Given a long and illustrious history, it is unfortunate that the Canadian Open doesn’t get more respect from fans, the media, players and the PGA Tour. In recent years, it has found itself somewhat in shadows, slotted into awkward spots that discourage many of the top players. Previously, it had been an afterthought in the September schedule for the PGA Tour. Historically, however, it has been considered one of the great national Opens, and at one time vied with the Western Open as the third most important tournament (for professionals) after the Open Championship and US Open.
The first Canadian Open was held in 1904 at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, which has the distinction of being the oldest golf club in North America. The Club was founded in 1873 and at that time, its course was located at Dixie in Dorval Parish. The Royal Montreal has in all hosted nine Canadian Opens.
Glen Abbey, a Jack Nicklaus design dating to 1976 has hosted twenty five Canadian Opens. The course was built for the Royal Canadian Golf Association to serve as the semi-permanent home of the championship. But in the 1990s, the RGCA decided to move it around the country. Since 1997, the championship has been played at Royal Monreal, Angus Glen Golf Club, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Hamilton Golf and Country Club and in 2010, the St. George’s Golf and Country Club.
A list of winners at the Canadian Open is impressive. Walter Hagen played his first professional competition at the Canadian Open in 1912, but would have to wait until 1931 to win. James Douglas Edgar, who recently was the subject of a terrific book, To Win and Die In Dixie, was a two time winner. Other winners include Tiger Woods, Tommy Armour, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Bobby Locke, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman, Bill Casper, Curtis Strange and Jim Furyk. Woods’ 2000 victory gave him the Triple Crown—all three Opens in a single year—an honor shared with Lee Trevino in 1971.
Jack Nicklaus was a seven-time runner up in the tournament, and it’s been said that the Canadian Open is the most important tournament that the Bear didn’t win. Tiger Woods missed his first cut as a professional at the 1997 Canadian Open. No Canadian was won their national Open since 1954, although Mike Weir came close in 2004, losing on the third playoff hole to Vijay Singh. That was the same year that Singh briefly overtook Tiger Woods as the world’s number one player.
A complete list of Canadian Open winners follows:
| Year | Player | Score | To par | Margin |
| 2024 | Robert McIntyre | 164 | -16 | 1 shot |
| 2023 | Nick Taylor | 271 | -17 | playoff (4 holes) |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy | 261 | -19 | 2 strokes |
| 2021 | Cancelled COVID | |||
| 2020 | Cancelled COVID | |||
| 2019 | Rory McIlory | 258 | -22 | 7 strokes |
| 2018 | Dustin Johnson | 265 | −23 | 3 strokes |
| 2017 | Jhonattan Vegas (2) | 267 | −21 | Playoff |
| 2016 | Jhonattan Vegas | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke |
| 2015 | Jason Day | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke |
| 2014 | Tim Clark | 263 | −17 | 1 stroke |
| 2013 | Brandt Snedeker | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes |
| 2012 | Scott Piercy | 263 | −17 | 1 stroke |
| 2011 | Sean O’Hair | 276 | −4 | Playoff |
| 2010 | Carl Pettersson | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke |
| 2009 | Nathan Green | 270 | −18 | Playoff |
| 2008 | Chez Reavie | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes |
| 2007 | Jim Furyk (2) | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke |
| 2006 | Jim Furyk | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke |
| 2005 | Mark Calcavecchia | 275 | −5 | 1 stroke |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | 275 | −9 | Playoff |
| 2003 | Bob Tway | 272 | −8 | Playoff |
| 2002 | John Rollins | 272 | −16 | Playoff |
| 2001 | Scott Verplank | 266 | −14 | 3 strokes |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke |
| 1999 | Hal Sutton | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes |
| 1998 | Billy Andrade | 275 | −13 | Playoff |
| 1997 | Steve Jones (2) | 275 | −5 | 1 stroke |
| 1996 | Dudley Hart | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke |
| 1995 | Mark O’Meara | 274 | −14 | Playoff |
| 1994 | Nick Price (2) | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |
| 1993 | David Frost | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke |
| 1992 | Greg Norman (2) | 280 | −8 | Playoff |
| 1991 | Nick Price | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke |
| 1990 | Wayne Levi | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke |
| 1989 | Steve Jones | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes |
| 1988 | Ken Green | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |
| 1987 | Curtis Strange (2) | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes |
| 1986 | Bob Murphy | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes |
| 1985 | Curtis Strange | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes |
| 1984 | Greg Norman | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |
| 1983 | John Cook | 277 | −7 | Playoff |
| 1982 | Bruce Lietzke (2) | 277 | −7 | 2 strokes |
