Canadian PGA Championship

The PGA Championship of Canada is a golf tournament organized by the PGA of Canada, an organization founded in 1911 at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. It was first played in 1912 as the Canadian PGA Championship. It was a Nationwide Tour event from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that it was an event on the Canadian Tour. Stan Leonard holds the record with eight victories.

BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada

Tournament information
Location	Baysville, Ontario, Canada
Established	1912
Course(s)	Bigwin Island Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,984 yards (6,386 m)
Tour(s)	Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour
Format	Match play Stroke play
Prize fund	CA$70,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Riley Fleming (2021)
To par	−25 as above
Score	5 and 4 Danny King (2015)
Current champion
Kevin Stinson
Location map
Bigwin Island GC Location in Canada Show map of Canada Bigwin Island GC Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario

Between 1978 and 1983, the tournament was sponsored by Labatt's and titled as the Labatt's International Golf Classic with a prize fund of C$100,000. It attracted many of the leading PGA Tour players of the day,^[1] with multiple major champions Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino (twice), Raymond Floyd and Lanny Wadkins lifting the trophy during those six years.

In 2011, the PGA Championship of Canada was reintroduced as a match play championship for the top 64 competitors on the PGA of Canada Player Rankings. The P.D. Ross Trophy was given to the winner in 1912, and is still used as the Championship's award today.

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada
2023		Kevin Stinson	133[b]	−11	Playoff	David Li Sheman	Bigwin Island	[2]
2022		Wes Heffernan	278	−10	5 strokes	Jim Rutledge	Beacon Hall	[3]
PGA Championship of Canada
2021		Riley Fleming	263	−25	3 strokes	Kevin Stinson	Parcours de Vieux Village	[4]
2020		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic						[5]
2019		Dustin Risdon	3 and 1			Oliver Tubb	Whistle Bear
2018		Pierre-Alexandre Bedard	1 up			Gordon Burns	Credit Valley
2017		Jean-Philip Cornellier	2 up			Bryn Parry	Deer Ridge
2016		Marc-Etienne Bussieres	3 and 1			Billy Walsh	Victoria
2015		Danny King	5 and 4			Oliver Tubb	Cabot Links
2014		Dave Levesque	2 up			Billy Walsh	Wyndance
2013		Bryn Parry	2 and 1			Billy Walsh	Magna
2012		Eric Laporte	3 and 1			Lindsay Bernakevitch	Country Hills
2011		Vincent Dumouchel	19 holes			Brian McCann	Cottonwood
Canadian PGA Championship
2006–2010: No tournament
2005	NWT	Jon Mills	269	−19	3 strokes	Ken Duke	Whistle Bear
Samsung Canadian PGA Championship
2004	NWT	Charles Warren	269	−19	7 strokes	Doug Barron	Whistle Bear
2003	NWT	Tom Carter	275	−9	Playoff	Jason Bohn	DiamondBack
2002	BUY	Arron Oberholser	268	−16	2 strokes	Doug Barron	DiamondBack
2001	BUY	Richard Zokol	271	−17	3 strokes	Gary Hallberg	DiamondBack
2000	CAN	Chad Wright	268	−16	1 stroke	Chris Anderson Jason Bohn	King's Riding
1999	CAN	Scott Petersen	203[c]	−13	2 strokes	Jeff Bloom Derek Gilchrist	DiamondBack
CPGA Championship
1998	CAN	Tim Clark	272	−16	Playoff	Chris Tidland	Forest City National
1997	CAN	Guy Hill	276	−8	Playoff	Mike Weir	The Mandarin
1996	CAN	Ashley Chinner	205[c]	−8	1 stroke	Todd Fanning	The Mandarin	[6]
1995	CAN	Trevor Dodds	276	−12	1 stroke	J. J. West	Rideau View
1994	CAN	Stuart Hendley	275	−13	1 stroke	Scott Ford	Le Royal Bromont
1993	CAN	Steve Stricker	274	−10	5 strokes	John Restino	Credit Valley
1992	CAN	Kip Byrne	266	−18	3 strokes	Louis Brown Mike Pero	Wascana
1991	CAN	Tom Harding	273	−15	3 strokes	Guy Boros Grant Waite	Sorel-Tracy
1990	CAN	Rick Gibson	272	−16	1 stroke	Louis Brown Richard Zokol	Quilchena
1989	CAN	Jean-Louis Lamarre	275	−13	2 strokes	Stuart Hendley	Glencoe
1988	CAN	Brent Franklin	283	−5	1 stroke	Dave Barr	Emerald Hills
1987	CAN	Jerry Anderson	271	−13	Playoff	Kirk Triplett	Scarboro
1986	CAN	Dan Halldorson	277	−11	1 stroke	Dave Barr	Brantford
1985		Dave Barr	282	−6	1 stroke	Jerry Anderson	Brampton
1984		Jim Rutledge	272	−16	6 strokes	Ray Stewart	Spring Lakes
Labatt's International
1983		Lee Trevino (2)	271	−17	3 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Royal Quebec
1982		Jim Thorpe	283	−1	1 stroke	Dave Barr	Cherry Hill
Labatt's International Golf Classic
1981		Raymond Floyd	277	−11	6 strokes	Daniel Talbot	Westmount
1980		Arnold Palmer	271	−9	1 stroke	Isao Aoki	Mayfair
1979		Lee Trevino	285	+1	3 strokes	Lanny Wadkins	The National
1978		Lanny Wadkins	270	−18	12 strokes	Dale Hayes Simon Owen	Shaughnessy
Canadian PGA Championship
1977		George Knudson (5)	276	−12			Hylands
1976		George Knudson (4)	275	−13			St. Charles
1975		Bill Tape	275	−9			Bayview	[7]
1974		Moe Norman (2)	271	−13			Willow Park	[8]
1973		Bob Panasik (2)	272				Burlington	[9]
1972		Bob Panasik	279				Rivermead	[10]
1971		Wilf Homenuik (2)	273				Saskatoon	[11]
1970		Al Balding (4)	282				Brantford
1969		Bobby Cox	280	−8			Point Grey	[12]
1968		George Knudson (3)	268	−20			Royal Quebec	[13]
1967		George Knudson (2)	134[b]	−10			St. Catharines	[14]
1966		Moe Norman	204				Willow Park
1965		Wilf Homenuik	215				Royal Montreal
1964		George Knudson	199				Ashburn
1963		Al Balding (3)	202				Mayfair
1962		Alvie Thompson	277				Mississauga
1961		Stan Leonard (8)	203				Royal Quebec
1960		Bill Kerr (2)	206				Niakwa
1959		Stan Leonard (7)	204				Rivermead
1958		Henry Martell (2)	209				Calgary
1957		Stan Leonard (6)	210				Kawartha
1956		Al Balding (2)	136				Downsview
1955		Al Balding	204				Hamilton
1954		Stan Leonard (5)	206				Mayfair
1953		Henry Martell	211				Royal Quebec
1952		Pat Fletcher	210				Niakwa
1951		Stan Leonard (4)	206				Hamilton
1950		Stan Leonard (3)	212				Summerlea
1949		Dick Borthwick	286				Seigniory Club
1948		Gordie Brydson (2)					Point Grey
1947		Rodolphe Huot (4)					Riverside
1946		Jules Huot (3)					Niakwa
1945		Bill Kerr					Laval-sur-le-lac
1944		Gordie Brydson					Seigniory Club
1943: No tournament due to World War II
1942		Bob Burns					Chaudiere
1941		Stan Leonard (2)	291				Islesmere
1940		Stan Leonard	280				Cedar Brae
1939		Jules Huot (2)	279				Kent
1938		Stanley Horne	284				Cataraqui
1937		Stanley Horne	288				Ottawa Hunt
1936		Stanley Horne	294				Cataraqui
1935		Willie Lamb (5)	288				Elm Ridge
1934		Jules Huot	279				Montreal
1933		Willie Lamb (4)	146				Toronto
1932		Lex Robson	143				Rivermead
1931		Andy Kay	138				Rosedale
1930		Willie Lamb (3)					Burlington
1929		Willie Lamb (2)					Laval-sur-le-lac
1928		Willie Lamb					Rosedale
1927		Jimmie Johnstone (2)					Lambton
1926		Jimmie Johnstone					Summerlea
1925		Percy Barrett (2)					Toronto
1924		Albert Murray					Beaconsfield
1923		Percy Barrett					Summit
1922		Nicol Thompson					Montreal
1921		Davie Black (4)					Lambton
1920		Davie Black (3)					Royal Ottawa
1919		Davie Black (2)					Scarboro
1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I
1914		George Cumming					Lakeview
1913		Davie Black					Beaconsfield
1912		Charlie Murray	156				Mississaugua

