Canadian Open

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The Canadian Open is a golf tournament which was founded in 1919. Since 1994 it has been sponsored as the "Bell Canadian Open". As a national open, and especially as the most accessible overseas national open for American golfers, the event had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf. In the interwar years it was sometimes considered the third most prestigious tournament in the sport after the British Open and the U.S. Open. This former status was noted in the media in 2000, when Tiger Woods became the first man to win all three Opens in the same season since Lee Trevino in 1971. Nonetheless, this special status has largely dissipated, but the Canadian Open is a well regarded fixture on the PGA Tour.

The Canadian Tour receives a limited number of places in the Canadian Open. The prize money does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list.

Celebrated golfers who have won the tournament include: Walter Hagen, Sam Snead, Bobby Locke, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Greg Norman and Tiger Woods.

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