| 1981 | Peter Oosterhuis | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke |
| 1980 | Bob Gilder | 274 | −6 | 2 strokes |
| 1979 | Lee Trevino (3) | 281 | −3 | 3 strokes |
| 1978 | Bruce Lietzke | 283 | −1 | 1 stroke |
| 1977 | Lee Trevino (2) | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes |
| 1976 | Jerry Pate | 267 | −13 | 4 strokes |
| 1975 | Tom Weiskopf (2) | 274 | −6 | Playoff |
| 1974 | Bobby Nichols | 270 | −10 | 4 strokes |
| 1973 | Tom Weiskopf | 278 | −6 | 2 strokes |
| 1972 | Gay Brewer | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino | 275 | −13 | Playoff |
| 1970 | Kermit Zarley | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes |
| 1969 | Tommy Aaron | 275 | −13 | Playoff |
| 1968 | Bob Charles | 274 | −6 | 2 strokes |
| 1967 | Billy Casper | 279 | −5 | Playoff |
| 1966 | Don Massengale | 280 | −4 | 3 strokes |
| 1965 | Gene Littler | 273 | −7 | 1 stroke |
| 1964 | Kel Nagle | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes |
| 1963 | Doug Ford (2) | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke |
| 1962 | Ted Kroll | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |
| 1961 | Jacky Cupit | 270 | −10 | 5 strokes |
| 1960 | Art Wall, Jr. | 269 | −19 | 6 strokes |
| 1959 | Doug Ford | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes |
| 1958 | Wes Ellis | 267 | −13 | 1 stroke |
| 1957 | George Bayer | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes |
| 1956 | Doug Sanders (a) | 273 | −11 | Playoff |
| 1955 | Arnold Palmer | 265 | −23 | 4 strokes |
| 1954 | Pat Fletcher | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes |
| 1953 | Dave Douglas | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke |
| 1952 | Johnny Palmer | 263 | −25 | 11 strokes |
| 1951 | Jim Ferrier (2) | 273 | −7 | 2 strokes |
| 1950 | Jim Ferrier | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes |
| 1949 | Dutch Harrison | 271 | −17 | 4 strokes |
| 1948 | Charles Congdon | 280 | −4 | 3 strokes |
| 1947 | Bobby Locke | 268 | −16 | 2 strokes |
| 1946 | George Fazio | 278 | −6 | Playoff |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | 280 | E[19] | 4 strokes |
| 1943–44 | Cancelled | |||
| 1942 | Craig Wood | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes |
| 1941 | Sam Snead (3) | 274 | −6 | 2 strokes |
| 1940 | Sam Snead (2) | 281 | −3 | Playoff |
| 1939 | Jug McSpaden | 282 | 2 | 5 strokes |
| 1938 | Sam Snead | 277 | −11 | Playoff |
| 1937 | Harry Cooper (2) | 285 | 5 | 2 strokes |
| 1936 | Lawson Little | 271 | −9 | 8 strokes |
| 1935 | Gene Kunes | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes |
| 1934 | Tommy Armour (3) | 287 | −1 | 2 strokes |
| 1933 | Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 282 | −2 | 8 strokes |
| 1932 | Harry Cooper | 290 | 2 | 3 strokes |
| 1931 | Walter Hagen | 292 | 4 | Playoff |
| 1930 | Tommy Armour (2) | 273 | −7 | Playoff |
| 1929 | Leo Diegel (4) | 274 | −6 | 3 strokes |
| 1928 | Leo Diegel (3) | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes |
| 1927 | Tommy Armour | 288 | E | 1 stroke |
| 1926 | Macdonald Smith | 283 | 3 | 3 strokes |
| 1925 | Leo Diegel (2) | 295 | 11 | 2 strokes |
| 1924 | Leo Diegel | 285 | 1 | 2 strokes |
| 1923 | Clarence Hackney | 295 | 7 | 5 strokes |
| 1922 | Al Watrous | 303 | 19 | 1 stroke |
| 1921 | William Trovinger | 293 | 5 | 3 strokes |
| 1920 | James Douglas Edgar(2) | 298 | 10 | Playoff |
| 1919 | James Douglas Edgar | 278 | −2 | 16 strokes |
| 1915–18 | Cancelled | |||
| 1914 | Karl Keffer (2) | 300 | 12 | 1 stroke |
| 1913 | Albert Murray (2) | 295 | 15 | 6 strokes |
| 1912 | George Sargent | 299 | 19 | 1 stroke |
| 1911 | Charlie Murray (2) | 314 | 26 | 2 strokes |
| 1910 | Daniel Kenny | 303 | 19 | 4 strokes |
| 1909 | Karl Keffer | 309 | 21 | 3 strokes |
| 1908 | Albert Murray | 300 | 20 | 4 strokes |
| 1907 | Percy Barrett | 306 | 22 | 2 strokes |
| 1906 | Charlie Murray | 170 | 26 | 1 stroke |
| 1905 | George Cumming | 148 | 8 | 3 strokes |
| 1904 | Jack Oke | 156 | 16 | 2 strokes |
Canadian Open Venues
| Year | Course |
| 2019 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 2018 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2017 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2016 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2015 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2014 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 2013 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2012 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 2011 | Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club |
| 2010 | St. George’s Golf and Country Club |
| 2009 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2008 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2007 | Angus Glen Golf Club (North Course) |
| 2006 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 2005 | Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club |
| 2004 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 2003 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 2002 | Angus Glen Golf Club (South Course) |
