Canadian PGA Championship

The PGA Championship of Canada is a golf tournament organized by the PGA of Canada, an organization founded in 1911 at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. It was first played in 1912 as the Canadian PGA Championship. It was a Nationwide Tour event from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that it was an event on the Canadian Tour. Stan Leonard holds the record with eight victories.

Canadian PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationCanada
Established1912
Tour(s)Nationwide Tour (2001–2005)
Canadian Tour (until 2000)
FormatMatch play (since 2011)
Stroke play (until 2005)
Prize fundC$70,000
Month playedJune
Current champion
Dustin Risdon

Between 1978 and 1983, the tournament was sponsored by Labatt's and titled as the Labatt's International Golf Classic with a prize fund of C$100,000. It attracted many of the leading PGA Tour players of the day,[1] with multiple major champions Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino (twice), Raymond Floyd and Lanny Wadkins lifting the trophy during those six years.

In 2011, the PGA Championship of Canada was reintroduced as a match play championship for the top 64 competitors on the PGA of Canada Player Rankings. The P.D. Ross Trophy was given to the winner in 1912, and is still used as the Championship's award today.

Winners
Match play era
YearVenueWinner[2]ScoreRunner-up
PGA Championship of Canada
2019Whistle Bear GC Dustin Risdon3 and 1 Oliver Tubb
2018Credit Valley G&CC Pierre-Alexandre Bedard1 up Gordon Burns
2017Deer Ridge GC Jean-Philip Cornellier2 up Bryn Parry
2016Victoria GC Marc-Etienne Bussieres3 and 1 Billy Walsh
2015Cabot Links Danny King5 and 4 Oliver Tubb
2014Wyndance GC Dave Levesque2 up Billy Walsh
2013Magna GC Bryn Parry2 and 1 Billy Walsh
2012Country Hills GC Eric Laporte3 and 1 Lindsay Bernakevitch
2011Cottonwood G&CC Vincent Dumouchel19th hole Brian McCann
Stroke play era
YearVenueWinner[2]ScoreRef
Canadian PGA Championship
2006–2010No tournament
2005Whistle Bear GC Jon Mills269
2004Whistle Bear GC Charles Warren
2003DiamondBack GC Tom Carter
2002DiamondBack GC Arron Oberholser268 (−16)
2001DiamondBack GC Richard Zokol271 (−17)
2000King's Riding GC Chad Wright268 (−16)
1999DiamondBack GC Scott Petersen203 (−13)
1998Forest City National GC Tim Clark272 (−16)[lower-alpha 1]
1997The Mandarin G&CC Guy Hill
1996The Mandarin G&CC Ashley Chinner205 (−6)[lower-alpha 2][3]
1995Rideau View G&CC Trevor Dodds
1994Le Royal Bromont Stuart Hendley
1993Credit Valley G&CC Steve Stricker
1992Wascana CC Kip Byrne
1991Sorel-Tracy GC Tom Harding
1990Quilchena G&CC Rick Gibson
1989Glencoe G&CC Jean-Louis Lamarre
1988Emerald Hills G&CC Brent Franklin283
1987Scarboro G&CC Jerry Anderson271 (−13)[lower-alpha 3]
1986Brantford G&CC Dan Halldorson277 (−11)
1985Brampton GC Dave Barr282 (−6)
1984Spring Lakes GC Jim Rutledge272
Labatt's International
1983Royal Quebec GC Lee Trevino271
1982Cherry Hill GC Jim Thorpe283 (−1)[lower-alpha 4]
Labatt's International Golf Classic
1981Westmount G&CC Raymond Floyd277
1980Mayfair G&CC Arnold Palmer271 (−9)
1979The National GC Lee Trevino285 (+1)
1978Shaughnessy G&CC Lanny Wadkins270 (−18)
Canadian PGA Championship
1977Hylands GC George Knudson276 (−12)
1976St. Charles CC George Knudson275 (−13)
1975Bayview GC Bill Tape275 (−9)[4]
1974Willow Park G&CC Moe Norman271 (−13)[5]
1973Burlington G&CC Bob Panasik272[6]
1972Rivermead GC Bob Panasik279[7]
1971Saskatoon G&CC Wilf Homenuik273[8]
1970Brantford G&CC Al Balding282
1969Point Grey G&CC Bobby Cox280 (−8)[9]
