Canadian PGA Championship

BetRegal PGA Championship of Canada
Tournament information
LocationBaysville, Ontario, Canada
Established1912
Course(s)Bigwin Island Golf Club
Par72
Length6,984 yards (6,386 m)
Tour(s)Nationwide Tour
Canadian Tour
FormatMatch play
Stroke play
Prize fundCA$70,000
Month playedJune
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Riley Fleming (2021)
To par−25 as above
Score5 and 4 Danny King (2015)
Current champion
Canada Kevin Stinson
Location map
Bigwin Island GC is located in Canada
Bigwin Island GC
Bigwin Island GC
Location in Canada
Bigwin Island GC is located in Ontario
Bigwin Island GC
Bigwin Island GC
Location in Ontario

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.

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.

  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.