| 2001 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 2000 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1999 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1998 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1997 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1996 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1995 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1994 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1993 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1992 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1991 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1990 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1989 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1988 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1987 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1986 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1985 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1984 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1983 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1982 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1981 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1980 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1979 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1978 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1977 | Glen Abbey Golf Course |
| 1976 | Essex Golf & Country Club |
| 1975 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1974 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1973 | Richelieu Valley Golf & Country Club |
| 1972 | Cherry Hill Club |
| 1971 | Richelieu Valley Golf & Country Club |
| 1970 | London Hunt & Country Club |
| 1969 | Pine Grove Golf & Country Club |
| 1968 | St. George’s Golf and Country Club |
| 1967 | Montreal Municipal Golf Club |
| 1966 | Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club |
| 1965 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1964 | Pine Grove Golf & Country Club |
| 1963 | Scarboro Golf and Country Club |
| 1962 | Le Club Laval-sur-le-Lac |
| 1961 | Niakwa Country Club |
| 1960 | St. George’s Golf and Country Club |
| 1959 | Islesmere Golf & Country Club |
| 1958 | Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club |
| 1957 | Westmount Golf and Country Club |
| 1956 | Beaconsfield Golf Club |
| 1955 | Weston Golf and Country Club |
| 1954 | Point Grey Golf and Country Club |
| 1953 | Scarboro Golf and Country Club |
| 1952 | St. Charles Country Club |
| 1951 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1950 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1949 | St. George’s Golf and Country Club |
| 1948 | Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club |
| 1947 | Scarboro Golf and Country Club |
| 1946 | Beaconsfield Golf Club |
| 1945 | Thornhill Golf Club |
| 1943–44 | WWII |
| 1942 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1941 | Lambton Golf Club |
| 1940 | Scarboro Golf and Country Club |
| 1939 | Riverside Country Club |
| 1938 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1937 | St. Andrews Club |
| 1936 | St. Andrews Club |
| 1935 | Summerlea Golf Club |
| 1934 | Lakeview Golf Club |
| 1933 | St. George’s Golf and Country Club |
| 1932 | Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club |
| 1931 | Mississaugua Golf & Country Club |
| 1930 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 1929 | Kanawaki Golf Club |
| 1928 | Rosedale Golf Club |
| 1927 | Toronto Golf Club |
| 1926 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1925 | Lambton Golf Club |
| 1924 | Mt. Bruno Golf Club |
| 1923 | Lakeview Golf Club |
| 1922 | Mt. Bruno Golf Club |
| 1921 | Toronto Golf Club |
| 1920 | Rivermead Golf Club |
| 1919 | Hamilton Golf and Country Club |
| 1915–18 | WWII |
| 1914 | Toronto Golf Club |
| 1913 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1912 | Rosedale Golf Club |
| 1911 | Royal Ottawa Golf Club |
| 1910 | Lambton Golf Club |
| 1909 | Toronto Golf Club |
| 1908 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 1907 | Lambton Golf Club |
| 1906 | Royal Ottawa Golf Club |
| 1905 | Toronto Golf Club |
| 1904 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
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Daniel Kenny is my great great uncle. Nice to know someone famous in the family.
I was awful in my picks last week. And I picked Dustin to win it in my waiver pick, over Darren or Phil. I had Rickie in there already, so I had hopes up to the last 4 holes or so.
So this week, here are my picks
Furyk – two time winner. About time for him to win this year.
Donald
Hunter Mahan
Rickie Fowler – Hope one of these two win it for the Golf Boys, because I can’t bring myself to use up a pick on Crane any longer.
Garrigus. And we make fun of Adam Scott’s putter.
Lucas Glover
Mike Weir – Canadian
Two Gloves Gainey – Another one where it is about time to bust through to a win.
John Daly – because you only have so many opportunities to pick him a year.
2 lynne
cool. by the way, my great-grandfather was a football player.
I picked Furyk but didn’t call my local booking guy.
Guess I won’t buy a lottery ticket tonight either.
The winner of the 2015 Canadian Open has not yet been added to the list of winners on your web site.
Interesting Winning Possibilities:
1) An amateur to win on US Tour – 1st time since Phil Mickelson
2) US Open & Canadian Open winner – in one year (DJ)
3) Snedeker – 9 US wins – joins Seve, Garcia & Faldo – all Europeans
4) Someone else…
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