Edmonton Open

The Edmonton Open was a golf tournament on the Canadian Tour that was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1993 as the Klondike Golf Klassic and was held during the week leading up to the Klondike Days summer fair.^[1] In 1996 Telus become the tournament's main sponsor and it was re-titled as the ED TEL PLAnet Open, before becoming the Telus Edmonton Open the following year.

Edmonton Open

Tournament information
Location	Alberta, Canada
Established	1993
Tour(s)	Canadian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Aaron Barber (2001)
To par	−21 Matt Daniel (2002)
Final champion
James Hahn

The Edmonton Open came to an end after the 2009 edition when it was merged with the ATB Financial Classic, which was played in Edmonton in 2010 and 2012.^[2] Edmonton's PGA Tour Canada event since 2016 is the 1932byBateman Open (previously known as the Syncrude Oil Country Championship).

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Ref
Telus Edmonton Open
2009	Glendale	James Hahn	272 (−16)[a]
2008	Windermere	John Ellis	266 (−18)
2007	Edmonton	Dustin Risdon	265 (−19)
2006	Glendale	Stephen Gangluff	272 (−16)[b]
2005	Edmonton	Matt McQuillan	267 (−17)
2004	Derrick	Steve Woodward	272 (−12)[c]
2003	Windermere	Rob Johnson	273 (−11)
2002	Glendale	Matt Daniel	267 (−21)[d]
2001	Edmonton	Aaron Barber	264 (−20)
2000	Derrick	Paul Devenport	270 (−14)
1999	Mayfair	Ray Stewart	267 (−17)
1998	Glendale	Brian Kontak	208 (−8)[e]
1997	Windermere	Manny Zerman	274 (−10)[f]
ED TEL PLAnet Open
1996	The Ranch	Trevor Dodds	265 (−15)	[3]
Klondike Golf Klassic
1995	The Ranch	Ray Freeman	265 (−15)
1994	The Ranch	Ian Hutchings	275 (−5)[g]	[4]
1993	The Ranch	Tod Power	271 (−9)[h]	[5]

Notes

1. Hahn won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
2. Gangluff won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Woodward won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
4. Daniel won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
5. Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to rain; Kontak won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
6. Zerman won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
7. Hutchings won with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.
8. Power won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

1. "Canadian Tour to add event in Edmonton". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. April 30, 1992. p. 49. Retrieved March 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Future of tour events a question of "optics"". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. December 4, 2009. p. 64. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 1878843176.
4. "Klassic battle | S.African captures Klondike playoff". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. July 4, 1994. p. 29. Retrieved March 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Aussie Powers way to Klondike crown". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. July 5, 1993. p. 14. Retrieved March 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.