After the Open and the U.S. Open, the Canadian Open was established in 1904, making it the third-oldest tournament in history. The Royal Montreal Golf Club, established in 1873, hosted the first competition in 1904. The Canadian Open was held at the later golf course ten more times; however, the location is switched around annually in an unpredictable way—sometimes even in consecutive years.
The Canadian Open, an annual event hosted by Golf Canada and played on the PGA Tour, was postponed only two times, during both World Wars and COVID-19. Further, since 2008, it has gone under the name RBC Canadian Open due to sponsorship. Also, prior to 1920, the winner was awarded a gold medal; the first trophy was supplied by the Rivermead Golf Club, the event's host club.
Who won the RBC Canadian Open in 2024?
Robert MacIntyre won the 2024 RBC Canadian Open, his first PGA Tour win. He defeated Ben Griffin by one stroke to win his maiden PGA Tour championship. The Scot started the day ahead by four shots, and although he eventually lost that significant advantage, he still managed to finish at 264, under 16.
Of the $9,400,000 purse, MacIntyre took home the $1,692,000 winner's share. Two shots behind the lead, MacIntyre's fellow DP World Tour veteran, Victor Perez, finished alone in third place. On a 13-under score, Tom Kim and Rory McIlroy shared fourth place.
Who won the RBC Canadian Open in 2023?
Nick Taylor, the first Canadian to win a national open in 69 years, won the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, marking his third career PGA Tour victory. He took home the $1,620,000 winner's share of the $9,000,000 total prize money.
Taylor and Tommy Fleetwood were both tied at 271, under 17, which forced the sudden-death playoffs. In the playoff against Fleetwood on the par-5 18th hole, Taylor won the tournament with a 72-foot, 6-inch eagle putt.
For the first playoff hole, both golfers made birdies on the 18th hole; for the second and third playoff holes, they each made par on the 18th and 9th holes. In shared third place, Aaron Rai, Tyrrell Hatton, and CT Pan were eliminated from the playoffs.
The RBC Canadian Open Winners List Year-by-Year
The list of the RBC Canadian Open winners year-by-year is as follows:
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Money |
| 2024 | Robert MacIntyre | 264 | –16 | 1,692,000 |
| 2023 | Nick Taylor | 271 | −17 | 1,620,000 |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy (2) | 261 | −19 | 1,566,000 |
| 2021 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2020 | ||||
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy | 258 | −22 | 1,368,000 |
| 2018 | Dustin Johnson | 265 | −23 | 1,116,000 |
| 2017 | Jhonattan Vegas (2) | 267 | −21 | 1,080,000 |
| 2016 | Jhonattan Vegas | 276 | −12 | 1,062,000 |
| 2015 | Jason Day | 271 | −17 | 1,044,000 |
| 2014 | Tim Clark | 263 | −17 | 1,026,000 |
| 2013 | Brandt Snedeker | 272 | −16 | 1,008,000 |
| 2012 | Scott Piercy | 263 | −17 | 936,000 |
| 2011 | Sean O'Hair | 276 | −4 | 936,000 |
| 2010 | Carl Pettersson | 266 | −14 | 918,000 |
| 2009 | Nathan Green | 270 | −18 | 918,000 |
| 2008 | Chez Reavie | 267 | −17 | 900,000 |
| 2007 | Jim Furyk (2) | 268 | −16 | 900,000 |
| 2006 | Jim Furyk | 266 | −14 | 900,000 |
| 2005 | Mark Calcavecchia | 275 | −5 | 882,000 |
| 2004 | Vijay Singh | 275 | −9 | 810,000 |
| 2003 | Bob Tway | 272 | −8 | 756,000 |
| 2002 | John Rollins | 272 | −16 | 720,000 |
