of the 1912 Canadian Open at Rosedale Golf Club.

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  Tommy Armour, three-time Canadian Open champion in 1927, 1930 and 1934. Other three-time winners are Sam Snead and Lee Trevino.

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  Walter Hagen, winner at the 1931 Canadian Open Championship.

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  Arnold Palmer, 1955 Open winner, his first PGA Tour victory.

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  Greg Norman, two-time Canadian Open champion in 1984 and 1992.

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  Tiger Woods, champion of the 2000 Canadian Open and winner of the Triple Crown along with Lee Trevino (1971).

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  Jim Furyk, back-to-back Canadian Open winner in 2006–07, along with James Douglas Edgar, Leo Diegel, Sam Snead, Jim Ferrier, and Jhonattan Vegas

 

The Royal Montreal Golf Club,
host of the first Canadian Open in 1904.

The Royal Montreal Golf Club, founded in 1873, is the oldest continuously running official golf club in North America. The club was the host of the first Canadian Open championship in 1904, and has been host to nine other Canadian Opens, at two locations, with the club moving to its current site on an island west of Montreal in 1959. The 1912 Canadian Open at the Rosedale Golf Club was famed American golfer Walter Hagen's first professional competition.^[15] In 1914, Karl Keffer won the event, being the last Canadian-born champion.

Englishman J. Douglas Edgar captured the 1919 championship at Hamilton Golf and Country Club by a record 16-stroke margin;^[16] 17-year-old amateur prodigy Bobby Jones (who was coached by Edgar) tied for second. The 1930 Canadian Open at Hamilton was another stellar tournament. Tommy Armour blazed his way around the course over the final 18 holes of regulation play, shooting a 64. Four-time champion Diegel and Armour went to a 36-hole playoff to decide the title. Armour shot 138 (69-69) to defeat Diegel by three strokes.^[17]

Toronto's St. Andrews Golf Club hosted the Open in 1936 and 1937 – the only course to hold back-to-back Opens until the creation of Glen Abbey – before it felt the impact of the growth of the city, and was ploughed under to allow for the creation of Highway 401. The Riverside Golf and Country Club of Rothesay, New Brunswick was host to the 1939 Canadian Open where Harold "Jug" McSpaden was champion. This was the only time the Open has been held in Atlantic Canada.^[18]

 

Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour, and Walter Hagen at Lakeview Golf Club in Mississauga in 1934.

Scarboro Golf and Country Club in eastern Toronto was host to four Canadian Opens: 1940, 1947, 1953, and 1963. Three of these events were decided by one stroke, and the only time the margin was two shots was when Bobby Locke defeated Ed Oliver in 1947. With his win at Scarboro in 1947, the golfer from South Africa became just the second non-North American winner of the Canadian Open. Locke fired four rounds in the 60s to finish at 16-under-par, two strokes better than the American Oliver. After the prize presentation Locke was given a standing ovation, and was then hoisted to shoulders by fellow countrymen who were then residents of Canada.

In 1948, for the first time, the Canadian Open traveled west of Ontario, landing at Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, where Charles Congdon sealed his victory on the 16th hole with a 150-yard bunker shot that stopped eight feet from the cup. The following birdie gave him the lead, and Congdon went on to win by three shots.

Mississaugua Golf & Country Club has hosted six Canadian Opens: 1931, 1938, 1942, 1951, 1965, and 1974. The 1951 Open tournament was won by Jim Ferrier, who successfully defended the title he had won at Royal Montreal a year earlier. Winnipeg's St. Charles Country Club hosted the 1952 Canadian Open, and saw Johnny Palmer set the 72-hole scoring record of 263, which still stands after more than 60 years. Palmer's rounds of 66-65-66-66 bettered the old 1947 mark set by Bobby Locke by five shots. In 1955, Arnold Palmer captured the Canadian Open championship, his first PGA Tour victory, at the Weston Golf and Country Club.

Montreal, Quebec's Laval-sur-le-Lac hosted the 1962 Open where Gary Player was disqualified after the first round, when he recorded the wrong score on the 10th hole. He had won the PGA Championship the week before. Californian Charlie Sifford attended the 1962 Canadian Open in part to raise the profile of African-American players on the PGA Tour. He was one of only 16 of the top 100 players on tour to play there in 1962.

