Greater Vancouver Classic

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.

Greater Vancouver Classic
Tournament information
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Established1994
Tour(s)Canadian Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Guy Hill (1996)
To par−20 Guy Hill (1996)
Final champion
United States Eric Woods

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

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Year Venue Winner Score Ref
City of Surrey Invitational
2009 Hazelmere   Mike Grob 272 (−16)
Greater Vancouver Charity Classic
2008 Hazelmere   Adam Speirs 275 (−13)
2007 Hazelmere   James Lepp 274 (−14)
2006 Hazelmere   Lee Williamson 280 (−8)
Greater Vancouver Classic
2005 Hazelmere Tournament cancelled [2]
2004 Mayfair   Ryan Miller 270 (−14)
2003 Swan-e-set Bay   James Lepp (a) 269 (−19)
2002 Swan-e-set Bay   Iain Steel 272 (−16)[a]
Telus Vancouver Open
2001 Point Grey   Stuart Scott 276 (−12)[b]
2000 Mayfair Lakes   Rob McMillan 271 (−13)
BC TEL Pacific Open
1999 Mayfair Lakes   Ken Staton 269 (−15)
1998 Mayfair Lakes   Ian Hutchings 271 (−13)
1997 Mayfair Lakes   Mike Weir 271 (−13)
1996 Mayfair Lakes   Guy Hill 264 (−20) [3]
1995 Mayfair Lakes   Nicky Goetze 270 (−14)[c]
1994 Mayfair Lakes   Craig Jones 268 (−16)
  1. ^ Steel won after a playoff.
  2. ^ Scott won after a playoff.
  3. ^ Goetze won after a playoff.

References

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  1. ^ "Tour event gets name change". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 18, 2002. p. 45. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Vancouver Classic". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. April 22, 2005. p. 77. Retrieved March 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1997). The World of Professional Golf 1997. IMG Publishing. p. 416. ISBN 1878843176.