Canadian PGA Championship
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The PGA Championship of Canada is a golf
tournament organized by the PGA of Canada. It was first played in 1912 as the Canadian PGA Championship. It was a Nationwide Tour
event from 2001 to 2005. It was also an event on the Canadian Tour. Stan Leonard
holds the record with eight victories. 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 PD Ross Trophy was given to the winner in 1912 and is still used as the Championship's award today.
Canadian PGA Championship
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament organized by the PGA of Canada. It was first played in 1912 as the Canadian PGA Championship. It was a Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
event from 2001 to 2005. It was also an event on the Canadian Tour. Stan Leonard
Stan Leonard
Stan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
holds the record with eight victories. 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 PD Ross Trophy was given to the winner in 1912 and is still used as the Championship's award today.
Winners
PGA Championship of Canada- 2011 Vincent Dumouchel
- 2006–10 No tournament
Canadian PGA Championship
- 2005 Jon MillsJon MillsJon Mills is a Canadian professional golfer.Mills was born in Oshawa, Ontario, and spent most of his childhood in Belleville, Ontario. He developed his competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario, and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996...
- 2004 Charles WarrenCharles Warren (golfer)Charles Otis Warren is an American professional golfer.Warren is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 1998 and from 2000 to 2004 and a member of the PGA Tour in 1999 and 2005-2010....
- 2003 Tom CarterTom Carter (golfer)Tom Carter is an American professional golfer. Carter was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.Carter is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2001-03 and 2005-06. He won three Nationwide Tour events in 2003 and that gave him an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour...
- 2002 Arron OberholserArron OberholserArron Matthew Oberholser is an American professional golfer.Oberholser was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He attended San Jose State University and turned professional in 1998....
- 2001 Richard ZokolRichard ZokolRichard Francis "Dick" Zokol is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour, winning at least one event in each venue....
- 2000 Chad Wright
- 1999 Scott Peterson
- 1998 Tim Clark
- 1997 Guy Hill
- 1996 Ashley Chinner
- 1995 Trevor DoddsTrevor DoddsTrevor George Dodds is a Namibian professional golfer.Dodds was born in Windhoek, Namibia. He turned pro in 1985. He won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit in 1995 and 1996...
- 1994 Stuart Hendley
- 1993 Steve StrickerSteve StrickerSteven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
- 1992 Kip Byrne
- 1991 Tom Harding
- 1990 Rick GibsonRick Gibson (golfer)Rick Gibson is a Canadian professional golfer who plays primarily in Asia.Gibson was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He played college golf at Brigham Young University, where he was an All-American in 1984....
- 1989 Jean-Louis Lamarre
- 1988 Brent FranklinBrent FranklinBrent Franklin is a former Canadian professional golfer.-Biography:Franklin was born in Barrie, Ontario. He was coached in golf by Jack McLaughlin as a youth, and first came to prominence when he won the 1981 Vancouver City Match Play Championship as a 15-year-old amateur, to become the youngest...
- 1987 Jerry Anderson
- 1986 Dan HalldorsonDan HalldorsonDaniel Albert Halldorson is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour.Halldorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Brandon, Manitoba. He did not attend college and turned pro in 1971. He joined the Canadian Tour in 1973 and the PGA Tour in...
- 1985 Dave BarrDave Barr (golfer)David Allen Barr is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Barr was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a member of the golf team. He finished as runner-up in the 1972 Canadian...
- 1984 Jim RutledgeJim RutledgeJames Edgar Rutledge is a Canadian professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Rutledge was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He won the Canadian Juvenile Championship in 1975 at the Gorge Vale Golf Club in Victoria and the Canadian Junior Championship in 1977. He turned...
- 1983 Lee TrevinoLee TrevinoLee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
- 1982 Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe (golfer)Jimmy Lee Thorpe is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the Champions Tour.Thorpe was born in Roxboro, North Carolina, the ninth of the twelve children of a fairway superintendent. He attended Morgan State University before turning pro in 1972. He won three times on the PGA Tour...
