OAKVILLE, Ont. – Golf Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced the four athletes on Canada’s golf team nominated to compete at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games.

The Canadian athletes nominated by Golf Canada for the Pan Am golf competition—which runs August 8-11, 2019 at the Country Club Villa—were determined based on an assessment of world rankings and head-to-head results among those with a declared intent to compete.

On the women’s side, 20-year-old Brigitte Thibault of Rosemère, Que. has accepted selection to the Pan Am golf team and will be joined by Mary Parsons of Delta, B.C. Thibault, a member of Golf Canada’s National Amateur Team, is coming off a standout sophomore season at Fresno State where she earned eight top-20 finishes and won the Mountain West Conference Championship.

In April, she was invited to compete in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur.  Parsons, 20, is a sophomore at Indiana University where she won her first collegiate event at the Lady Boilermaker. She is a former member of the Team Canada Junior Squad and winner of the 2018 British Columbia Women’s Amateur.

The men’s team will be comprised of 22-year-old Austin Connelly of Lake Doucette, N.S., who resides in Irving, Tex., along with Team Canada Amateur Squad member Joey Savoie of La Prairie, Que. Connelly will make his second consecutive Pan Am Games appearance after finishing fifth at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. Connelly is a graduate of Golf Canada’s National Amateur Team Program (2015) who is currently playing with conditional status on the European Tour. In 2017, he finished T14 at The Open Championship in his major championship debut. Savoie is currently the top-ranked Canadian male golfer on the World Amateur Golf Ranking (No. 39). The 24-year-old won three times in 2018 including the Tailhade Cup, the Grant Clements Memorial and the Tennessee Open (pro event).

Golf Canada’s Women’s National Amateur Squad and Young Pro Squad Head Coach Tristan Mullally of Cambridge, Ont. will serve as coach for the 2019 Pan Am Golf Team.

Selection criteria among those considered for the Canadian Pan Am Golf Team was based on competitive standing inside the top-500 for women and inside the top-700 for men on the World Golf Ranking/Rolex World Ranking for professional golfers, as well as competitive standing inside the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 1, 2019. Players that met the selection criteria had until April 30, 2019 to notify Golf Canada of their interest in being considered for the 2019 Pan Am Golf Team.

The field for the 2019 Pan Am Golf Competition will include 32 women and 32 men competing in  women’s individual, men’s individual and mixed team competitions (low female and male score combined).

Lima 2019, which will run from July 26 to August 11, will bring together approximately 6,700 athletes from 41 nations of the Americas and feature 62 disciplines in 39 sports. It will be the largest sporting event ever held in Peru.

The athletes and coaches nominated are:

• Austin Connelly, Lake Doucette,S. (Men’s Golf Team)
• Joey Savoie, La Prairie, Que. (Men’s Golf Team)
• Brigitte Thibault, Rosemère, Que. (Women’s Golf Team)
• Mary Parsons, Delta, B.C. (Women’s Golf Team)
• Tristan Mullally, Cambridge, Ont. (Pan Am Golf Coach, Team Canada)

Prior to being named to Team Canada, all nominations are subject to approval by the COC’s Team Selection Committee following its receipt of nominations by all National Sport Federations in late June 2019.

ÎLE-BIZARD, Qué. – Matthew Anderson of Mississauga, Ont. showed composure beyond his years on a chilly day Monday, at Elm Ridge Country Club, just west of Montréal. The 19-year-old amateur earned low qualifier honours in dramatic fashion at the final regional qualifier for the 2019 RBC Canadian Open.

Since there were more than 100 players at the event, Anderson, by topping the field, gained direct entry into the RBC Canadian Open field.

“This is one of the best golfing days of my life, so far,” said Anderson, who turned 19 in April. “To play a PGA TOUR event, that’s something I’ve been dreaming of. It’s unbelievable that it’s actually happening.”

Anderson, who had one of the last tee times of the day, chased down St-Jérôme, Qué. native Tim Alarie. Alarie had built what looked to be an insurmountable lead after carding a 4-under-par 68.

Anderson bogeyed his first hole, but then went on a tear, knocking in five birdies and walking up to the 17^th tee tied with Alarie atop the leaderboard.

The University of San Francisco freshman birdied the par-5 17^th, then made par on the 18^th hole to secure an exemption into his country’s national open.

“I thought the lead may have been five-or six-under,” said Anderson, who didn’t know he was leading walking up to the 18^th green. “I wasn’t quite sure, but I knew if I got a par or birdie on 18, I had a chance.”