Pinegrove Country Club played host to the Canadian Open in 1964 and 1969. Australian Kel Nagle edged Arnold Palmer and Raymond Floyd at the 1964 Open to become, aged almost 44 at the time, the oldest player to win the title. Five years later, Tommy Aaron fired a final-round 64 to force a playoff with 57-year-old Sam Snead. Aaron won the 18-hole playoff, beating Snead by two strokes (70-72).

The small town of Ridgeway, Ontario in the Niagara Peninsula was host of the 1972 Open at Cherry Hill Golf Club. A popular choice of venue, it drew rave reviews by the players, specifically the 1972 champion Gay Brewer, who called it the best course he had ever played in Canada, and Arnold Palmer, who suggested the Open be held there again the following year. In 1975, Tom Weiskopf won his second Open in three years in dramatic fashion at the Blue Course of Royal Montreal's new venue, defeating Jack Nicklaus on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after almost holing his short-iron approach. Windsor, Ontario's Essex Golf & Country Club was host of the 1976 Canadian Open, where Nicklaus again finished second, this time behind champion Jerry Pate. Essex came to the rescue late in the game, when it was determined that the newly built Glen Abbey was not yet ready to host the Canadian Open. The 1997 Open at Royal Montreal was the first time Tiger Woods ever missed a professional cut, after winning the Masters Tournament a few months before.

 

Nick Price's second Canadian Open win in 1994

Angus Glen Golf Club was host to two recent Canadian Opens, 2002 and 2007. In 2007 Jim Furyk became one of a few golfers who have won two consecutive Canadian Open titles, joining James Douglas Edgar, Leo Diegel, Sam Snead and Jim Ferrier. Angus Glen owns the unique distinction of having each of its two courses (North and South) host the Canadian Open.

Glen Abbey Golf Club of Oakville, Ontario has hosted 30 Open Championships (1977–79, 1981–96, 1998–2000, 2004, 2008–09, 2013, 2015–2018), and has crowned 24 different champions. The 11th hole at Glen Abbey is widely considered its signature hole, and begins the world-famous valley sequence of five holes from 11 to 15. The picturesque 11th is a 459-yard straightaway par-4, where players tee off 100 feet above the fairway, which ends at Sixteen Mile Creek, just short of the green. John Daly left his mark, and a plaque is permanently displayed on the back tee deck, recounting Daly's attempt to reach the green with his tee shot. His ball landed in the creek.

In 2000, Tiger Woods dueled with Grant Waite over the final 18 holes, before finally subduing the New Zealander on the 72nd hole with an exceptional shot. Holding a one-shot advantage, Woods found his tee shot in a fairway bunker, and after watching Waite put his second shot 30 feet from the hole, decided to go for the green. Woods hit a 6-iron which carried a lake and settled on the fringe just past the flag, which was 218 yards away, and then chipped to tap-in range for the title-clinching birdie.^[19] With the victory, Woods became only the second golfer to capture the U.S. Open, Open Championship and Canadian Open in the same year, earning him the Triple Crown trophy; he matched Lee Trevino (1971).

In 2009, Mark Calcavecchia scored nine consecutive birdies at the second round, breaking the PGA Tour record.^[20]

Canadian performances

A Canadian has not won the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954. One of the most exciting conclusions ever seen at the Open came in 2004, extending that streak. Mike Weir had never done well at the Glen Abbey Golf Course, the site of the tournament that week. In fact, he had only made the cut once at any of the Opens contested at Glen Abbey. But Weir clawed his way to the top of the leaderboard by Friday. And by the third day at the 100th anniversary Open, he had a three-stroke lead, and many Canadians were buzzing about the possibility of the streak's end. Weir started off with a double bogey, but then went 4-under to keep his 3-stroke lead, with only eight holes left. Yet, with the expectations of Canadian observers abnormally high, there was another roadblock in the way of Mike Weir: Vijay Singh. Weir bogeyed three holes on the back nine but still had a chance to win the tournament with a 10-footer on the 72nd hole. When he missed the putt, the two entered a sudden-death playoff. Weir missed two more chances to win the tournament: a 25-foot putt for eagle on No. 18 on the first hole of sudden-death, and a 5-foot putt on No. 17, the second playoff hole. On the third playoff hole, Weir put his third shot into the water after a horrid drive and lay-up, and Singh was safely on the green in two. Singh won the Open and overtook Tiger Woods as the world's number one player.^[21]

