Some of
the biggest names in golf have won the Canadian Open
golf championship - Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Walter
Hagen, Tommy Armour, Arnold Palmer,Greg Norman and Tiger
Woods.
The
great Jack Nicklaus has never won this tournament,
but has been runner-up a record 7 times. The last
Canadian to win the tournament was Pat Fletcher who
carded a 280 in 1954 at Point Grey.
Year
Winner
Score
Course
1904
J.H. Oke
156
Royal Montreal
1905
George Cumming
148
Toronto
1906
Charles Murray
170
Royal Ottawa
1907
Percy Barrett
306
Lambton
1908
Albert Murray
300
Royal Montreal
1909
Karl Keffer
309
Toronto
1910
Daniel Kenny
303
Lambton
1911
Charles Murray
314
Royal Ottawa
1912
George Sargent
299
Rosedale
1913
Albert Murray
295
Royal Montreal
1914
Karl Keffer
300
Toronto
1915-1918
No Tournaments
1919
J. Douglas Edgar
278
Hamilton
1920
J. Douglas Edgar
298
Rivermead
1921
W.H. Trovinger
293
Toronto
1922
Al Watrous
303
Mt. Bruno
1923
C.W. Hackney
295
Lakeview
1924
Leo Diegel
285
Mt. Bruno
1925
Leo Diegel
295
Lambton
1926
Mac Smith
283
Royal Montreal
1927
Tommy Armour
288
Toronto
1928
Leo Diegel
282
Rosedale
1929
Leo Diegel
274
Kanawaki
1930
Tommy Armour
273
Hamilton
1931
Walter Hagen
292
Mississauga
1932
Harry Cooper
290
Ottawa Hunt Club
1933
Joe Kirkwood
282
Royal York
1934
Tommy Armour
287
Lakeview
1935
Gene Kunes
280
Summerlea
1936
Lawson Little
271
St. Andrews
1937
Harry Cooper
285
St. Andrews
1938
Sam Snead
277
Mississauga
1939
Harold McSpaden
282
Riverside
1940
Sam Snead
281
Scarborough
1941
Sam Snead
274
Lambton
1942
Craig Wood
275
Mississauga
1943-1944
No Tournaments
1945
Byron Nelson
280
Thornhill
1946
George Fazio
278
Beaconsfield
1947
Bobby Locke
268
Scarborough
1948
C.W. Congdon
280
Shaugnessy Heights
1949
Dutch Harrison
271
St. Georges
1950
Jim Ferrier
271
Royal Montreal
1951
Jim Ferrier
273
Mississauga
1952
John Palmer
263
St. Charles
1953
Dave Douglas
273
Scarborough
1954
Pat Fletcher
280
Point Grey
1955
Arnold Palmer
265
Weston
1956
Doug Sanders
273
Beaconsfield
1957
George Bayer
271
Westmount
1958
Wesley Ellis Jr.
267
Mayfair
1959
Doug Ford
276
Islesmere
1960
Art Wall Jr.
269
St. Georges
1961
Jacky Cupit
270
Niakwa
1962
Ted Kroll
278
Laval-sur-le-Lac
1963
Doug Ford
280
Scarborough
1964
Kel Nagle
277
Pinegrove
1965
Gene Littler
273
Mississauga
1966
Don Massengale
280
Shaughnessy
1967
Billy Casper
279
Montreal Municipal
1968
Bob Charles
274
St. Georges
1969
Tommy Aaron
275
Pinegrove
1970
Kermit Zarley
279
London Hunt
1971
Lee Trevino
275
Richelieu Valley
1972
Gay Brewer
275
Cherry Hill
1973
Tom Weiskopf
278
Richelieu Valley
1974
Bobby Nichols
270
Mississauga
1975
Tom Weiskopf
274
Royal Montreal
1976
Jerry Pate
267
Windsor Essex
1977
Lee Trevino
280
Glen Abbey
1978
Bruce Lietzke
283
Glen Abbey
1979
Lee Trevino
281
Glen Abbey
1980
Bob Gilder
274
Royal Montreal
1981
Peter Oosterhuis
280
Glen Abbey
1982
Bruce Lietzke
277
Glen Abbey
1983
John Cook
277
Glen Abbey
1984
Greg Norman
278
Glen Abbey
1985
Curtis Strange
279
Glen Abbey
1986
Bob Murphy
280
Glen Abbey
1987
Curtis Strange
276
Glen Abbey
1988
Ken Green
275
Glen Abbey
1989
Steve Jones
271
Glen Abbey
1990
Wayne Levi
278
Glen Abbey
1991
Nick Price
273
Glen Abbey
1992
Greg Norman
280
Glen Abbey
1993
David Frost
279
Glen Abbey
1994
Nick Price
275
Glen Abbey
1995
Mark O'Meara
274
Glen Abbey
1996
Dudley Hart
202(rain)
Glen Abbey
1997
Steve Jones
275
Royal Montreal
1998
Billy Andrade
275
Glen Abbey
1999
Hal Sutton
275
Glen Abbey
2000
Tiger Woods
266
Glen Abbey
2001
Scott Verplank
266
Royal Montreal
2002
John Rollins
272
Angus Glen (South Course)
2003
Bob Tway
272
Hamilton
2004
Vijay Singh
275
Glen Abbey
2005
Mark Calcavecchia
275
Shaughnessy
2006
Jim Furyk
266
Hamilton GCC
2007
Jim Furyk
268
Angus Glen North
2008
Chez Reavie
267
Glen Abbey
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