Tournament information | |
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Location | Alberta, Canada |
Established | 1935 |
Course(s) | Wolf Creek Golf Resort |
Tour(s) | Canadian Tour (until 1999) |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | June |
Current champion | |
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The Alberta Open is a golf tournament that is held in Alberta, Canada. It was an important event on the Canadian Tour and its predecessors until 1999 when it endured a brief hiatus after losing its main sponsors. It returned as an event on the provincial circuit in 2002. [1]
Although tournament organisers, Alberta Golf, state that the Alberta Open was first played in 1935, [2] the origins of the tournament can be traced back further, with an open championship being introduced to the Alberta Golf Association provincial tournament week in around 1912.
Originally a one-day 36-hole event played during the provincial tournament week alongside the amateur championship, the Alberta Open became a separate 72-hole tournament in 1937. [3] In response to not attracting as many big-name players as hoped, in 1953 prize money was substantially reduced and the tournament was cut to 54-holes. [4] As the Canadian Tour established itself in the late 1980s, the Alberta Open was again extended to 72-holes in 1988. Following its revival in 2002, it has been contested over both 36 and 54 holes.
Year | Venue | Winner [5] | Score | Ref |
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SVR Alberta Open | ||||
2020 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 206 (−7) | |
2019 | Trestle Creek | ![]() | 202 (−14) | [6] |
2018 | River Spirit | ![]() | 203 (−13) | [7] |
2017 | Sundre | ![]() | 139 (−5) | [8] |
Alberta Open | ||||
2016 | RedTail Landing | ![]() | 134 (−10) | [9] |
2015 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 135 (−7) | [10] |
2014 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 204 (−9) | [11] |
2013 | RedTail Landing | ![]() | 138 (−6) | [12] |
2012 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 210 (−3) | [13] |
RBC Insurance Alberta Open | ||||
2011 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 207 (−6) [lower-alpha 1] | [14] |
2010 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 131 (−11) [lower-alpha 2] | [15] |
Alberta Open presented by Fidelity Investments | ||||
2009 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 203 (−13) | [16] |
Wolverton Alberta Open | ||||
2008 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 140 (−4) | [17] |
Alberta Open | ||||
2007 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 130 (−14) | [18] |
2006 | Carnmoney | ![]() | 134 (−10) | [19] |
2005 | RedTail Landing | ![]() | 137 (−7) | [20] |
2004 | RedTail Landing | ![]() | 138 (−6) | |
2003 | RedTail Landing | ![]() | 141 (−3) [lower-alpha 3] | |
2000–2002 | No tournament | |||
Henry Singer Alberta Open | ||||
1999 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 266 (−18) | |
1998 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 260 (−20) | |
1997 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 204 (−6) [lower-alpha 4] | [21] |
1996 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 270 (−10) | [22] |
1995 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 268 (−12) | [23] |
Alberta Open | ||||
1994 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 271 (−9) | [24] |
Allianz Alberta Open | ||||
1993 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 273 (−7) | [25] |
Canadian Home Assurance Alberta Open | ||||
1992 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 276 (−4) [lower-alpha 5] | [26] |
1991 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 276 (−4) | [27] |
