Ontario Open

The Ontario Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Canada that is held in Ontario, Canada.

This article is about the Canadian provincial open golf tournament. For the PGA Tour golf tournament held in California in 1961 and 1962, see Ontario Open (PGA Tour). For the similarly named Canadian Tour golf tournament held between 1999 and 2002, see Ontario Open Heritage Classic.

Ontario Open
Tournament information
LocationOntario, Canada
Established1923
Course(s)Woodington Lake GC
Tour(s)Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundC$200,000
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Gregory Eason

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
YearVenueWinner[4]ScoreRef
Ontario Open
2019Woodington Lake Gregory Eason208
1997–2018No tournament
Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open
1996St Thomas Martin Price274 (−10)[lower-alpha 1]
1995Forest City National Ray Freeman273 (−15)
1994Forest City National Eric Woods278 (−10)
1993Bridgewater Eric Woods270 (−18)
Ontario Open
1992Glenway Don Fardon270
1990–91No tournament
1989Lookout Point Michael Bradley278
1980–88No tournament
1979Cataraqui Jerry Anderson205
1978St Thomas George Knudson212
1977Cultan Tony Cerdá201 (−9)
1976Mount Hope George Knudson203
1975Barrie Michel Boyer210 (−6)
1974Bayview Artie McNickle202 (−11)
1973Islington Rafe Botts211 (+1)
1972Cedar Brae Alberto Rivadeneira213 (+3)[lower-alpha 2]
1971Weston George Knudson207 (−6)
1970Cutten Bill Wright, Jnr.201 (−9)
1969St Catherines Nick Weslock (am)208
1968Pine Valley Gary Cowan (am)204 (−9)
1967Islington Bill Wakeham208
1966Cataraqui Doug Mossop (am)209 (−1)
1965Trafalgar Nick Weslock (am)204
1964Islington Nick Weslock (am)208
1963Pine Valley Moe Norman211
1962Beach Grove Nick Weslock (am)277
1961Islington George Knudson275
1960Cherry Hill George Knudson275
1959St Catherines Nick Weslock (am)208
1958Cataraqui Moe Norman211
1957St Catherines Jerry Kesselring207 (−6)
1956Brentford Jerry Kesselring207
1955Cataraqui Jules Huot210
1954Cedar Brae Rudy Hovath208 (−2)
1953Essex Jerry Kesselring (am)209
1952Weston Jerry Kesselring (am)211
1951Westmount Smiley Quick209 (−4)
1950St George's Murray Tucker215
1949Essex Nick Weslock (am)212[5]
1948Scarboro Bob Gray210 (−3)
1947St George's Bob Gray142
1946Burlington Nick Wisnock (am)[lower-alpha 3]134
1945Royal York Phil Farley (am)142
1944Royal York Gordon Brydson144
1943Royal York Jack Littler146
1942Cedar Brae Phil Farley (am)139
1941Hamilton Bobby Burns138
1940Erie Downs Sam Snead139 (−5)
1939Burlington Henry Martell141
1938Summit Bobby Alston140
1937Hamilton Bobby Alston139[lower-alpha 4][6]
1936Toronto Dick Borthwick144[lower-alpha 5][7]
1935Scarboro Lex Robson145[8]
1934Mississaugua Tommy McGrath143[9]
1933Toronto Arthur Hulbert146[lower-alpha 6][10]
1932Rosedale Willie Lamb137[11]
1931Summit Dave Spittal144[lower-alpha 7][12]
1930Toronto Gordon Brydson151[lower-alpha 8][13]
1929Lakeview Dave Spittal148[14]
1928Hamilton Arthur Hulbert142[15]
1927Rosedale Andy Kay150[lower-alpha 9][16]
1926York Downs Andy Kay146[17]
1925Summit Nicol Thompson144[18]
1924Toronto Willie Freeman152[lower-alpha 10][19]
1923Lakeview Andy Kay153[20]
  1. Price won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. Rivadeneira won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. Wisnock later went by the name Weslock and won 6 further Ontario Open titles.[5]
  4. Alston won after an 18-hole playoff; Bobby Alston 75, Bill MacWilliams 79.
  5. Borthwick won after an 18-hole playoff; Dick Borthwick 74, Lou Cumming 76.
  6. Hulbert won after an 18-hole playoff; Arthur Hulbert 75, Percy Bell 81.
  7. Spittal won after an 18-hole playoff; Dave Spittal 74, Arthur Hulbert 75, Jimmy Johnston 75.
  8. Brydson won after an 18-hole playoff; Gordon Brydson 74, Lex Robson 75, Sandy Somerville 77.
  9. Kay won after an 18-hole playoff; Andy Kay 75, Tex Robson 79, Nicol Thompson 80, Jimmy Johnston 85.
  10. Freeman won after an 18-hole playoff; Willie Freeman 85, George Lyon 86.

References
  1. "Ontario Open in trouble". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. March 24, 1993. p. 49. Retrieved March 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Open, Skins Game highs on Ontario golf schedule". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 28, 1993. p. 22. Retrieved March 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Historic Ontario Open set to return in 2019". Golf News Now. March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. "Past Results | Ontario Open". Golf Ontario. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. "Nick does repeat on Wisnock's win". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. August 29, 1949. p. 25. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bobby Alston is winner of playoff for Ontario Open title". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. July 19, 1937. p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Borthwick takes Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 20, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Lex Robson annexes Ontario Open honors". The Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. July 27, 1935. p. 22. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "McGrath takes Ontario title". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. July 25, 1934. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Hulbert winner of Ontario Open". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 4, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Willie Lamb is winner of Ontario Open title". The Ottawa Journal. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 29, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Dave Spittal wins Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 27, 1931. p. 19. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Gordon Brydson of hockey fame wins Ontario Open". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. July 16, 1930. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Ontario Open won by Dave Spittal". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 17, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Hulbert victor in Ontario Open golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 18, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Andrew Kay wins playoff match for Ontario Open golf". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. June 15, 1927. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Andy Kay wins Ontario Open golfing title". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. June 22, 1926. p. 11. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Thomson wins Ontario Open". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. June 23, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Freeman now Ontario Open golf champion". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. June 25, 1924. p. 16. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. "Andrew Kay victor in Ontario Open". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 26, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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