- 1981 Raymond FloydRaymond FloydRaymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1980 Arnold PalmerArnold PalmerArnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
- 1979 Lee TrevinoLee TrevinoLee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...
- 1978 Lanny WadkinsLanny WadkinsJerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....
- 1977 George KnudsonGeorge KnudsonGeorge Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
- 1976 George KnudsonGeorge KnudsonGeorge Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
- 1975 Bill Tape
- 1974 Moe NormanMoe NormanMurray Irwin "Moe" Norman was a Canadian professional golfer. He was widely considered the best ball striker who ever lived among the best players in the world...
- 1973 Bob PanasikBob PanasikRobert R. Panasik is a Canadian professional golfer. He is the youngest player ever the make the cut in a PGA Tour event....
- 1972 Bob PanasikBob PanasikRobert R. Panasik is a Canadian professional golfer. He is the youngest player ever the make the cut in a PGA Tour event....
- 1971 Wilf HomenuikWilf HomenuikWilfred Homenuik is a Canadian professional golfer. His surname is also spelled Homeniuk in many records.Homenuik was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, and is one of seven brothers, many of whom have also played golf, most notably Stan and Ted...
- 1970 Al BaldingAl BaldingAllan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...
- 1969 Bobby Cox
- 1968 George KnudsonGeorge KnudsonGeorge Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
- 1967 George KnudsonGeorge KnudsonGeorge Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
- 1966 Moe NormanMoe NormanMurray Irwin "Moe" Norman was a Canadian professional golfer. He was widely considered the best ball striker who ever lived among the best players in the world...
- 1965 Wilf HomenuikWilf HomenuikWilfred Homenuik is a Canadian professional golfer. His surname is also spelled Homeniuk in many records.Homenuik was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, and is one of seven brothers, many of whom have also played golf, most notably Stan and Ted...
- 1964 George KnudsonGeorge KnudsonGeorge Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
- 1963 Al BaldingAl BaldingAllan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...
- 1962 Alvie Thompson
- 1961 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1960 Bill Kerr
- 1959 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1958 Henry MartellHenry MartellHenry Martell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Arichat Township from 1843 to 1859 and Richmond County from 1859 to 1863 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer and later Conservative.He was born in Arichat, Nova Scotia, of French descent, and...
- 1957 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1956 Al BaldingAl BaldingAllan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...
- 1955 Al BaldingAl BaldingAllan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...
- 1954 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1953 Henry MartellHenry MartellHenry Martell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Arichat Township from 1843 to 1859 and Richmond County from 1859 to 1863 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer and later Conservative.He was born in Arichat, Nova Scotia, of French descent, and...
- 1952 Pat FletcherPat FletcherPat Fletcher was a Canadian professional golfer.In 1954, at the Point Grey Golf Club in Vancouver, he became the first Canadian since 1914 to win the Canadian Open...
- 1951 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1950 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1949 Dick Borthwick
- 1948 Gordon Brydson
- 1947 Rodolphe Huot
- 1946 Jules Huot
- 1945 Bill Kerr
- 1944 Gordon Brydson
- 1943 No tournament
- 1942 Bob Burns
- 1941 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1940 Stan LeonardStan LeonardStan Leonard was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s. Leonard won three PGA Tour events, eight Canadian PGA Championships, and 16 other events on the Canadian Tour. He is a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.-Early years:Leonard was born in...
- 1939 Jules Huot
- 1938 Stanley Horne
- 1937 Stanley Horne
- 1936 Stanley Horne
- 1935 Willie Lamb
- 1934 Jules Huot
- 1933 Willie Lamb
- 1932 Lex Robson
- 1931 Andy Kay
- 1930 Willie Lamb
- 1929 Willie Lamb
- 1928 Willie Lamb
- 1927 James Johnstone
- 1926 James Johnstone
- 1925 Percy Barrett
- 1924 A. H. Murray
- 1923 Percy Barrett
- 1922 Nicol Thompson
- 1921 David Black
- 1920 David Black
- 1919 David Black
- 1915-18 No tournament
- 1914 George Cumming
- 1913 David Black
- 1912 C. R. Murray