Anderson started three events with the University of San Francisco Dons this past season. He finished second at the 2018 Ontario Junior Boys’ Championship.

Alarie was atop the leaderboard for most of the day following a 4-under-par 68. The 28-year-old was strong on the front nine, notching four birdies to put himself temporarily in the low qualifier spot.

Étienne Brault, an amateur from Mercier, Qué., also put together a solid round, finishing at 3-under-69.

Alarie and Brault are among the 18 golfers advancing to the RBC Canadian Open Final Qualifier, which takes place Monday, June 3 at Heron Point Golf Links in Alberton, Ont.

The Québec regional qualifier was the third and final regional qualifying event. The first regional qualifier took place on May 6 at Kings Links by the Sea in Delta, B.C. and saw 10 golfers earn spots in the final qualifier. Michael Blair earned an exemption directly into the RBC Canadian Open as the low qualifier at the second regional qualifying event at TPC Toronto on May 16.

A minimum of four players from the 18-hole stroke play Final Qualifier on June 3 will gain entry into the RBC Canadian Open field.

Additional information and the full leaderboard can be found here.

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L’Île-Bizard, Que. – The final RBC Canadian Open Regional Qualifier takes place Monday, May 27 at Elm Ridge Country Club. One-hundred and eleven players are vying for 17 spots in the RBC Canadian Open Final Qualifier at Heron Point Golf Links in Alberton, Ont. on Monday, June 3.

The 18-hole qualifier at Elm Ridge is the third and final regional qualifier this year. The first qualifier was on May 6 at Kings Links by the Sea in Delta, B.C., while the second regional was at TPC Toronto on May 16.

The top 15% of finishers at each regional qualifier are eligible to compete at Final Qualifying on June 3. As there are more than 100 competitors in the field at Elm Ridge, the low qualifier will receive an exemption directly into the RBC Canadian Open field.

There were more than 100 competitors at the second regional qualifier, and Hamilton, Ont. native Michael Blair earned an exemption to the RBC Canadian Open. The first saw ten golfers earn a spot in the final qualifier.

The regional qualification process allows amateurs and professionals from across Canada and world the chance to qualify for the RBC Canadian Open.

The qualifying competitions are open to members in good standing with the PGA of Canada or other PGA affiliates, amateur golfers with a current Handicap Factor not exceeding 2.0 who are members of Golf Canada or in good standing with their respective associations, as well as other golf professionals.

Pairings are available online here.

Follow scoring online as players complete their rounds by clicking here.

Tickets to the RBC Canadian Open are available at: https://rbccanadianopen.com/tickets2019/

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Bronte Law was scuffling, missing fairways off the tee and scrambling for pars while a host of challengers tried to play catch-up.

A 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole finally brought relief.

“It was definitely a relief,” she said after winning the Pure Silk Championship on Sunday for her first career LPGA Tour victory.

“I’d hit a really good putt on the previous hole before and it kind of hit a spike mark,” she said about her sixth consecutive par. “I thought it was middle centre and didn’t make that one.”

Law closed with a 3-under 67 to win by two shots.

The 24-year-old Englishwoman, a former star at UCLA, held a share of the lead after all four rounds and finished with a 17-under 267 total on the River Course at the Kingsmill Resort.

“It was a grind,” Law said.

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., Madelene Sagstrom and third-round co-leader Nasa Hataoka tied for second. Sagstrom shot 66, Henderson 68 and Hataoka 69.

Law, who came from 10 shots back on the last day to get into a playoff in the LPGA Mediheal Championship three weeks ago in Daly City, California, doubled her lead with the birdie on No. 16. Two-putt pars on the last two holes capped the victory in her 56th career start.

“It feels surreal to be honest after coming so close,” she said.

It is also, she said, a nice way to finish the week leading up to the U.S. Women’s Open next week in Charleston, South Carolina.

After the close call, “to be in contention and (for it) to be that very next time out playing was really cool and shows me that I can compete at the top on a weekly basis, which is the whole goal out there,” she said. “This was the perfect way to prepare, I guess.”

Sagstrom’s approach to the par-4 18th hit the flagstick, bounced straight down and then bounded well away. She then two-putted, preserving Law’s lead.

While her ball was in flight. Sagstrom said, she was thinking, “Oh, that looks really, really good. Then I heard it hit and I was like, ‘Please don’t bounce off.’ I was like, I mean, I couldn’t hit it more perfect.

