Greater Vancouver Classic

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Greater Vancouver Classic
Tournament information
Location British Columbia, Canada
Established1994
Tour(s) Canadian Tour
Format Stroke play
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Guy Hill (1996)
To par−20 Guy Hill (1996)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Woods

The Greater Vancouver Classic was a golf tournament that was held in the Greater Vancouver area, in British Columbia, Canada. Founded as the BC TEL Pacific Open in 1994, it was a direct replacement for the cancelled British Columbia Open on the Canadian Tour. In 2000 it was re-titled as the Telus Vancouver Open.

For 2002, the tournament had agreed a new multi-year sponsorship deal with a lawn car company and was to have been titled the Perfectly Natural Classic, but they backed out resulting in a great deal of discussion over a new unsponsored name. Having considered Greater Vancouver Open and Vancouver Open, which risked confusion with the PGA Tour event, [1] eventually it was changed to Greater Vancouver Classic, and from 2006 the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic. In 2009, the name changed again, this time to the City of Surrey Invitational; it was to be the final time the tournament was held.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
City of Surrey Invitational
2009Hazelmere Flag of the United States.svg Mike Grob 272 (−16)
Greater Vancouver Charity Classic
2008Hazelmere Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Speirs 275 (−13)
2007Hazelmere Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Lepp 274 (−14)
2006Hazelmere Flag of the United States.svg Lee Williamson 280 (−8)
Greater Vancouver Classic
2005HazelmereTournament cancelled [2]
2004Mayfair Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Miller 270 (−14)
2003Swan-e-set Bay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Lepp (a)269 (−19)
2002Swan-e-set Bay Flag of Malaysia.svg Iain Steel 272 (−16) [lower-alpha 1]
Telus Vancouver Open
2001Point Grey Flag of the United States.svg Stuart Scott 276 (−12) [lower-alpha 2]
2000Mayfair Lakes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rob McMillan 271 (−13)
BC TEL Pacific Open
1999Mayfair Lakes Flag of the United States.svg Ken Staton 269 (−15)
1998Mayfair Lakes Flag of South Africa.svg Ian Hutchings 271 (−13)
1997Mayfair Lakes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Weir 271 (−13)
1996Mayfair Lakes Flag of the United States.svg Guy Hill 264 (−20) [3]
1995Mayfair Lakes Flag of the United States.svg Nicky Goetze 270 (−14) [lower-alpha 3]
1994Mayfair Lakes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Jones 268 (−16)
  1. Steel won after a playoff.
  2. Scott won after a playoff.
  3. Goetze won after a playoff.

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