| 2001 | Scott Verplank | 266 | −14 | 684,000 |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods[a] | 266 | −22 | 594,000 |
| 1999 | Hal Sutton | 275 | −13 | 450,000 |
| 1998 | Billy Andrade | 275 | −13 | 396,000 |
| 1997 | Steve Jones (2) | 275 | −5 | 270,000 |
| 1996 | Dudley Hart | 202 | −14 | 270,000 |
| 1995 | Mark O'Meara | 274 | −14 | 234,000 |
| 1994 | Nick Price (2) | 275 | −13 | 234,000 |
| 1993 | David Frost | 279 | −9 | 180,000 |
| 1992 | Greg Norman (2) | 280 | −8 | 180,000 |
| 1991 | Nick Price | 273 | −15 | 180,000 |
| 1990 | Wayne Levi | 278 | −10 | 180,000 |
| 1989 | Steve Jones | 271 | −17 | 162,000 |
| 1988 | Ken Green | 275 | −13 | 135,000 |
| 1987 | Curtis Strange (2) | 276 | −12 | 108,000 |
| 1986 | Bob Murphy | 280 | −8 | 108,000 |
| 1985 | Curtis Strange | 279 | −9 | 86,507 |
| 1984 | Greg Norman | 278 | −10 | 72,000 |
| 1983 | John Cook | 277 | −7 | 63,000 |
| 1982 | Bruce Lietzke (2) | 277 | −7 | 76,500 |
| 1981 | Peter Oosterhuis | 280 | −4 | 76,500 |
| 1980 | Bob Gilder | 274 | −6 | 63,000 |
| 1979 | Lee Trevino (3) | 281 | −3 | 63,000 |
| 1978 | Bruce Lietzke | 283 | −1 | 50,000 |
| 1977 | Lee Trevino (2) | 280 | −8 | 45,000 |
| 1976 | Jerry Pate | 267 | −13 | 40,000 |
| 1975 | Tom Weiskopf (2) | 274 | −6 | 40,000 |
| 1974 | Bobby Nichols | 270 | −10 | 40,000 |
| 1973 | Tom Weiskopf | 278 | −6 | 35,000 |
| 1972 | Gay Brewer | 275 | −9 | 30,000 |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino[a] | 275 | −13 | 30,000 |
| 1970 | Kermit Zarley | 279 | −9 | 25,000 |
| 1969 | Tommy Aaron | 275 | −13 | 25,000 |
| 1968 | Bob Charles | 274 | −6 | 25,000 |
| 1967 | Billy Casper | 279 | −5 | 30,000 |
| 1966 | Don Massengale | 280 | −4 | 20,000 |
| 1965 | Gene Littler | 273 | −7 | 20,000 |
| 1964 | Kel Nagle | 277 | −11 | 7,500 |
| 1963 | Doug Ford (2) | 280 | −4 | 9,000 |
| 1962 | Ted Kroll | 278 | −10 | 4,300 |
| 1961 | Jacky Cupit | 270 | −10 | 4,300 |
| 1960 | Art Wall Jr. | 269 | −19 | 3,500 |
| 1959 | Doug Ford | 276 | −12 | 3,500 |
| 1958 | Wes Ellis | 267 | −13 | 3,500 |
| 1957 | George Bayer | 271 | −13 | 3,500 |
| 1956 | Doug Sanders (a) | 273 | −11 | 2,400 |
| 1955 | Arnold Palmer | 265 | −23 | 2,400 |
| 1954 | Pat Fletcher | 280 | −8 | 3,000 |
| 1953 | Dave Douglas | 273 | −11 | 3,000 |
| 1952 | Johnny Palmer | 263 | −25 | 3,000 |
| 1951 | Jim Ferrier (2) | 273 | −7 | 2,250 |
| 1950 | Jim Ferrier | 271 | −17 | 2,000 |
| 1949 | Dutch Harrison | 271 | −17 | 2,000 |
| 1948 | Charles Congdon | 280 | −4 | 2,000 |
| 1947 | Bobby Locke | 268 | −16 | 2,000 |
| 1946 | George Fazio | 278 | −6 | 2,000 |
| 1945 | Byron Nelson | 280 | E | 2,000 |
| 1943–1944: No tournament due to World War II | ||||
| 1942 | Craig Wood | 275 | −13 | 1,000 |
| 1941 | Sam Snead (3) | 274 | −6 | 1,000 |
| 1940 | Sam Snead (2) | 281 | −3 | 1,000 |
| 1939 | Jug McSpaden | 282 | 2 | 1,000 |
| 1938 | Sam Snead | 277 | −11 | 1,000 |
| 1937 | Harry Cooper (2) | 285 | 5 | 1,000 |
| 1936 | Lawson Little | 271 | −9 | 1,000 |
| 1935 | Gene Kunes | 280 | −8 | 500 |
| 1934 | Tommy Armour (3) | 287 | −1 | 500 |
| 1933 | Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 282 | −2 | 500 |
| 1932 | Harry Cooper | 290 | 2 | 500 |
| 1931 | Walter Hagen | 292 | 4 | 500 |
| 1930 | Tommy Armour (2) | 273 | −7 | 500 |
| 1929 | Leo Diegel (4) | 274 | −6 | 400 |
| 1928 | Leo Diegel (3) | 282 | −2 | 400 |
| 1927 | Tommy Armour | 288 | E | 400 |
| 1926 | Macdonald Smith | 283 | 3 | 500 |
| 1925 | Leo Diegel (2) | 295 | 11 | 500 |
| 1924 | Leo Diegel | 285 | 1 | 400 |
| 1923 | Clarence Hackney | 295 | 7 | 350 |
