Edmonton Open

The Edmonton Open was a golf tournament on the Canadian Tour that was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1993 as the Klondike Golf Klassic and was held during the week leading up to the Klondike Days summer fair.[1] In 1996 Telus become the tournament's main sponsor and it was re-titled as the ED TEL PLAnet Open, before becoming the Telus Edmonton Open the following year.

Edmonton Open
Tournament information
LocationAlberta, Canada
Established1993
Tour(s)Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Aaron Barber (2001)
To par−21 Matt Daniel (2002)
Final champion
James Hahn

The Edmonton Open came to an end after the 2009 edition when it was merged with the ATB Financial Classic, which then relocated to Edmonton.[2]

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
Telus Edmonton Open
2009Glendale James Hahn272 (−16)[lower-alpha 1]
2008Windermere John Ellis266 (−18)
2007Edmonton Dustin Risdon265 (−19)
2006Glendale Stephen Gangluff272 (−16)[lower-alpha 2]
2005Edmonton Matt McQuillan267 (−17)
2004Derrick Steve Woodward272 (−12)[lower-alpha 3]
2003Windermere Rob Johnson273 (−11)
2002Glendale Matt Daniel267 (−21)[lower-alpha 4]
2001Edmonton Aaron Barber264 (−20)
2000Derrick Paul Devenport270 (−14)
1999Mayfair Ray Stewart267 (−17)
1998Glendale Brian Kontak208 (−8)[lower-alpha 5]
1997Windermere Manny Zerman274 (−10)[lower-alpha 6]
ED TEL PLAnet Open
1996The Ranch Trevor Dodds265 (−15)[3]
Klondike Golf Klassic
1995The Ranch Ray Freeman265 (−15)
1994The Ranch Ian Hutchings275 (−5)[lower-alpha 7][4]
1993The Ranch Tod Power271 (−9)[lower-alpha 8][5]
  1. Gangluff won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. Gangluff won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. Woodward won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. Daniel won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to rain; Kontak won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. Zerman won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. Hutchings won with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. Power won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. "Canadian Tour to add event in Edmonton". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. April 30, 1992. p. 49. Retrieved March 18, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Future of tour events a question of "optics"". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. December 4, 2009. p. 64. Retrieved March 11, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 1878843176.
  4. "Klassic battle | S.African captures Klondike playoff". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. July 4, 1994. p. 29. Retrieved March 18, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Aussie Powers way to Klondike crown". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. July 5, 1993. p. 14. Retrieved March 18, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
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