“I was excited about the shot anyway.”

Wei-Ling Hsu, who had an eagle, seven birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey in a 66, finished fifth.

Law got a nice break on the par-4 eighth hole when she hit her drive well right, but it bounced off a steep slope back into the centre of the fairway. She hit her approach to 6 feet and made it to lead by three, then hit three more drives well right, but lost just one shot.

Sagstrom, also seeking her first career victory, got within one at No. 15 with a birdie, but missed makeable birdie putts on the next two holes before the bad luck on the finishing hole.

Henderson was a non-factor for most of the day, with 14 pars and one birdie in her first 15 holes before birdies at Nos. 16 and 18.

“To shoot 3 under on a Sunday and be that close to the leaderboard and know that you left some out there is a good thing,” she said. “So definitely just looking forward to the rest of the summer.

“I think this was a good way to lead into the U.S. Open next week.”

Hataoka, who lost here in a playoff with Ariya Jutanugarn last year, also climbed into tie for second-place tie with a closing birdie.

Hsu at one point climbed into a share of second, but the par-5 15th, which she had eagled the last two days, ended her bid. She hit her second shot right of the green and well past _ out of bounds _ and eventually two-putted for a double bogey. She birdied Nos. 16 and 18.

Cristie Kerr, the only three-time champion, had the top round of the week, coming within one shot of the course record with a 63. She just missed a birdie putt at the par-4 18th to finish at 11 under.

Opelika, Ala. – Playing in the first final grouping of her professional career, 2019 Symetra Tour rookie Maddie Szeryk of London, Ont. stood her ground when tested on the Lake Course at Grand National to capture the best result out of her first eight starts as a pro.

The Texas A&M University alumna and member of Golf Canada’s Young Pro Team found double bogey on the par-5 4th, but went bogey-free with three birdies the rest of the way to shoot 1-under par 71 in the final round of the Symetra Tour’s inaugural Zimmer Biomet Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez.

At 10-under overall, two strokes was the difference between her finish and forcing a playoff.

“It’s huge and I definitely played really well, this is the best finish of the year,” Szeryk said. “I’m really excited to take this momentum into the next few tournaments and build on it. I had a rough hole early, but was able to come back from it and find myself in the mix.”

A final round 1-under par 71 was enough for Nuria Iturrios of Spain to clinch a wire-to-wire victory at the inaugural Zimmer Biomet Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, stepping into the winner’s circle for the first time in her Symetra Tour career.

TIJUANA, Mexico—Despite shooting PGA TOUR Latinoamerica’s only 59 in history, Canadian Drew Nesbitt had never finished a tournament better than tied for 21st. That stat nugget became irrelevant Sunday when Nesbitt fired a final-round 62 at Tijuana Country Club to win the Abierto Mexicano de Golf by two shots over Norway’s Andreas Halvorsen and Chile’s Gustavo Silva.

The win catapulted Nesbitt from 85th on the Order of Merit when the week began to No. 9. Besides the $31,500 payday, Nesbitt also qualified for next week’s Bupa Match Play, open to the top-60 money-winners through this week’s tournament. Nesbitt, completing his round about an hour before the final group finished, closed the tournament in style, banging home a 45-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to post at 17-under, a total no one could match. He then waited around the clubhouse to see if his number would hold up. It did.

“Those are the moments as a kid you dream of. You watch on TV and those Tiger (Woods) moments when he makes those long putts. You hope one day that can be you, and today was that day,” said Nesbitt of both his win and his final stroke of the tournament. “It just turned out that I hit a great putt, and it went in.

“It was the cap off to a perfect week,” continued Nesbitt, whose previous-best PGA TOUR Latinoamerica finish was that tie for 21st in Argentina earlier this season, at the Molino Cañuelas Championship. He tied for 49th at the JHSF Brazil Open last September, the week of his second-round 59.

Sunday, Nesbitt did most of his damage on the front nine, opening his day with a birdie and adding three more birdies plus an eagle, at No. 9, to turn in 29. He had one bogey on the back, at the par-4 12th, but he more than made up for that miscue with birdies at Nos. 10 and 15 and the dramatic putt at the 18th.

Matt Ryan and Silva, the co-54-hole leaders, couldn’t seem to get too far out of neutral Sunday. After making eight consecutive pars midway through his round, Ryan moved to within one shot of Nesbitt when he birdied the 15th. He gave that stroke right back with a bogey on the par-3 16th and added another bogey at No. 17 to end his chances with an even-par 70. Silva, meanwhile, started slowly, with bogeys on two of his first three holes but was back to even-par when he made the back-nine turn. He managed only one birdie the rest of the way, with eight pars.