Canadian David Hearn took a two-shot lead into the final round in 2015. He still had the lead as late as the 15th hole, but was being closely pursued by three players ranked near the top of the Official World Golf Ranking – Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, and Jason Day. All four golfers had chances to win right until the end. Hearn was overtaken by champion Day's three consecutive birdies to close the round; Day finished one shot ahead of Watson, who also birdied the final three holes, narrowly missing an eagle attempt on a final hole greenside chip that would have tied. Day's fourth career Tour triumph came after he had just missed a potential tying putt on the final hole at the Open Championship the previous week. Hearn finished third, the best result by a Canadian since Weir's near-miss in 2004.^[22] In 2016, Canadian amateur Jared du Toit was only one stroke behind going into the final round, allowing him to play in the final group. He finished tied for ninth, three strokes behind eventual winner Jhonattan Vegas.

Event titles

Years	Event title
1904–1993, 2006–2007	Canadian Open
1994–2005	Bell Canadian Open
2008–present	RBC Canadian Open

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Venue
RBC Canadian Open
2022	Rory McIlroy (2)	261	−19	2 strokes	Tony Finau	8,700,000	1,566,000	St. George's
2021	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[7]^[23]
2020
2019	Rory McIlroy	258	−22	7 strokes	Shane Lowry   Webb Simpson	7,600,000	1,368,000	Hamilton
2018	Dustin Johnson	265	−23	3 strokes	An Byeong-hun   Kim Meen-whee	6,200,000	1,116,000	Glen Abbey
2017	Jhonattan Vegas (2)	267	−21	Playoff	Charley Hoffman	6,000,000	1,080,000	Glen Abbey
2016	Jhonattan Vegas	276	−12	1 stroke	Dustin Johnson   Martin Laird   Jon Rahm	5,900,000	1,062,000	Glen Abbey
2015	Jason Day	271	−17	1 stroke	Bubba Watson	5,800,000	1,044,000	Glen Abbey
2014	Tim Clark	263	−17	1 stroke	Jim Furyk	5,700,000	1,026,000	Royal Montreal
2013	Brandt Snedeker	272	−16	3 strokes	Jason Bohn   Dustin Johnson   Matt Kuchar   William McGirt	5,600,000	1,008,000	Glen Abbey
2012	Scott Piercy	263	−17	1 stroke	Robert Garrigus   William McGirt	5,200,000	936,000	Hamilton
2011	Sean O'Hair	276	−4	Playoff	Kris Blanks	5,200,000	936,000	Shaughnessy
2010	Carl Pettersson	266	−14	1 stroke	Dean Wilson	5,100,000	918,000	St. George's
2009	Nathan Green	270	−18	Playoff	Retief Goosen	5,100,000	918,000	Glen Abbey
2008	Chez Reavie	267	−17	3 strokes	Billy Mayfair	5,000,000	900,000	Glen Abbey
Canadian Open
2007	Jim Furyk (2)	268	−16	1 stroke	Vijay Singh	5,000,000	900,000	Angus Glen (North)
2006	Jim Furyk	266	−14	1 stroke	Bart Bryant	5,000,000	900,000	Hamilton
Bell Canadian Open
2005	Mark Calcavecchia	275	−5	1 stroke	Ben Crane   Ryan Moore	4,900,000	882,000	Shaughnessy
2004	Vijay Singh	275	−9	Playoff	Mike Weir	4,500,000	810,000	Glen Abbey
2003	Bob Tway	272	−8	Playoff	Brad Faxon	4,200,000	756,000	Hamilton
2002	John Rollins	272	−16	Playoff	Neal Lancaster   Justin Leonard	4,000,000	720,000	Angus Glen (South)
2001	Scott Verplank	266	−14	3 strokes	Bob Estes   Joey Sindelar	3,800,000	684,000	Royal Montreal
2000	Tiger Woods^[a]	266	−22	1 stroke	Grant Waite	3,300,000	594,000	Glen Abbey
1999	Hal Sutton	275	−13	3 strokes	Dennis Paulson	2,500,000	450,000	Glen Abbey
1998	Billy Andrade	275	−13	Playoff	Bob Friend	2,200,000	396,000	Glen Abbey
1997	Steve Jones (2)	275	−5	1 stroke	Greg Norman	1,500,000	270,000	Royal Montreal
1996	Dudley Hart	202	−14	1 stroke	David Duval	1,500,000	270,000	Glen Abbey