Phoenix Sportswear Alberta Open | ||||
1990 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 274 (−6) [lower-alpha 6] | [28] |
1989 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 269 (−11) | [29] |
Alberta Open | ||||
1988 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 279 (−1) [lower-alpha 7] | [30] |
1987 | Wolf Creek | ![]() | 206 (−4) | [31] |
1986 | Mayfair | ![]() | 212 (+2) | [32] |
1985 | Pinebrook | ![]() | 208 (−5) | [33] |
1984 | Highlands | ![]() | 213 (E) | [34] |
1983 | Elks Club | ![]() | 213 (E) [lower-alpha 8] | |
1982 | Derrick | ![]() ![]() | 68 (tie) [lower-alpha 9] | |
1981 | Elks Club | ![]() | 141 (−1) [lower-alpha 10] | |
1980 | Windermere | ![]() | 213 (E) | |
1979 | Connaught | Tournament cancelled [lower-alpha 11] | ||
1978 | Windermere | ![]() | 209 (−4) | |
1977 | Willow Park | ![]() | 204 (−9) | |
1976 | Red Deer | ![]() | 212 (−4) [lower-alpha 12] | |
1975 | Earl Grey | ![]() | 209 (−4) | [35] |
1974 | Derrick | ![]() | 206 (−7) | [36] |
1973 | Silver Springs | ![]() | 214 (−2) | [37] |
1972 | Highlands | ![]() | 204 (−9) | [38] |
1971 | Calgary | ![]() | 201 (−9) | [39] |
1970 | Mayfair | ![]() | 205 (−5) | [40] |
1969 | Earl Grey | ![]() | 210 (−3) | [41] |
1968 | Edmonton | ![]() | 213 (E) [lower-alpha 13] | [42] |
1967 | Glendale | ![]() | 207 (−9) | [43] |
1966 | Canyon Meadows | ![]() | 214 (+1) [lower-alpha 14] | [44] |
1965 | Highlands | ![]() | 211 (−2) | [45] |
1964 | Red Deer | ![]() | 203 (−13) | [46] |
1963 | No tournament [lower-alpha 15] | |||
1962 | Calgary | ![]() | 210 (E) | [47] |
1961 | Windermere | ![]() | 211 (−2) | [48] |
1960 | Earl Grey | ![]() | 208 (−2) | [49] |
1959 | Edmonton | ![]() | 213 (E) [lower-alpha 16] | [50] |
1958 | Earl Grey | Tournament cancelled [lower-alpha 17] | ||
1957 | Highlands | ![]() | 212 (−1) [lower-alpha 18] | [51] |
1956 | Calgary | ![]() | 217 (+7) | [52] |
1955 | Mayfair | ![]() | 210 (E) | [53] |
1954 | Earl Grey | ![]() | 208 (−2) | [54] |
1953 | Edmonton | ![]() | 205 (−8) | [55] |
1952 | Calgary | ![]() | 283 (+3) | [56] |
1951 | Highlands | ![]() | 281 (−7) | [57] |
1950 | Earl Grey | ![]() | 276 (−4) | [58] |
1949 | Mayfair | ![]() | 269 (−11) | [59] |
1948 | Calgary | ![]() | 285 (+5) | [60] |
1947 | Edmonton | ![]() | 277 (−7) | |
1946 | Calgary | ![]() | 288 (+8) [lower-alpha 19] | [61] [62] |
1945 | Highlands | ![]() | 287 (−1) | [63] |
1944 | Calgary | ![]() | 268 (−12) [lower-alpha 20] | [64] |
1943 | Calgary | ![]() | 293 (+13) | [65] |
1942 | Mayfair | ![]() | 279 (−1) | [66] |
1941 | Edmonton | ![]() | 272 (−12) | [67] |
1940 | Calgary | ![]() | 274 (−6) | [68] |
1939 | Mayfair | ![]() | 286 (+6) | [69] |
1938 | Calgary | ![]() | 276 (−4) | [70] |
1937 | Edmonton | ![]() | 291 (+7) | |
1936 | Mayfair | ![]() | 148 (+4) [lower-alpha 21] | |
1935 | Calgary | ![]() | 141 | [71] |
1934 | Edmonton | ![]() | 140 (−2) | [72] |
1933 | Calgary | ![]() | 143 | |
1932 | Mayfair | ![]() | 140 | |
1931 | Calgary | ![]() | 144 | |
1930 | Edmonton | ![]() | 149 | |
1929 | Calgary | ![]() | 149 | |
1928 [lower-alpha 22] | Mayfair | ![]() | 150 | |
1927 | Calgary | ![]() | 153 [lower-alpha 23] | |
1926 | Edmonton | ![]() | 150 | |
1925 [lower-alpha 22] | Calgary | ![]() | 152 | |
1924 | Mayfair | ![]() | 150 | |
1923 | Calgary | ![]() | 150 [lower-alpha 24] | |
1922 | Edmonton | ![]() | 156 | |
1921 | Calgary St Andrews | ![]() | 142 | |
1920 | Calgary | ![]() | 157 [lower-alpha 25] | |
1919 | Edmonton | ![]() | 155 | |
1915–1918 | No tournament due to World War I | |||
1914 | Calgary St Andrews | ![]() | 157 | |
1913 | Edmonton | ![]() | 167 | |
1912 | Calgary | ![]() | 159 |
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