Silva’s tie for second was a career-high performance, while Ryan tied for fourth with Monday qualifier Matthew Pinizzotto, Sulman Raza and Rodrigo Lee.

THORNTON, Ont. – Tristan Renaud of Sudbury, Ont. came from behind, while Angela Arora of Surrey, B.C. held on to her lead to win their respective divisions at the Future Links, driven by Acura Ontario Championship at Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club on Sunday.

Renaud started the final day five shots behind the lead, but that deficit didn’t last long. On his first hole, he made an eagle three on the 486-yard par five. Renaud put his game into cruise control, making par on his next 14 holes. Renaud would go on to finish the three-day event at 1 over.

“If you look at it on the scorecard it was pretty blemish-free, but there were a lot of good par saves and a lot of short-to mid-range putts I made,” said Renaud. “It wasn’t a scoring day per-se – the wind was strong, so I’m pretty happy with it.”

A bogey on the par-five 18^th made things tight at the top of the leaderboard, as Brandon White of Bourget, Ont. finished one-shot back at 2 over.

Yuqi Liu of Thornhill, Ont., Ben MacLean of Niagara Falls, Ont. and Logan Boucher of Beaconsfield, Que. finished in a three-way tie for third at 3 over.

Renaud, White, Liu, MacLean and Boucher all earn exemptions into the 2019 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, taking place August 11 to 15 at Covered Bridge Golf & Country Club in Hartland, N.B.

In junior girl’s action, Arora entered the day in the lead and shot a final-round 81 to withstand a strong push from Oakville, Ont., native Katie Cranston.

Cranston briefly held the lead, but a double bogey on the penultimate hole opened the door for Arora, who made par on each of her last four holes to clinch the title. Arora finished at 12 over par for the tournament to edge Cranston by a stroke.

“Today I had a really strong start,” said Arora. “I ended up getting into some trouble on the sixth hole, but I was also to cope and get over it. I knew I had to finish off strong because everyone was playing well.”

Finishing 3-shots back was Sarah Gallagher at 15 over par.

The duo of Madelin Boyd of Oshawa, Ont. and Victoria Zheng of Markham, Ont finished T4 at 21-over.

By finishing in the top five, Arora, Cranston, Gallagher, Boyd and Zheng earn exemptions into the 2019 Canadian Junior Girls Championship taking place July 29 to August 2 at Lethbridge Country Club in Lethbridge, Alta.

The first two Future Links, driven by Acura Championships junior girls’ title of 2019 have been won by Surrey, B.C. natives – Lauren Kim was victorious in the Future Links, driven by Acura Pacific Championship in early May.

Full scoring and results can be found here.

Vancouver, B.C. — Waking up on Sunday five-strokes behind leader James
Allenby, 24-year old Jake Knapp plotted his way around Point Grey Golf & Country Club like a
surgeon, firing a final-round 64 to claim his first Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada victory
at the Canada Life Open.

Knapp’s four-day total of 267, 21-under par, set the Canada Life Open tournament record,
breaking Lee McCoy’s mark of 268, 20-under par, from 2017.

“It probably hasn’t sunk in quite yet,” said Knapp. “I got to Facetime my parents for a minute
and my brother, but I think when I talk to them about what actually happened, it’ll sink in a bit
more for sure.”

Plagued with injuries in recent years, Knapp described the past few seasons as a “long and tough
road” and was quick to give credit to his entire team who helped him battle his way back into full
competition mode.

“I love my parents, I can’t thank them enough for everything they do for me,” said the 57thranked
player from the 2017 Mackenzie Tour Order of Merit. “They put up with me 24/7 and
help me with travel and everything else. For them to stick with me through it all means the world
and I can’t thank them and my team and my family enough.”

In contention for the duration of the week following an opening-round 65, Knapp lost some
ground to the field due to a 2-under par 70 on Saturday and figured it would take a round similar
to the one he played today in order to get the job done.

“I’m staying with a host family, and Joe Harrison is there too, and we were talking about what it
might take, I said 20 or 21-under,” said Knapp. “I knew that last group would be playing in front
of a lot of people, like my group was yesterday, so I figured they’d be dealing with a little bit of
the same.