1995	Mark O'Meara	274	−14	Playoff	Bob Lohr	1,300,000	234,000	Glen Abbey
1994	Nick Price (2)	275	−13	1 stroke	Mark Calcavecchia	1,300,000	234,000	Glen Abbey
Canadian Open
1993	David Frost	279	−9	1 stroke	Fred Couples	1,000,000	180,000	Glen Abbey
1992	Greg Norman (2)	280	−8	Playoff	Bruce Lietzke	1,000,000	180,000	Glen Abbey
1991	Nick Price	273	−15	1 stroke	David Edwards	1,000,000	180,000	Glen Abbey
1990	Wayne Levi	278	−10	1 stroke	Ian Baker-Finch   Jim Woodward	1,000,000	180,000	Glen Abbey
1989	Steve Jones	271	−17	2 strokes	Clark Burroughs   Mark Calcavecchia   Mike Hulbert	900,000	162,000	Glen Abbey
1988	Ken Green	275	−13	1 stroke	Bill Glasson   Scott Verplank	900,000	135,000	Glen Abbey
1987	Curtis Strange (2)	276	−12	3 strokes	David Frost   Jodie Mudd   Nick Price	600,000	108,000	Glen Abbey
1986	Bob Murphy	280	−8	3 strokes	Greg Norman	600,000	108,000	Glen Abbey
1985	Curtis Strange	279	−9	2 strokes	Jack Nicklaus   Greg Norman	580,000	86,507	Glen Abbey
1984	Greg Norman	278	−10	2 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	525,000	72,000	Glen Abbey
1983	John Cook	277	−7	Playoff	Johnny Miller	425,000	63,000	Glen Abbey
1982	Bruce Lietzke (2)	277	−7	2 strokes	Hal Sutton	425,000	76,500	Glen Abbey
1981	Peter Oosterhuis	280	−4	1 stroke	Bruce Lietzke   Jack Nicklaus   Andy North	425,000	76,500	Glen Abbey
1980	Bob Gilder	274	−6	2 strokes	Jerry Pate   Leonard Thompson	350,000	63,000	Royal Montreal
1979	Lee Trevino (3)	281	−3	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw	350,000	63,000	Glen Abbey
1978	Bruce Lietzke	283	−1	1 stroke	Pat McGowan	250,000	50,000	Glen Abbey
1977	Lee Trevino (2)	280	−8	4 strokes	Peter Oosterhuis	225,000	45,000	Glen Abbey
1976	Jerry Pate	267	−13	4 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	200,000	40,000	Essex
1975	Tom Weiskopf (2)	274	−6	Playoff	Jack Nicklaus	200,000	40,000	Royal Montreal
1974	Bobby Nichols	270	−10	4 strokes	John Schlee   Larry Ziegler	200,000	40,000	Mississaugua
1973	Tom Weiskopf	278	−6	2 strokes	Forrest Fezler	175,000	35,000	Richelieu Valley
1972	Gay Brewer	275	−9	1 stroke	Sam Adams   Dave Hill	150,000	30,000	Cherry Hill
1971	Lee Trevino^[a]	275	−13	Playoff	Art Wall Jr.	150,000	30,000	Richelieu Valley
1970	Kermit Zarley	279	−9	3 strokes	Gibby Gilbert	125,000	25,000	London Hunt
1969	Tommy Aaron	275	−13	Playoff	Sam Snead	125,000	25,000	Pine Grove
1968	Bob Charles	274	−6	2 strokes	Jack Nicklaus	125,000	25,000	St. George's
1967	Billy Casper	279	−5	Playoff	Art Wall Jr.	100,000	30,000	Montreal Municipal
1966	Don Massengale	280	−4	3 strokes	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	100,000	20,000	Shaughnessy
1965	Gene Littler	273	−7	1 stroke	Jack Nicklaus	100,000	20,000	Mississaugua
1964	Kel Nagle	277	−11	2 strokes	Arnold Palmer	50,000	7,500	Pine Grove
1963	Doug Ford (2)	280	−4	1 stroke	Al Geiberger	50,000	9,000	Scarboro
1962	Ted Kroll	278	−10	2 strokes	Charlie Sifford	30,000	4,300	Laval-sur-le-Lac
1961	Jacky Cupit	270	−10	5 strokes	Buster Cupit   Dow Finsterwald   Bobby Nichols	30,000	4,300	Niakwa
1960	Art Wall Jr.	269	−19	6 strokes	Bob Goalby   Jay Hebert	25,000	3,500	St. George's
1959	Doug Ford	276	−12	2 strokes	Dow Finsterwald   Art Wall Jr.   Bo Wininger	25,000	3,500	Islesmere
1958	Wes Ellis	267	−13	1 stroke	Jay Hebert	25,000	3,500	Royal Mayfair
1957	George Bayer	271	−13	2 strokes	Bo Wininger	25,000	3,500	Westmount
1956	Doug Sanders (a)	273	−11	Playoff	Dow Finsterwald	15,000	2,400	Beaconsfield
1955	Arnold Palmer	265	−23	4 strokes	Jack Burke Jr.	15,000	2,400	Weston
