MONTREAL: Royal Montreal, North America’s oldest golf club, will play host to the 2014 US PGA Tour Canadian Open, Golf Canada executive director Scott Simmons announced yesterday.
Royal Montreal, which hosted the inaugural Canadian Open back in 1904, will play host to the event for the 10th time and for the first time since 2001 when American Scott Verplank claimed the title.
“Royal Montreal shares a long and storied history,” Simmons said. “We are thrilled to add to that special legacy again in 2014.”
The course also hosted the 2007 Presidents Cup matches, where the United States team defeated an Internationals squad of non-European golfers.
No Canadian has won the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954.
Next year’s Canadian Open will be played July 25-28 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario.
Scott Piercy of the US, is the current champion of the tournament who won with a score of 263 at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
The course consists of 6,996 yards with 70 pars.
The competition is played every July and the winner bags $5.2m in prize money. AFP