“I sent a text to my coach this morning like, ‘what does a guy have to do to shoot 8 or 9-under
today,” continued the Costa Mesa, California native. “He said plain and simple, ‘go shoot 4-
under on the front and shoot 4-under on the back.’”

Knapp is obviously a great listener. With no bogeys to speak of on the front nine, and four
birdies, he found himself halfway to his number as he spotted his name on the ninth-hole
leaderboard among a log-jam of players around 18-under par.

Making three more birdies between hole Nos. 12 and 15, Knapp holed-out from the bunker on
hole No 17 for birdie, a shot he called “the shot of my life.” One more birdie for good measure
on the 72nd hole and Jake Knapp reigned supreme by three strokes, firing 4-under on the front
and 4-under on the back.

“It means a lot, there’s so many good players out here,” said Knapp. “So many guys are going
from the Mackenzie Tour to the Web.com Tour and to the PGA TOUR, it’s obvious that this is a
proving ground to get to that next level.”

Not only does the win give the UCLA alumni a notable head-start on the Order of Merit, it also
earns him an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open, taking place from June 3-9 at Hamilton
Golf & Country Club.

“I haven’t played any PGA TOUR events since 2015, I tried not to think about that today, but it
means a lot and we’ll see what I can do against the best players in the world,” said Knapp, who
missed the cut in both his 2015 starts, one at the U.S. Open and one at the Farmers Insurance
Open. “Ideally, I’d go out there and play well and let the chips fall where they do, but it’s just
good to go test your game at that level for sure.”

Firing a final-round 71 and finishing T2, Canadian James Allenby claimed the first Canada Life
Canadian Player of the Week Award of the season and the $2,500 bonus that goes along with it.

Full leaderboard is available here.

Key Information
• Making just a single bogey on Sunday, Purdue alum Brian Carlson dropped a 12-foot
eagle putt on the final hole to sign for a final-round 66 to place T2.
• Playing on the same UCLA Bruins team as Knapp, Lorens Chan had the round of the day
at Point Grey, firing a bogey-free 63 to improve 11 spots on the leaderboard, finishing
T4.
• Firing a bogey-free 68 on Sunday, 2017 U.S. Amateur Champion Doc Redman finished
T19 in his Mackenzie Tour debut.
• Only eight of the 69 players on Sunday played their rounds over par.
• Currently in seventh place on the Web.com Tour’s Points List, Canadian Michael Gligic
earned a spot in the RBC Canadian Open, being the top 2018 Mackenzie Tour alumni on
the Web.com Tour following the Evans Scholar Championship.
• The Mackenzie Tour now heads to the second stop on the BC Golf Swing at Uplands
Golf Club in Victoria, British Columbia for the Bayview Place DCBank Open presented
by Times Colonist where Sam Fidone will attempt to defend his title. The winner of the
event will also receive an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open.

Quotable
“Coming from behind like that, you want to do your best to make as many birdies as possible.
Five-back going into the day, you try to make as many birdies as you can and make those guys
feel a bit of heat, if you can. I saw the leaderboard after nine and saw Lorens Chan was 8-under
after 12, so I knew birdies were out there and then I rolled in a putt to get to 17 or 18-under and I
tried to keep my head down and stick to my game plan like I had been the whole week, it worked
out in the end.” – Jake Knapp

“I don’t think there’s ever a time when you think you’re there. Like one of my buddies told me,
‘you’re never as good as you think you are and you’re never as bad as you think you are’. That
keeps you in that middle ground to keep working but to never get down on yourself. I enjoy
going to the gym and working out, I’m at the gym six or seven days a week and then I’m at the
course all day, so I’ve put in a lot of time and I’ve been more honest with myself this off-season
on what I really needed to get better at. I hit it pretty good off the tee but putting was something I
needed to get better at, and I putt it really well this week.” – Jake Knapp

“It’s one step closer to the end goal, moving closer and closer to that end goal, it’s what
everybody out here wants; to be on the PGA TOUR. This is great experience.” – Brian Carlson

“This was one of the best tournaments putting wise I’ve played. I didn’t have a three putt and
had a lot of good makes. I started a little slow and got on a heater on the back nine, I made a
good birdie on No. 12 and then good ones on Nos. 13, 14 and 15. It was nice to be in the hunt
and get that feeling again.” – Dylan Wu

“I got the putter going on the front side, I made four birdies in a row. I started the day 10 back,
so I wasn’t really expecting anything, I was just trying to play well and then see how it goes.” –
Lorens Chan