Notes

1. BUY/NWT − Buy.com Tour/Nationwide Tour; CAN − Canadian Tour.
2. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
3. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

1. Olson, Arv (April 22, 1978). "Improved tourney attracts top players here". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. p. 33. Retrieved April 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "2023 BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada". PGA of Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Golf Genius.
3. "2022 BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada". PGA of Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Golf Genius.
4. "2021 PGA Championship of Canada". PGA of Canada. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Golf Genius.
5. "2020 PGA Championship of Canada presented by TaylorMade Golf Canada and Adidas Golf Cancelled". PGA of Canada. September 3, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
6. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. p. 422. ISBN 1878843176.
7. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. p. 418. ISBN 0385149409.
8. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 363. ISBN 0002119552.
9. "Giroux runnerup to CPGA champ Panasiuk". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CP. August 27, 1973. p. 20. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
10. Moss, Marv (August 21, 1972). "Dad's phone tip pays off for Panasiuk in PGA". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 19. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
11. "Homenhuik hangs on despite closing 73". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. CP. August 23, 1971. p. 21. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
12. "Cox falls apart but wins". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CP. August 11, 1969. p. 19. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
13. Blackman, Ted (August 19, 1968). "Knudson 20 under, wins CPGA title". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. p. 25. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.
14. "Knudson CPGA champ". The Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CP. August 21, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• PGA of Canada
• List of winners