Telus Open

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Telus Open
Tournament information
Location Quebec, Canada
Established2000
Course(s)Le Versant GC (2000, 2002)
Quatre Domaines GC (2001)
Tour(s) Canadian Tour
Quebec PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund C$200,000
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Paul Devenport (2001)
269 Ken Duke (2001)
To par−19 Paul Devenport (2001)
−19 Ken Duke (2001)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Hank Kuehne

The Telus Open was a golf tournament that was held in the Greater Montreal area in Quebec, Canada. First held in 2000 as the QuebecTel Open, it had one of the largest purses on the Canadian Tour and the biggest on the Quebec PGA Tour. [1] It was held for the final time in 2002.

All three editions of the Telus sponsored tournament resulted in a tie at the end of the 72-holes of regulation play, necessitating sudden-death playoffs to determine the winners.

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
Telus Open
2002Le Versant Flag of the United States.svg Hank Kuehne 273 (−15) [lower-alpha 1] [2]
2001Quatre Domaines Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Devenport 269 (−19) [lower-alpha 2] [3]
QuebecTel Open
2000Le Versant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Jonas 274 (−14) [lower-alpha 3] [4]
  1. Kuehne won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. Devenport won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. Jonas won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

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