Ontario Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ontario, Canada |
| Established | 1923 |
| Course | Woodington Lake GC |
| Tour | Canadian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | C$200,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Current champion | |
| United States 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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Venue | Winner[4] | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's International Realty Canada Ontario Open | ||||
| 2022 | Woodington Lake | United States Noah Goodwin | 267 | |
| 2020–2021 | No tournament | |||
| Ontario Open | ||||
| 2019 | Woodington Lake | Canada Gregory Eason | 208 | |
| 1997–2018 | No tournament | |||
| Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open | ||||
| 1996 | St Thomas | Canada Martin Price | 274 (−10)[a] | |
| 1995 | Forest City National | United States Ray Freeman | 273 (−15) | |
| 1994 | Forest City National | United States Eric Woods | 278 (−10) | |
| 1993 | Bridgewater | United States Eric Woods | 270 (−18) | |
| Ontario Open | ||||
| 1992 | Glenway | Australia Don Fardon | 270 | |
| 1990–91 | No tournament | |||
| 1989 | Lookout Point | United States Michael Bradley | 278 | |
| 1980–88 | No tournament | |||
| 1979 | Cataraqui | Canada Jerry Anderson | 205 | |
| 1978 | St Thomas | Canada George Knudson | 212 | |
| 1977 | Cultan | Mexico Tony Cerdá | 201 (−9) | |
| 1976 | Mount Hope | Canada George Knudson | 203 | |
| 1975 | Barrie | Canada Michel Boyer | 210 (−6) | |
| 1974 | Bayview | United States Artie McNickle | 202 (−11) | |
| 1973 | Islington | United States Rafe Botts | 211 (+1) | |
| 1972 | Cedar Brae | Colombia Alberto Rivadeneira | 213 (+3)[b] | |
| 1971 | Weston | Canada George Knudson | 207 (−6) | |
| 1970 | Cutten | Canada Bill Wright Jr. | 201 (−9) | |
| 1969 | St Catherines | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1968 | Pine Valley | Canada Gary Cowan (am) | 204 (−9) | |
| 1967 | Islington | Canada Bill Wakeham | 208 | |
| 1966 | Cataraqui | Canada Doug Mossop (am) | 209 (−1) | |
| 1965 | Trafalgar | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 204 | |
| 1964 | Islington | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1963 | Pine Valley | Canada Moe Norman | 211 | |
| 1962 | Beach Grove | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 277 | |
| 1961 | Islington | Canada George Knudson | 275 | |
| 1960 | Cherry Hill | Canada George Knudson | 275 | |
| 1959 | St Catherines | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1958 | Cataraqui | Canada Moe Norman | 211 | |
| 1957 | St Catherines | Canada Jerry Kesselring | 207 (−6) | |
| 1956 | Brentford | Canada Jerry Kesselring | 207 | |
| 1955 | Cataraqui | Canada Jules Huot | 210 | |
| 1954 | Cedar Brae | Canada Rudy Hovath | 208 (−2) | |
| 1953 | Essex | Canada Jerry Kesselring (am) | 209 | |
| 1952 | Weston | Canada Jerry Kesselring (am) | 211 | |
| 1951 | Westmount | United States Smiley Quick | 209 (−4) | |
| 1950 | St George's | Canada Murray Tucker | 215 | |
| 1949 | Essex | Canada Nick Weslock (am) | 212 | [5] |
| 1948 | Scarboro | Canada Bob Gray | 210 (−3) | |
| 1947 | St George's | Canada Bob Gray | 142 | |
| 1946 | Burlington | Canada Nick Wisnock (am)[c] | 134 | |
| 1945 | Royal York | Canada Phil Farley (am) | 142 | |
| 1944 | Royal York | Canada Gordon Brydson | 144 | |
| 1943 | Royal York | Canada Jack Littler | 146 | |
| 1942 | Cedar Brae | Canada Phil Farley (am) | 139 | |
| 1941 | Hamilton | Canada Bobby Burns | 138 | |
| 1940 | Erie Downs | United States Sam Snead | 139 (−5) | |
| 1939 | Burlington | Canada Henry Martell | 141 | |
| 1938 | Summit | Canada Bobby Alston | 140 | |
| 1937 | Hamilton | Canada Bobby Alston | 139[d] | [6] |
| 1936 | Toronto | Canada Dick Borthwick | 144[e] | [7] |
| 1935 | Scarboro | Canada Lex Robson | 145 | [8] |
| 1934 | Mississaugua | Canada Tommy McGrath | 143 | [9] |
| 1933 | Toronto | Canada Arthur Hulbert | 146[f] | [10] |
| 1932 | Rosedale | Canada Willie Lamb | 137 | [11] |
| 1931 | Summit | Canada Dave Spittal | 144[g] | [12] |
| 1930 | Toronto | Canada Gordon Brydson | 151[h] | [13] |
| 1929 | Lakeview | Canada Dave Spittal | 148 | [14] |
| 1928 | Hamilton | Canada Arthur Hulbert | 142 | [15] |
| 1927 | Rosedale | Canada Andy Kay | 150[i] | [16] |
| 1926 | York Downs | Canada Andy Kay | 146 | [17] |
| 1925 | Summit | Canada Nicol Thompson | 144 | [18] |
| 1924 | Toronto | Canada Willie Freeman | 152[j] | [19] |
| 1923 | Lakeview | Canada Andy Kay | 153 | [20] |
- ^ Price won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Rivadeneira won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Wisnock later went by the name Weslock and won 6 further Ontario Open titles.[5]
- ^ Alston won after an 18-hole playoff; Bobby Alston 75, Bill MacWilliams 79.
- ^ Borthwick won after an 18-hole playoff; Dick Borthwick 74, Lou Cumming 76.
- ^ Hulbert won after an 18-hole playoff; Arthur Hulbert 75, Percy Bell 81.
- ^ Spittal won after an 18-hole playoff; Dave Spittal 74, Arthur Hulbert 75, Jimmy Johnston 75.
- ^ Brydson won after an 18-hole playoff; Gordon Brydson 74, Lex Robson 75, Sandy Somerville 77.
- ^ Kay won after an 18-hole playoff; Andy Kay 75, Tex Robson 79, Nicol Thompson 80, Jimmy Johnston 85.
- ^ Freeman won after an 18-hole playoff; Willie Freeman 85, George Lyon 86.
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