1954	Pat Fletcher	280	−8	4 strokes	Gordie Brydson   Bill Welch	15,000	3,000	Point Grey
1953	Dave Douglas	273	−11	1 stroke	Wally Ulrich	15,000	3,000	Scarboro
1952	Johnny Palmer	263	−25	11 strokes	Fred Haas   Dick Mayer	15,000	3,000	St. Charles
1951	Jim Ferrier (2)	273	−7	2 strokes	Fred Hawkins   Ed Oliver	15,000	2,250	Mississaugua
1950	Jim Ferrier	271	−17	3 strokes	Ted Kroll	10,000	2,000	Royal Montreal
1949	Dutch Harrison	271	−17	4 strokes	Jim Ferrier	9,200	2,000	St. George's
1948	Charles Congdon	280	−4	3 strokes	Vic Ghezzi   Ky Laffoon   Dick Metz	9,000	2,000	Shaughnessy
1947	Bobby Locke	268	−16	2 strokes	Ed Oliver	10,000	2,000	Scarboro
1946	George Fazio	278	−6	Playoff	Dick Metz	9,000	2,000	Beaconsfield
1945	Byron Nelson	280	E^[24]	4 strokes	Herman Barron	10,000	2,000	Thornhill
1943–1944: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Craig Wood	275	−13	4 strokes	Mike Turnesa	3,000	1,000	Mississaugua
1941	Sam Snead (3)	274	−6	2 strokes	Bob Gray	3,000	1,000	Lambton
1940	Sam Snead (2)	281	−3	Playoff	Jug McSpaden	3,000	1,000	Scarboro
1939	Jug McSpaden	282	+2	5 strokes	Ralph Guldahl	3,000	1,000	Riverside
1938	Sam Snead	277	−11	Playoff	Harry Cooper	3,000	1,000	Mississaugua
1937	Harry Cooper (2)	285	+5	2 strokes	Ralph Guldahl	3,200	1,000	St. Andrews Club
1936	Lawson Little	271	−9	8 strokes	Jimmy Thomson	3,000	1,000	St. Andrews Club
1935	Gene Kunes	280	−8	2 strokes	Vic Ghezzi	1,465	500	Summerlea
1934	Tommy Armour (3)	287	−1	2 strokes	Ky Laffoon	1,465	500	Lakeview
1933	Joe Kirkwood Sr.	282	−2	8 strokes	Harry Cooper   Lex Robson	1,465	500	St. George's
1932	Harry Cooper	290	+2	3 strokes	Al Watrous	1,465	500	Ottawa Hunt
1931	Walter Hagen	292	+4	Playoff	Percy Alliss	1,485	500	Mississaugua
1930	Tommy Armour (2)	273	−7	Playoff	Leo Diegel	1,475	500	Hamilton
1929	Leo Diegel (4)	274	−6	3 strokes	Tommy Armour	1,320	400	Kanawaki
1928	Leo Diegel (3)	282	−2	2 strokes	Archie Compston   Walter Hagen   Macdonald Smith	1,320	400	Rosedale
1927	Tommy Armour	288	E	1 stroke	Macdonald Smith	1,320	400	Toronto GC
1926	Macdonald Smith	283	+3	3 strokes	Gene Sarazen	1,575	500	Royal Montreal
1925	Leo Diegel (2)	295	+11	2 strokes	Mike Brady	900	500	Lambton
1924	Leo Diegel	285	+1	2 strokes	Gene Sarazen	750	400	Mt. Bruno
1923	Clarence Hackney	295	+7	5 strokes	Tom Kerrigan	580	350	Lakeview
1922	Al Watrous	303	+19	1 stroke	Tom Kerrigan	450	250	Mt. Bruno
1921	William Trovinger	293	+5	3 strokes	Mike Brady	450	250	Toronto GC
1920	James Douglas Edgar (2)	298	+10	Playoff	Tommy Armour (a)   Charlie Murray	600	300	Rivermead
1919	James Douglas Edgar	278	−2	16 strokes	Jim Barnes   Bobby Jones (a)   Karl Keffer	435	200	Hamilton
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914	Karl Keffer (2)	300	+12	1 stroke	George Cumming	265	100	Toronto GC
1913	Albert Murray (2)	295	+15	6 strokes	Jack Burke Sr.   Nicol Thompson	265	100	Royal Montreal
1912	George Sargent	299	+19	1 stroke	Jim Barnes	265	100	Rosedale
1911	Charlie Murray (2)	314	+26	2 strokes	Davie Black	265	100	Royal Ottawa
1910	Daniel Kenny	303	+19	4 strokes	George Lyon (a)	265	100	Lambton
1909	Karl Keffer	309	+21	3 strokes	George Cumming	265	100	Toronto GC
1908	Albert Murray	300	+20	4 strokes	George Sargent	225	80	Royal Montreal
1907	Percy Barrett	306	+22	2 strokes	George Cumming	245	80	Lambton
1906	Charlie Murray	170	+26	1 stroke	George Cumming   Tom Reith (a)   Alex Robertson	225	70	Royal Ottawa
1905	George Cumming	148	+8	3 strokes	Percy Barrett	225	60	Toronto GC
1904	Jack Oke	156	+16	2 strokes	Percy Barrett	170	60	Royal Montreal

