# Ontario Open

The Ontario Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Canada that is held in Ontario, Canada.
It was founded in 1923 and held every year through 1979, when the Peter Jackson Tour ended. After a long hiatus, an attempted revival in 1989 lasted only one year before the tournament returned for a five year run from 1992 to 1996, during which it was sponsored by the town of Newmarket, Ontario in the first year and then by Export "A" cigarettes. Another lengthy hiatus followed until the tournament returned as a non-tour event in 2019. The following year, it rejoined the tour schedule.
Through 1947 the Ontario Open was a simple 36-hole medal. Except for a three year span from 1960 to 1962 when it was a 72-hole event, from 1948 until it was cancelled in 1979 it was a 54-hole event. Except for 2019, it has been played as a 72-hole event every year since its first revival.

## Winners

| Year | Venue | Winner | Score | Ref |
| Sotheby's International Realty Canada Ontario Open |||||
| 2022 | Woodington Lake | Noah Goodwin | 267 | |
| 2020–2021 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| Ontario Open |||||
| 2019 | Woodington Lake | Gregory Eason | 208 | |
| 1997–2018 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| Export "A" Inc. Ontario Open |||||
| 1996 | St Thomas | Martin Price | 274 (−10) | |
| 1995 | Forest City National | Ray Freeman | 273 (−15) | |
| 1994 | Forest City National | Eric Woods | 278 (−10) | |
| 1993 | Bridgewater | Eric Woods | 270 (−18) | |
| Ontario Open |||||
| 1992 | Glenway | Don Fardon | 270 | |
| 1990–91 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| 1989 | Lookout Point | Michael Bradley | 278 | |
| 1980–88 | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament | No tournament |
| 1979 | Cataraqui | Jerry Anderson | 205 | |
| 1978 | St Thomas | George Knudson | 212 | |
| 1977 | Cultan | Tony Cerdá | 201 (−9) | |
| 1976 | Mount Hope | George Knudson | 203 | |
| 1975 | Barrie | Michel Boyer | 210 (−6) | |
| 1974 | Bayview | Artie McNickle | 202 (−11) | |
| 1973 | Islington | Rafe Botts | 211 (+1) | |
| 1972 | Cedar Brae | Alberto Rivadeneira | 213 (+3) | |
| 1971 | Weston | George Knudson | 207 (−6) | |
| 1970 | Cutten | Bill Wright Jr. | 201 (−9) | |
| 1969 | St Catherines | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1968 | Pine Valley | Gary Cowan (am) | 204 (−9) | |
| 1967 | Islington | Bill Wakeham | 208 | |
| 1966 | Cataraqui | Doug Mossop (am) | 209 (−1) | |
| 1965 | Trafalgar | Nick Weslock (am) | 204 | |
| 1964 | Islington | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1963 | Pine Valley | Moe Norman | 211 | |
| 1962 | Beach Grove | Nick Weslock (am) | 277 | |
| 1961 | Islington | George Knudson | 275 | |
| 1960 | Cherry Hill | George Knudson | 275 | |
| 1959 | St Catherines | Nick Weslock (am) | 208 | |
| 1958 | Cataraqui | Moe Norman | 211 | |
| 1957 | St Catherines | Jerry Kesselring | 207 (−6) | |
| 1956 | Brentford | Jerry Kesselring | 207 | |
| 1955 | Cataraqui | Jules Huot | 210 | |
| 1954 | Cedar Brae | Rudy Hovath | 208 (−2) | |
| 1953 | Essex | Jerry Kesselring (am) | 209 | |
| 1952 | Weston | Jerry Kesselring (am) | 211 | |
| 1951 | Westmount | Smiley Quick | 209 (−4) | |
| 1950 | St George's | Murray Tucker | 215 | |
| 1949 | Essex | Nick Weslock (am) | 212 | |
| 1948 | Scarboro | Bob Gray | 210 (−3) | |
| 1947 | St George's | Bob Gray | 142 | |
| 1946 | Burlington | Nick Wisnock (am) | 134 | |
| 1945 | Royal York | Phil Farley (am) | 142 | |
| 1944 | Royal York | Gordon Brydson | 144 | |
| 1943 | Royal York | Jack Littler | 146 | |
| 1942 | Cedar Brae | Phil Farley (am) | 139 | |
| 1941 | Hamilton | Bobby Burns | 138 | |
| 1940 | Erie Downs | Sam Snead | 139 (−5) | |
| 1939 | Burlington | Henry Martell | 141 | |
| 1938 | Summit | Bobby Alston | 140 | |
| 1937 | Hamilton | Bobby Alston | 139 | |
| 1936 | Toronto | Dick Borthwick | 144 | |
| 1935 | Scarboro | Lex Robson | 145 | |
| 1934 | Mississaugua | Tommy McGrath | 143 | |
| 1933 | Toronto | Arthur Hulbert | 146 | |
| 1932 | Rosedale | Willie Lamb | 137 | |
| 1931 | Summit | Dave Spittal | 144 | |
| 1930 | Toronto | Gordon Brydson | 151 | |
| 1929 | Lakeview | Dave Spittal | 148 | |
| 1928 | Hamilton | Arthur Hulbert | 142 | |
| 1927 | Rosedale | Andy Kay | 150 | |
| 1926 | York Downs | Andy Kay | 146 | |
| 1925 | Summit | Nicol Thompson | 144 | |
| 1924 | Toronto | Willie Freeman | 152 | |
| 1923 | Lakeview | Andy Kay | 153 | |
* ↑ Price won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
* ↑ Rivadeneira won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
* ↑ Wisnock later went by the name Weslock and won 6 further Ontario Open titles.
* ↑ Alston won after an 18-hole playoff; Bobby Alston 75, Bill MacWilliams 79.
* ↑ Borthwick won after an 18-hole playoff; Dick Borthwick 74, Lou Cumming 76.
* ↑ Hulbert won after an 18-hole playoff; Arthur Hulbert 75, Percy Bell 81.
* ↑ Spittal won after an 18-hole playoff; Dave Spittal 74, Arthur Hulbert 75, Jimmy Johnston 75.
* ↑ Brydson won after an 18-hole playoff; Gordon Brydson 74, Lex Robson 75, Sandy Somerville 77.
* ↑ Kay won after an 18-hole playoff; Andy Kay 75, Tex Robson 79, Nicol Thompson 80, Jimmy Johnston 85.
* ↑ Freeman won after an 18-hole playoff; Willie Freeman 85, George Lyon 86.