RBC Canadian Open

The RBC Canadian Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour and the national open for Canada. The tournament takes place annually in July. The Glen Abbey Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, has hosted the tournament a record 23 times through 2009.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBC_Canadian_Open Nathan Green won the 2009 event and took home $900,000 of the $5,000,000 purse.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r032/ The 2010 RBC Canadian Open is scheduled to take place July 19-July 25 at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario and the 2011 event is schedule to take place at the Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club.http://www.thecanadianopen.ca/innerpage.aspx?x=QmQfjJ%2bOkngFn1v%2bAFT1NhGoM5E05huyXETOOle0Jb8951pIssQaAU5%2f7kprMEje

The RBC Canadian Open was founded in 1904. It was a 36 hole tournament which took place over the course of a single day, won by John Oke.http://www.rbccanadianopen.com/innerpage.aspx?x=UfJNqqOkzZPp41uEgVFbYkULUAYXUPh9%2fBTuQQ2rkLmZCnNjuXAAjtf%2bPXrmsr%2bO The Canadian Open is generally held in Ontario or Quebec, but has also been hosted in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBC_Canadian_Open Notable winners include Walter Hagen, Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Greg Norman. Leo Diegel holds the record with four victories.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r032/winners.html Johnny Palmer holds the tournament record for lowest score of 263 and Tiger Woods holds the record for lowest score relative to par of minus 22.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r032/winners.html

• 1904 John Oke
• 1905 George Cuming
• 1906 Charles R. Murray
• 1907 Percy Barrett
• 1908 Albert H. Murray
• 1909 Karl Keffer
• 1910 Daniel Kenny
• 1911 Charles R. Murray
• 1912 George Sargent
• 1913 Albert H. Murray
• 1914 Karl Keffer
• 1919 J. Douglas Edgar
• 1920 J. Douglas Edgar
• 1921 William Trovinger
• 1922 Al Watrous
• 1923 Clarence Hackney
• 1924 Leo Diegel
• 1925 Leo Diegel
• 1926 MacDonald Smith
• 1927 Tommy Armour
• 1928 Leo Diegel
• 1929 Leo Diegel
• 1930 Tommy Armour
• 1931 Walter Hagen
• 1932 Harry Cooper
• 1933 Joe Kirkwood, Sr.
• 1934 Tommy Armour
• 1935 Gene Kunes
• 1936 Lawson Littlle 9
• 1937 Harry Cooper
• 1938 Sam Snead
• 1939 Harold McSpaden
• 1940 Sam Snead
• 1941 Sam Snead
• 1942 Craig Wood
• 1945 Byron Nelson
• 1946 George Fazio
• 1947 Bobby Locke
• 1948 Charles Congdon
• 1949 E. Harrison
• 1950 Jim Ferrier
• 1951 Jim Ferrier
• 1952 Johnny Palmer
• 1953 Dave Douglas
• 1955 Arnold Palmer
• 1956 Doug Sanders
• 1957 George Bayer
• 1958 Wes Ellis
• 1959 Doug Ford
• 1960 Art Wall
• 1961 Jacky Cupit
• 1962 Ted Kroll
• 1963 Doug Ford
• 1964 Kel Nagle
• 1965 Gene Littler
• 1966 Don Massengale
• 1967 Billy Casper
• 1968 Bob Charles
• 1969 Tommy Aaron
• 1970 Kermit Zarley
• 1971 Lee Trevino
• 1972 Gay Brewer
• 1973 Tom Weiskopf
• 1974 Larry Ziegler
• 1975 Tom Weiskopf
• 1976 Jerry Pate
• 1977 Lee Trevino
• 1978 Bruce Lietzke
• 1979 Lee Trevino
• 1980 Bob Gilder
• 1981 Peter Oosterhuis
• 1982 Bruce Lietzke
• 1983 John Cook
• 1984 Greg Norman
• 1985 Curtis Strange
• 1986 Bob Murphy
• 1987 Curtis Strange
• 1988 Ken Green
• 1989 Steve Jones
• 1990 Wayne Levi
• 1991 Nick Price
• 1992 Greg Norman
• 1993 David Frost
• 1994 Nick Price
• 1995 Mark O'Meara
• 1996 Dudley Hart
• 1997 Steve Jones
• 1998 Billy Andrade
• 1999 Hal Sutton
• 2000 Tiger Woods
• 2001 Scott Verplank
• 2002 John Rollins
• 2003 Bob Tway
• 2004 Vijay Singh
• 2005 Mark Calcavecchia
• 2006 Jim Furyk
• 2007 Jim Furyk
• 2008 Chez Reavie
• 2009 Nathan Green

"Everything we're doing helps the field, helps the tour see us building momentum, helps us look like a leader on the PGA Tour - all of which are surprisingly important when the agents and players and tournament directors think about who's got momentum in the game. Everything we're doing today has a net benefit for the RBC Canadian Open and its future and the way we're going to build that thing out." - Jim Little, RBC's chief brand and communications officer.http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g95mn6gagIRfKOd8Emv9cTzM2L4g