Ontario Open
Golf tournament on Canadian Tour
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The Ontario Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Canada that is held in Ontario, Canada.
| 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 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's International Realty Canada Ontario Open | ||||
| 2022 | Woodington Lake | 267 | ||
| 2020–2021 | No tournament | |||
| Ontario Open | ||||
| 2019 | Woodington Lake | 208 | ||
| 1997–2018 | No tournament | |||
| Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open | ||||
| 1996 | St Thomas | 274 (−10)[a] | ||
| 1995 | Forest City National | 273 (−15) | ||
| 1994 | Forest City National | 278 (−10) | ||
| 1993 | Bridgewater | 270 (−18) | ||
| Ontario Open | ||||
| 1992 | Glenway | 270 | ||
| 1990–91 | No tournament | |||
| 1989 | Lookout Point | 278 | ||
| 1980–88 | No tournament | |||
| 1979 | Cataraqui | 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 | Cedar Brae | 213 (+3)[b] | ||
| 1971 | Weston | 207 (−6) | ||
| 1970 | Cutten | 201 (−9) | ||
| 1969 | St Catherines | 208 | ||
| 1968 | Pine Valley | 204 (−9) | ||
| 1967 | Islington | 208 | ||
| 1966 | Cataraqui | 209 (−1) | ||
| 1965 | Trafalgar | 204 | ||
| 1964 | Islington | 208 | ||
| 1963 | Pine Valley | 211 | ||
| 1962 | Beach Grove | 277 | ||
| 1961 | Islington | 275 | ||
| 1960 | Cherry Hill | 275 | ||
| 1959 | St Catherines | 208 | ||
| 1958 | Cataraqui | 211 | ||
| 1957 | St Catherines | 207 (−6) | ||
| 1956 | Brentford | 207 | ||
| 1955 | Cataraqui | 210 | ||
| 1954 | Cedar Brae | 208 (−2) | ||
| 1953 | Essex | 209 | ||
| 1952 | Weston | 211 | ||
| 1951 | Westmount | 209 (−4) | ||
| 1950 | St George's | 215 | ||
| 1949 | Essex | 212 | [5] | |
| 1948 | Scarboro | 210 (−3) | ||
| 1947 | St George's | 142 | ||
| 1946 | Burlington | 134 | ||
| 1945 | Royal York | 142 | ||
| 1944 | Royal York | 144 | ||
| 1943 | Royal York | 146 | ||
| 1942 | Cedar Brae | 139 | ||
| 1941 | Hamilton | 138 | ||
| 1940 | Erie Downs | 139 (−5) | ||
| 1939 | Burlington | 141 | ||
| 1938 | Summit | 140 | ||
| 1937 | Hamilton | 139[d] | [6] | |
| 1936 | Toronto | 144[e] | [7] | |
| 1935 | Scarboro | 145 | [8] | |
| 1934 | Mississaugua | 143 | [9] | |
| 1933 | Toronto | 146[f] | [10] | |
| 1932 | Rosedale | 137 | [11] | |
| 1931 | Summit | 144[g] | [12] | |
| 1930 | Toronto | 151[h] | [13] | |
| 1929 | Lakeview | 148 | [14] | |
| 1928 | Hamilton | 142 | [15] | |
| 1927 | Rosedale | 150[i] | [16] | |
| 1926 | York Downs | 146 | [17] | |
| 1925 | Summit | 144 | [18] | |
| 1924 | Toronto | 152[j] | [19] | |
| 1923 | Lakeview | 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.
- 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.