“Honestly, it was kind of a grind with ball striking this week. I wasn’t hitting it too well and
every day I was talking to my coach on the phone to see if I could do something different and see
if it helped. I worked on it on the range and I wouldn’t say I made too much progress, but I rolled
it really nice.” – Lorens Chan

“I shot three 69s in a row, so my friends were like, ‘if you shoot one more 69, it wouldn’t be any
surprise. I was hoping I wouldn’t shoot 69, in the good way, but I didn’t expect 63.” – Lorens
Chan

“We have five UCLA guys here, so it’s kind of like a mini reunion, same as last year, and it
feels really good to represent UCLA.” – Lorens Chan

“This is definitely the way you want to start a season. This is my third year out here, hopefully
my last, fingers crossed, but we’ll see how it goes. My mom is a trooper, she’s been caddying for
me for a while. As long as I’m happy she’s happy” – Lorens Chan

Final-Round Weather: Sunny. High of 23. Wind 7 KM/h.

TORONTO – Golf Canada and title sponsor RBC today announced that the historic St. George’s Golf and Country Club will host the RBC Canadian Open in 2020 and 2024, with Islington Golf Club hosting the official practice facility for the tournament

The RBC Canadian Open’s return to St. George’s (June 8-14, 2020) will mark the sixth time that the celebrated Stanley Thompson classic course has played host to Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship, most recently in 2010. Islington Golf Club, also a Stanley Thompson design, will proudly play host to the tournament practice facility for both years of the event’s return to the city of Toronto, as it did in 2010.

“Together with our partners at RBC and the PGA TOUR, we are very proud to bring the 2020 and 2024 RBC Canadian Open back to the historic St. George’s Golf and Country Club,” said Laurence Applebaum, CEO of Golf Canada. “We are delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response from the membership at both Islington Golf Club and St. George’s in partnering with us to welcome our National Men’s Open Championship back to the heart of Toronto.”

“The RBC Canadian Open is one of the most prestigious stops on the PGA TOUR, and we are pleased to host it at St. George’s Golf and Country Club, one of Canada’s premier courses,” said Mary DePaoli, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer, RBC. “There is so much momentum leading into this year’s tournament, and as we look to 2020 and beyond, we are excited by the prospect of continuing to grow the fan base for this great sport.”

St. George’s Golf and Country Club has previously hosted five Canadian Opens, with the first taking place in 1933 (won by Joe Kirkwood), when the club was previously named Royal York Golf Club. Other past Canadian Open winners at St. George’s include Dutch Harrison (1949), Art Wall Jr. (1960), Bob Charles (1968) and Carl Pettersen who won in 2010.

“Our membership is incredibly proud to host the 2020 and 2024 RBC Canadian Open,” said Jason Clarke, Chief Operating Officer. “The exciting enhancements to the event, the change in tournament date, and the meaningful commitment St. George’s has made to support The Golf Canada Foundation garnered overwhelming support from our members. As our Club celebrates its 90^th year, we look forward to further developing St. George’s commitment to golf in Canada through this seven-year partnership with RBC and Golf Canada and sharing our iconic Stanley Thompson course with the world by continuing the legacy of hosting Canada’s National Men’s Open Championship.”

The 2020 and 2024 RBC Canadian Open will once again involve an important partnership with nearby Islington Golf Club, which will be the official practice facility of the tournament. Islington’s involvement is part of a long-term partnership with Golf Canada that will see the National Sport Federation bring additional events and golf championships to the club.

“We are so appreciative to have the Islington Golf Club play a meaningful role in the RBC Canadian Open,” added Applebaum. “The membership has expressed a strong commitment in their support of the championship, and we look forward to building on that partnership in the years to come.”

“We are pleased to welcome the RBC Canadian Open along with the stars of the PGA TOUR to the great city of Toronto in 2020,” said City of Toronto Councillor Stephen Holyday. “The PGA TOUR is an international event that will showcase the city of Toronto’s world-class hosting experience to a global audience. We are proud to be collaborating with Golf Canada, as our collective teams are working towards a viable operational plan that will ensure a truly successful event.”

The 2020 RBC Canadian Open will take place from June 8-14, 2020, immediately following The Memorial Championship in Ohio and leading into the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York.

This year’s RBC Canadian Open will be contested at the historic Hamilton Golf and Country Club from June 3-9, 2019. Ticket, volunteering, sponsorship and corporate hospitality information is available online at www.rbccanadianopen.com.