Canadian PGA Championship explained

BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada
Location:Baysville, Ontario, Canada
Establishment:1912
Course:Bigwin Island Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:6984yd
Tour:Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
Format:Match play
Stroke play
Month Played:June
Aggregate:263 Riley Fleming (2021)
To-Par:−25 as above
Score:5 and 4 Danny King (2015)
Current Champion: Kevin Stinson
Map:Canada#Canada Ontario
Map Label:Bigwin Island GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:45.14°N -79.015°W

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.

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

YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenueRef.
BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada
2023 133 −11 Playoff Bigwin Island [2]
2022 278 −10 5 strokes Beacon Hall [3]
PGA Championship of Canada
2021 263 −25 3 strokes Parcours de Vieux Village [4]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [5]
2019 3 and 1 Oliver TubbWhistle Bear
2018 1 up Gordon BurnsCredit Valley
2017 2 up Deer Ridge
2016 3 and 1 Billy Walsh
2015 5 and 4 Oliver Tubb
2014 2 up Billy WalshWyndance
2013 2 and 1 Billy WalshMagna
2012 3 and 1 Lindsay BernakevitchCountry Hills
2011 19 holes Brian McCannCottonwood
Canadian PGA Championship
2006–2010: No tournament
2005 269 −19 3 strokes Whistle Bear
Samsung Canadian PGA Championship
2004 269 −19 7 strokes Whistle Bear
2003 275 −9 Playoff DiamondBack
2002 268 −16 2 strokes DiamondBack
2001 271 −17 3 strokes DiamondBack
2000 268 −16 1 stroke King's Riding
1999 203 −13 2 strokes DiamondBack
CPGA Championship
1998 272 −16 Playoff Forest City National
1997 276 −8 Playoff The Mandarin
1996 205 −8 1 stroke The Mandarin [6]
1995 276 −12 1 stroke Rideau View
1994 275 −13 1 stroke Le Royal Bromont
1993 274 −10 5 strokes Credit Valley
1992 266 −18 3 strokes Wascana
1991 273 −15 3 strokes Sorel-Tracy
1990 272 −16 1 stroke Quilchena
1989 275 −13 2 strokes Glencoe
1988 283 −5 1 stroke Emerald Hills
1987 271 −13 Playoff
1986 277 −11 1 stroke
1985 282 −6 1 stroke Brampton
1984 272 −16 6 strokes Spring Lakes
Labatt's International
1983 Lee Trevino (2) 271 −17 3 strokes
1982 283 −1 1 stroke Cherry Hill
Labatt's International Golf Classic
1981 277 −11 6 strokes
1980 271 −9 1 stroke Mayfair
1979 285 +1 3 strokes
1978 270 −18 12 strokes
Canadian PGA Championship
1977 George Knudson (5) 276 −12 Hylands
1976 George Knudson (4) 275 −13
1975 275 −9 Bayview [7]
1974 Moe Norman (2) 271 −13 Willow Park [8]
1973 Bob Panasik (2) 272 Burlington [9]
1972 279 [10]
1971 Wilf Homenuik (2) 273 Saskatoon [11]
1970 Al Balding (4) 282 Brantford
1969 280 −8 Point Grey [12]
1968 George Knudson (3) 268 −20 Royal Quebec [13]
1967 George Knudson (2) 134 −10 St. Catharines [14]
1966 204 Willow Park
1965 215
1964 199 Ashburn
1963 Al Balding (3) 202 Mayfair
1962 277
1961 Stan Leonard (8) 203 Royal Quebec
1960 Bill Kerr (2) 206
1959 Stan Leonard (7) 204 Rivermead
1958 Henry Martell (2) 209 Calgary
1957 Stan Leonard (6) 210 Kawartha
1956 Al Balding (2) 136 Downsview
1955 204 Hamilton
1954 Stan Leonard (5) 206 Mayfair
1953 211 Royal Quebec
1952 210 Niakwa
1951 Stan Leonard (4) 206 Hamilton
1950 Stan Leonard (3) 212 Summerlea
1949 286 Seigniory Club
1948 Gordie Brydson (2) Point Grey
1947 Rodolphe Huot (4) Riverside
1946 Jules Huot (3) Niakwa
1945 Laval-sur-le-lac
1944 Seigniory Club
1943: No tournament due to World War II
1942 Chaudiere
1941 Stan Leonard (2) 291 Islesmere
1940 280
1939 Jules Huot (2) 279 Kent
1938 284
1937 288
1936 294 Cataraqui
1935 Willie Lamb (5) 288 Elm Ridge
1934 279
1933 Willie Lamb (4) 146 Toronto
1932 143 Rivermead
1931 138
1930 Willie Lamb (3) Burlington
1929 Willie Lamb (2) Laval-sur-le-lac
1928 Rosedale
1927 Jimmie Johnstone (2)
1926 Summerlea
1925 Percy Barrett (2) Toronto
1924 Beaconsfield
1923 Summit
1922 Montreal
1921 Davie Black (4) Lambton
1920 Davie Black (3)
1919 Davie Black (2) Scarboro
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914 Lakeview
1913 Beaconsfield
1912 156 Mississaugua

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Improved tourney attracts top players here . Arv . Olson . April 22, 1978 . 33. The Vancouver Sun . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . Newspapers.com . April 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2023 BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada . PGA of Canada . 13 March 2024 . Golf Genius.
  3. Web site: 2022 BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada . PGA of Canada . 13 March 2024 . Golf Genius.
  4. Web site: 2021 PGA Championship of Canada . PGA of Canada . 13 March 2024 . Golf Genius.
  5. Web site: 2020 PGA Championship of Canada presented by TaylorMade Golf Canada and Adidas Golf Cancelled . PGA of Canada . 3 September 2020 . 13 March 2024.
  6. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Mark McCormack

    . The World of Professional Golf 1997 . Mark McCormack . 422 . IMG Publishing . 1997 . 1878843176.

  7. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Mark McCormack

    . The World of Professional Golf 1976 . Mark McCormack . Collins . 1976 . 418 . 0385149409.

  8. Book: McCormack, Mark H. . Mark McCormack

    . The World of Professional Golf 1975 . Mark McCormack . Collins . 1975 . 363 . 0002119552.

  9. News: Giroux runnerup to CPGA champ Panasiuk . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . August 27, 1973 . Google News Archive . 20 . CP . April 13, 2020.
  10. News: Dad's phone tip pays off for Panasiuk in PGA . Marv . Moss . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . August 21, 1972 . 19 . Google News Archive . April 13, 2020.
  11. News: Homenhuik hangs on despite closing 73 . The Windsor Star . Windsor, Ontario, Canada . August 23, 1971 . 21 . CP . Google News Archive . April 13, 2020.
  12. News: Cox falls apart but wins . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . August 11, 1969 . Google News Archive . 19 . CP . April 13, 2020.
  13. News: Knudson 20 under, wins CPGA title . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . August 19, 1968 . Google News Archive . 25 . Ted . Blackman . April 13, 2020.
  14. News: Knudson CPGA champ . The Calgary Herald . Calgary, Alberta, Canada . August 21, 1967 . Google News Archive . 11 . CP . April 13, 2020.