1968Royal Quebec GC George Knudson268 (−20)[10]
1967St. Catharines G&CC George Knudson134 (−10)[lower-alpha 5][11]
1966Willow Park G&CC Moe Norman204
1965Royal Montreal GC Wilf Homenuik
1964Ashburn GC George Knudson
1963Mayfair GC Al Balding
1962Mississauga GC Alvie Thompson
1961Royal Quebec GC Stan Leonard
1960Niakwa CC Bill Kerr
1959Rivermead GC Stan Leonard
1958Calgary GC Henry Martell
1957Kawartha GC Stan Leonard
1956Downsview G&CC Al Balding136
1955Hamilton GC Al Balding
1954Mayfair GC Stan Leonard
1953Royal Quebec GC Henry Martell
1952Niakwa CC Pat Fletcher
1951Hamilton GC Stan Leonard
1950Summerlea GC Stan Leonard
1949Seigniory Club Dick Borthwick
1948Point Grey GC Gordie Brydson
1947Riverside CC Rodolphe Huot
1946Niakwa CC Jules Huot
1945Laval-sur-le-lac GC Bill Kerr
1944Seigniory Club Gordie Brydson
1943No tournament due to World War II
1942Chaudiere GC Bob Burns
1941Islesmere GC Stan Leonard
1940Cedar Brae GC Stan Leonard
1939Kent GC Jules Huot
1938Cataraqui GC Stanley Horne
1937Ottawa Hunt GC Stanley Horne
1936Cataraqui GC Stanley Horne
1935Elm Ridge GC Willie Lamb
1934Montreal CC Jules Huot
1933Toronto GC Willie Lamb
1932Rivermead GC Lex Robson
1931Rosedale GC Andy Kay
1930Burlington GC Willie Lamb
1929Laval-sur-le-lac GC Willie Lamb
1928Rosedale GC Willie Lamb
1927Lambton GC Jimmie Johnstone
1926Summerlea GC Jimmie Johnstone
1925Toronto GC Percy Barrett
1924Beaconsfield GC Albert Murray
1923Summit GC Percy Barrett
1922Montreal CC Nicol Thompson
1921Lambton GC Davie Black
1920Royal Ottawa GC Davie Black
1919Scarboro GC Davie Black
1915–1918No tournament due to World War I
1914Lakeview GC George Cumming
1913Beaconsfield GC Davie Black
1912Mississaugua GC Charlie Murray156
  1. Clark won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. Tournament reduced to 54-holes due to rain.
  3. Anderson won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. Thorpe won following a sudden-death playoff.
  5. Tournament reduced to 36-holes due to rain.

References
  1. Olson, Arv (April 22, 1978). "Improved tourney attracts top players here". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. 33. Retrieved April 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "PGA Championship History". PGA of Canada. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. p. 422. ISBN 1878843176.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. p. 418. ISBN 0385149409.
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 363. ISBN 0002119552.
  6. "Giroux runnerup to CPGA champ Panasiuk". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CP. August 27, 1973. p. 20. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  7. Moss, Marv (August 21, 1972). "Dad's phone tip pays off for Panasiuk in PGA". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 19. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  8. "Homenhuik hangs on despite closing 73". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. CP. August 23, 1971. p. 21. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  9. "Cox falls apart but wins". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CP. August 11, 1969. p. 19. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  10. Blackman, Ted (August 19, 1968). "Knudson 20 under, wins CPGA title". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 25. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  11. "Knudson CPGA champ". The Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CP. August 21, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
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