Labatt Open
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Template:Short description Template:DMCA The Labatt Open was a golf event on the PGA Tour that was played in Canada from 1953 to 1957. It was sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company, and played at several different venues.[1] It was canceled after the 1957 season when suitable dates in 1958 could not be agreed.[2]
Billy Casper won the first of his 51 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1956.[3]
Tournament hosts
- 1953 Summerlea Golf & Country Club, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec
- 1954 Scarboro Golf & Country Club, Scarborough, Ontario
- 1955 Summerlea Golf & Country Club, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec
- 1956 Royal Quebec Golf Club, Boischatel, Quebec
- 1957 Islesmere Golf & Country Club, Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec
Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Doug Ford | Script error: No such module "flag". | 265 | −15 | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Walter Burkemo | 5,000 | [4] |
| 1954 | Bud Holscher | Script error: No such module "flag". | 269 | −15 | 4 strokes | Template:Flagicon Doug Ford Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer |
5,000 | [5] |
| 1955 | Gene Littler | Script error: No such module "flag". | 272 | −8 | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard | 5,000 | [6] |
| 1956 | Billy Casper | Script error: No such module "flag". | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret | 5,000 | [7] |
| 1957 | Paul Harney | Script error: No such module "flag". | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon George Bayer | 3,500 | [8] |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Canada will have $25,000 golf tourney next summer". Edmonton Journal. Alberta, Canada. CP. December 13, 1952. p. 36. Retrieved March 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LaBatt golf meet canceled". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania. UP. December 15, 1957. p. 70. Retrieved March 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Year in Golf, 1956". Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mcauley, Ed. (August 24, 1953). "Doug Ford Wins Labatt Open With 15-under-par 265". The Montreal Gazette. p. 18.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wheatley, W. R. (August 30, 1954). "Holscher Shoots 63 to Win Toronto Open". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mcauley, Ed. (August 29, 1955). "Littler Beat Leonard in Play-off to Win Open Golf". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mcauley, Ed. (July 16, 1956). "Bill Casper (274) Wins $26,800 Open". The Montreal Gazette. p. 49.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mcauley, Ed. (July 8, 1957). "Paul Harney Wins $29,000 Open With 278, Bayer 2nd". The Montreal Gazette. p. 25.
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