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{{short description|Golf tournament formerly on the PGA Tour}}
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The '''Labatt Open''' was a [[golf]] event on the [[PGA Tour]] that was played in [[Canada]] from 1953 to 1957. It was sponsored by the [[Labatt Brewing Company]], and played at several different venues.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada will have $25,000 golf tourney next summer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46919945/ |date=December 13, 1952 |page=36 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |location=Alberta, Canada |agency=CP |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> It was canceled after the 1957 season when suitable dates in 1958 could not be agreed.<ref>{{cite news |title=LaBatt golf meet canceled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46920305/ |date=December 15, 1957 |page=70 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pennsylvania |agency=UP |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref>

[[Billy Casper]] won the first of his 51 PGA Tour wins at this event in 1956.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Year in Golf, 1956 | url=http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/p/timeline1956.htm | access-date=2007-11-19 | archive-date=February 4, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204153555/http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/p/timeline1956.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Tournament hosts==
*1953 Summerlea Golf & Country Club, [[Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec]]
*1954 [[Scarboro Golf & Country Club]], [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]]
*1955 Summerlea Golf & Country Club, [[Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec]]
*1956 [[Royal Quebec Golf Club]], [[Boischatel, Quebec]]
*1957 Islesmere Golf & Country Club, [[Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec]]

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Year!!Player!!Country!!Score!!To par!!Margin<br/>of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Winner's<br>share ([[United States dollar|$]])!!Ref
|-
| 1953 || [[Doug Ford (golfer)|Doug Ford]] || {{USA}} || align=center|265 || align=center|−15 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Burkemo]] || align=right|5,000 || <ref name=mg1953>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TYMtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799%2C3459978 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |last=Mcauley |first=Ed. |title=Doug Ford Wins Labatt Open With 15-under-par 265 |date=August 24, 1953 |page=18}}</ref>
|-
| 1954 || [[Bud Holscher]] || {{USA}} || align=center|269 || align=center|−15 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Ford (golfer)|Doug Ford]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Mayer]] || align=right|5,000 || <ref name=mg1954>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pHctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7073%2C4591434 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |last=Wheatley |first=W. R. |title=Holscher Shoots 63 to Win Toronto Open |date=August 30, 1954 |page=21}}</ref>
|-
| 1955 || [[Gene Littler]] || {{USA}} || align=center|272 || align=center|−8 || Playoff || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Stan Leonard]] || align=right|5,000 || <ref name=mg1955>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jjArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7006%2C4706015 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |last=Mcauley |first=Ed. |title=Littler Beat Leonard in Play-off to Win Open Golf |date=August 29, 1955 |page=21}}</ref>
|-
| 1956 || [[Billy Casper]] || {{USA}} || align=center|274 || align=center|−14 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Demaret]] || align=right|5,000 || <ref name=mg1956>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8-lfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6538%2C2688309 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |last=Mcauley |first=Ed. |title=Bill Casper (274) Wins $26,800 Open |date=July 16, 1956 |page=49}}</ref>
|-
| 1957 || [[Paul Harney]] || {{USA}} || align=center|278 || align=center|−10 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Bayer]] || align=right|3,500 || <ref name=mg1957>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2oItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cJkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6885%2C1339049 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |last=Mcauley |first=Ed. |title=Paul Harney Wins $29,000 Open With 278, Bayer 2nd |date=July 8, 1957 |page=25}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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{{Former PGA Tour Events}}

[[Category:Former PGA Tour events]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Ontario]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Quebec]]

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Labatt Open - Revision history

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