1. Completed the PGA Tour's Triple Crown by also winning The Open Championship and the U.S. Open in the same year.

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. Source^[25]

Multiple and consecutive champions

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Canadian Open.

Deceased golfer †

Major championship winner the same year as the Open win ‡

Major championship winner M

Player	Total	Years
Leo Diegel ‡†M	4	1924, 1925, 1928, 1929
Tommy Armour ‡†M	3	1927, 1930, 1934
Sam Snead M†	3	1938, 1940, 1941
Lee Trevino ‡M	3	1971, 1977, 1979
Charles Murray †	2	1906, 1911
Albert Murray †	2	1908, 1913
Karl Keffer †	2	1909, 1914
James Douglas Edgar †	2	1919, 1920
Harry Cooper †	2	1932, 1937
Jim Ferrier M†	2	1950, 1951
Doug Ford M†	2	1959, 1963
Tom Weiskopf ‡M	2	1973, 1975
Bruce Lietzke†	2	1978, 1982
Curtis Strange M	2	1985, 1987
Greg Norman M	2	1984, 1992
Nick Price ‡M	2	1991, 1994
Steve Jones M	2	1989, 1997
Jim Furyk M	2	2006, 2007
Jhonattan Vegas	2	2016, 2017
Rory McIlroy M	2	2019, 2022

Champions by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality.

Country	Wins	Winners	First title	Last title
United States	72	55	1910	2018
England	8	6	1904	1981
Australia	8	6	1933	2015
Canada	7	4	1906	1954
Scotland	3	3	1905	1926
South Africa	3	3	1947	2014
Northern Ireland	2	2	2019	2022
Zimbabwe	2	1	1991	1994
Venezuela	2	1	2016	2017
New Zealand	1	1	1968
Fiji	1	1	2004
Sweden	1	1	2010

Trophies

The first trophy presented to the winner was donated by the Rivermead Golf Club who hosted the event in 1920. Before then the winner received a gold medal.^[26] The following trophies have been used since 1920:

• The Rivermead Challenge Cup 1920–1935^[27]
• The Seagram Gold Cup 1936–1970^[28]
• The Du Maurier Trophy 1971–1993^[29]
• The RBC Canadian Open Trophy 1994–present^[30]

Between 1936 and 1961 and since 2007, the Rivermead Challenge Cup has been presented to the Canadian professional with the lowest score.^[27]

Future sites

Year	Edition	Course	City	Dates
2023	114th	Oakdale Country Club	Toronto, Ontario	June 8–11
2024	115th	Hamilton Golf and Country Club	Ancaster, Ontario	June 6–9
2026	117th	Oakdale Country Club	Toronto, Ontario	TBD

Source:^[31][32]

See also

• Triple Crown of Golf

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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

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