Ontario Open

The Ontario Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Canada that is held in Ontario, Canada.

This article is about the Canadian provincial open golf tournament. For the PGA Tour golf tournament held in California in 1961 and 1962, see Ontario Open (PGA Tour). For the similarly named Canadian Tour golf tournament held between 1999 and 2002, see Ontario Open Heritage Classic.

Ontario Open

Tournament information
Location	Ontario, Canada
Established	1923
Course(s)	Woodington Lake GC
Tour(s)	Canadian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	C$200,000
Month played	August
Current champion
Gregory Eason

It was founded in 1923 and held every year through 1979, when the Peter Jackson Tour ended. After a long hiatus, an attempted revival in 1989 lasted only one year[1] before the tournament returned for a five year run from 1992 to 1996, during which it was sponsored by the town of Newmarket, Ontario in the first year and then by Export "A" cigarettes.[2] Another lengthy hiatus followed until the tournament returned as a non-tour event in 2019.[3] The following year, it rejoined the tour schedule.

Through 1947 the Ontario Open was a simple 36-hole medal. Except for a three year span from 1960 to 1962 when it was a 72-hole event, from 1948 until it was cancelled in 1979 it was a 54-hole event. Except for 2019, it has been played as a 72-hole event every year since its first revival.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner[4]	Score	Ref
Ontario Open
2019	Woodington Lake	Gregory Eason	208
1997–2018	No tournament
Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open
1996	St Thomas	Martin Price	274 (−10)[lower-alpha 1]
1995	Forest City National	Ray Freeman	273 (−15)
1994	Forest City National	Eric Woods	278 (−10)
1993	Bridgewater	Eric Woods	270 (−18)
Ontario Open
1992	Glenway	Don Fardon	270
1990–91	No tournament
1989	Lookout Point	Michael Bradley	278
1980–88	No tournament
1979	Cataraqui	Jerry Anderson	205
1978	St Thomas	George Knudson	212
1977	Cultan	Tony Cerdá	201 (−9)
1976	Mount Hope	George Knudson	203
1975	Barrie	Michel Boyer	210 (−6)
1974	Bayview	Artie McNickle	202 (−11)
1973	Islington	Rafe Botts	211 (+1)
1972	Cedar Brae	Alberto Rivadeneira	213 (+3)[lower-alpha 2]
1971	Weston	George Knudson	207 (−6)
1970	Cutten	Bill Wright, Jnr.	201 (−9)
1969	St Catherines	Nick Weslock (am)	208
1968	Pine Valley	Gary Cowan (am)	204 (−9)
1967	Islington	Bill Wakeham	208
1966	Cataraqui	Doug Mossop (am)	209 (−1)
1965	Trafalgar	Nick Weslock (am)	204
1964	Islington	Nick Weslock (am)	208
1963	Pine Valley	Moe Norman	211
1962	Beach Grove	Nick Weslock (am)	277
1961	Islington	George Knudson	275
1960	Cherry Hill	George Knudson	275
1959	St Catherines	Nick Weslock (am)	208
1958	Cataraqui	Moe Norman	211
1957	St Catherines	Jerry Kesselring	207 (−6)
1956	Brentford	Jerry Kesselring	207
1955	Cataraqui	Jules Huot	210
1954	Cedar Brae	Rudy Hovath	208 (−2)
1953	Essex	Jerry Kesselring (am)	209
1952	Weston	Jerry Kesselring (am)	211
1951	Westmount	Smiley Quick	209 (−4)
1950	St George's	Murray Tucker	215
1949	Essex	Nick Weslock (am)	212	[5]
1948	Scarboro	Bob Gray	210 (−3)
1947	St George's	Bob Gray	142
1946	Burlington	Nick Wisnock (am)[lower-alpha 3]	134
1945	Royal York	Phil Farley (am)	142
1944	Royal York	Gordon Brydson	144
1943	Royal York	Jack Littler	146
1942	Cedar Brae	Phil Farley (am)	139
1941	Hamilton	Bobby Burns	138
1940	Erie Downs	Sam Snead	139 (−5)
1939	Burlington	Henry Martell	141
1938	Summit	Bobby Alston	140
1937	Hamilton	Bobby Alston	139[lower-alpha 4]	[6]
1936	Toronto	Dick Borthwick	144[lower-alpha 5]	[7]
1935	Scarboro	Lex Robson	145	[8]
1934	Mississaugua	Tommy McGrath	143	[9]
1933	Toronto	Arthur Hulbert	146[lower-alpha 6]	[10]
1932	Rosedale	Willie Lamb	137	[11]
1931	Summit	Dave Spittal	144[lower-alpha 7]	[12]
1930	Toronto	Gordon Brydson	151[lower-alpha 8]	[13]
1929	Lakeview	Dave Spittal	148	[14]
1928	Hamilton	Arthur Hulbert	142	[15]
1927	Rosedale	Andy Kay	150[lower-alpha 9]	[16]
1926	York Downs	Andy Kay	146	[17]
1925	Summit	Nicol Thompson	144	[18]
1924	Toronto	Willie Freeman	152[lower-alpha 10]	[19]
1923	Lakeview	Andy Kay	153	[20]

1. Price won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
2. Rivadeneira won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Wisnock later went by the name Weslock and won 6 further Ontario Open titles.[5]
4. Alston won after an 18-hole playoff; Bobby Alston 75, Bill MacWilliams 79.
5. Borthwick won after an 18-hole playoff; Dick Borthwick 74, Lou Cumming 76.
6. Hulbert won after an 18-hole playoff; Arthur Hulbert 75, Percy Bell 81.
7. Spittal won after an 18-hole playoff; Dave Spittal 74, Arthur Hulbert 75, Jimmy Johnston 75.
8. Brydson won after an 18-hole playoff; Gordon Brydson 74, Lex Robson 75, Sandy Somerville 77.
9. Kay won after an 18-hole playoff; Andy Kay 75, Tex Robson 79, Nicol Thompson 80, Jimmy Johnston 85.
10. Freeman won after an 18-hole playoff; Willie Freeman 85, George Lyon 86.

References

1. "Ontario Open in trouble". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 24, 1993. p. 49. Retrieved March 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Open, Skins Game highs on Ontario golf schedule". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 28, 1993. p. 22. Retrieved March 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Historic Ontario Open set to return in 2019". Golf News Now. March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
4. "Past Results | Ontario Open". Golf Ontario. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
5. "Nick does repeat on Wisnock's win". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. August 29, 1949. p. 25. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bobby Alston is winner of playoff for Ontario Open title". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. July 19, 1937. p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Borthwick takes Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 20, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lex Robson annexes Ontario Open honors". The Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. July 27, 1935. p. 22. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "McGrath takes Ontario title". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. July 25, 1934. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Hulbert winner of Ontario Open". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 4, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Willie Lamb is winner of Ontario Open title". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 29, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Dave Spittal wins Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 27, 1931. p. 19. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Gordon Brydson of hockey fame wins Ontario Open". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. July 16, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Ontario Open won by Dave Spittal". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 17, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Hulbert victor in Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 18, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Andrew Kay wins playoff match for Ontario Open golf". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. June 15, 1927. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Andy Kay wins Ontario Open golfing title". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 1926. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "Thomson wins Ontario Open". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. June 23, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
19. "Freeman now Ontario Open golf champion". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. June 25, 1924. p. 16. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Andrew Kay victor in Ontario Open". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 26, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website