Ontario Open Explained
Ontario Open |
Location: | Ontario, Canada |
Establishment: | 1923 |
Course: | Woodington Lake GC |
Tour: | Canadian Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Purse: | C$200,000 |
Month Played: | July |
Current Champion: | Noah Goodwin |
The Ontario Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Canada that is held in Ontario, Canada.
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 |
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Sotheby's International Realty Canada Ontario Open |
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2022 | Woodington Lake | | 267 | |
2020–2021 | No tournament |
Ontario Open |
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2019 | Woodington Lake | | 208 | |
1997–2018 | No tournament |
Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open |
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1996 | St Thomas | | 274 (−10) | |
1995 | Forest City National | | 273 (−15) | |
1994 | Forest City National | | 278 (−10) | |
1993 | Bridgewater | | 270 (−18) | |
Ontario Open |
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1992 | Glenway | | 270 | |
1990 - 91 | No tournament |
1989 | Lookout Point | | 278 | |
1980 - 88 | No tournament |
1979 | | | 205 | |
1978 | St Thomas | | 212 | |
1977 | Cultan | | 201 (−9) | |
1976 | Mount Hope | | 203 | |
1975 | Barrie | | 210 (−6) | |
1974 | Bayview | | 202 (−11) | |
1973 | Islington | | 211 (+1) | |
1972 | | | 213 (+3) | |
1971 | Weston | | 207 (−6) | |
1970 | Cutten | | 201 (−9) | |
1969 | St Catherines | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
1968 | Pine Valley | Gary Cowan (am) | 204 (−9) | |
1967 | Islington | | 208 | |
1966 | Cataraqui | Doug Mossop (am) | 209 (−1) | |
1965 | Trafalgar | Nick Weslock (am) | 204 | |
1964 | Islington | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
1963 | Pine Valley | | 211 | |
1962 | Beach Grove | Nick Weslock (am) | 277 | |
1961 | Islington | | 275 | |
1960 | Cherry Hill | | 275 | |
1959 | St Catherines | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
1958 | Cataraqui | | 211 | |
1957 | St Catherines | | 207 (−6) | |
1956 | Brentford | | 207 | |
1955 | Cataraqui | | 210 | |
1954 | Cedar Brae | | 208 (−2) | |
1953 | | Jerry Kesselring (am) | 209 | |
1952 | | Jerry Kesselring (am) | 211 | |
1951 | | | 209 (−4) | |
1950 | | | 215 | |
1949 | Essex | Nick Weslock (am) | 212 | [5] |
1948 | | | 210 (−3) | |
1947 | St George's | | 142 | |
1946 | Burlington | Nick Wisnock (am) | 134 | |
1945 | Royal York | Phil Farley (am) | 142 | |
1944 | Royal York | | 144 | |
1943 | Royal York | | 146 | |
1942 | Cedar Brae | Phil Farley (am) | 139 | |
1941 | Hamilton | | 138 | |
1940 | Erie Downs | | 139 (−5) | |
1939 | Burlington | | 141 | |
1938 | Summit | | 140 | |
1937 | | | 139 | [6] |
1936 | | | 144 | [7] |
1935 | Scarboro | | 145 | [8] |
1934 | | | 143 | [9] |
1933 | Toronto | | 146 | [10] |
1932 | | | 137 | [11] |
1931 | Summit | | 144 | [12] |
1930 | Toronto | | 151 | [13] |
1929 | Lakeview | | 148 | [14] |
1928 | Hamilton | | 142 | [15] |
1927 | Rosedale | | 150 | [16] |
1926 | York Downs | | 146 | [17] |
1925 | Summit | | 144 | [18] |
1924 | Toronto | | 152 | [19] |
1923 | Lakeview | | 153 | [20] | |
Notes and References
- News: Ontario Open in trouble . National Post . Toronto, Ontario, Canada . 24 March 1993 . 49 . Newspapers.com . 12 March 2020.
- News: Open, Skins Game highs on Ontario golf schedule . The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . 28 April 1993 . 22 . Newspapers.com . 12 March 2020.
- Web site: Historic Ontario Open set to return in 2019 . Golf News Now . March 31, 2019 . March 20, 2020.
- Web site: Past Results Ontario Open . Golf Ontario . March 20, 2020.
- News: Nick does repeat on Wisnock's win . The Windsor Star . Windsor, Ontario, Canada . August 29, 1949 . 25 . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Bobby Alston is winner of playoff for Ontario Open title . July 19, 1937 . 14 . The Ottawa Journal . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Borthwick takes Ontario Open golf . July 20, 1936 . 15 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Lex Robson annexes Ontario Open honors . July 27, 1935 . 22 . The Winnipeg Tribune . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: McGrath takes Ontario title . July 25, 1934 . 20 . The Windsor Star . Windsor, Ontario, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Hulbert winner of Ontario Open . August 4, 1933 . 15 . The Ottawa Journal . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Willie Lamb is winner of Ontario Open title . June 29, 1932 . 20 . The Ottawa Journal . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Dave Spittal wins Ontario Open golf . June 27, 1931 . 19 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Gordon Brydson of hockey fame wins Ontario Open . July 16, 1930 . 11 . Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Ontario Open won by Dave Spittal . July 17, 1929 . 13 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Hulbert victor in Ontario Open golf . July 18, 1928 . 12 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Andrew Kay wins playoff match for Ontario Open golf . June 15, 1927 . 20 . The Vancouver Sun . Vancouver British Columbia, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Andy Kay wins Ontario Open golfing title . June 22, 1926 . 11 . The Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Thomson wins Ontario Open . June 23, 1925 . 17 . Detroit Free Press . Detroit, Michigan . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Freeman now Ontario Open golf champion . June 25, 1924 . 16 . The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.
- News: Andrew Kay victor in Ontario Open . June 26, 1923 . 13 . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . Newspapers.com . March 19, 2020.