| 1922 | Al Watrous | 303 | 19 | 250 |
| 1921 | William Trovinger | 293 | 5 | 250 |
| 1920 | James Douglas Edgar (2) | 298 | 10 | 300 |
| 1919 | James Douglas Edgar | 278 | −2 | 200 |
| 1915–1918: No tournament due to World War I | ||||
| 1914 | Karl Keffer (2) | 300 | 12 | 100 |
| 1913 | Albert Murray (2) | 295 | 15 | 100 |
| 1912 | George Sargent | 299 | 19 | 100 |
| 1911 | Charlie Murray (2) | 314 | 26 | 100 |
| 1910 | Daniel Kenny | 303 | 19 | 100 |
| 1909 | Karl Keffer | 309 | 21 | 100 |
| 1908 | Albert Murray | 300 | 20 | 80 |
| 1907 | Percy Barrett | 306 | 22 | 80 |
| 1906 | Charlie Murray | 170 | 26 | 70 |
| 1905 | George Cumming | 148 | 8 | 60 |
| 1904 | Jack Oke | 156 | 16 | 60 |
Multiple RBC Canadian Open Winners
The most Canadian Opens' are won by American golfer Leo Diegel, who won four times in 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1929. Then there are Tommy Armous, Sam Snead, and Lee Trevino, with three wins each. Further, the list goes on with 16 two-time winners, with the most recent one being Rory McIlroy, who won in 2019 and 2022.
The multiple RBC Canadian Open winners are as follows:
| Players | Total | Years |
| Leo Diegel | 4 | 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929 |
| Tommy Armour | 3 | 1927, 1930, 1934 |
| Sam Snead | 3 | 1938, 1940, 1941 |
| Lee Trevino | 3 | 1971, 1977, 1979 |
| Charles Murray | 2 | 1906, 1911 |
| Albert Murray | 2 | 1908, 1913 |
| Karl Keffer | 2 | 1909, 1914 |
| James Douglas Edgar | 2 | 1919, 1920 |
| Harry Cooper | 2 | 1932, 1937 |
| Jim Ferrier | 2 | 1950, 1951 |
| Doug Ford | 2 | 1959, 1963 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 2 | 1973, 1975 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 2 | 1978, 1982 |
| Curtis Strange | 2 | 1985, 1987 |
| Greg Norman | 2 | 1984, 1992 |
| Nick Price | 2 | 1991, 1994 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 1989, 1997 |
| Jim Furyk | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2 | 2019, 2022 |
RBC Canadian Open Winners by Nationality
Most of the RBC Canadian Opens' are won by Americans, with 72 wins by 55 winners between 1910 and 2018. The rest of the nationalities, like British and Australian, among others, have won the event less than 10 times. Being held in Canada, it has only eight Canadian wins by five golfers. Also, the least number of nationalities' wins were by New Zealand, Fiji, and Sweden in 1968, 2004, and 2010, respectively, one each.
The RBC Canadian Open winners list by nationality is as follows:
| Country | Wins | Winners | First title | Last title |
| United States | 72 | 55 | 1910 | 2,018 |
| England | 8 | 6 | 1904 | 1,981 |
| Australia | 8 | 6 | 1933 | 2,015 |
| Canada | 8 | 5 | 1906 | 2023 |
| Scotland | 3 | 3 | 1905 | 1926 |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 1947 | 2,014 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1 | 2019 | 2,022 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1991 | 1,994 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 2016 | 2,017 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1968 | - |
| Fiji | 1 | 1 | 2004 | - |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2010 | - |
FAQs on RBC Canadian Open Winners
A. The 2024 RBC Canadian Open was won by Robert MacIntyre, defeating Tommy Fleetwood in the playoffs.
A. The 2024 RBC Canadian Open's winner got $1.6 million from the purse of $9.4 million.
A. At the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Nick Taylor won, becoming the only Canadian to win in 69 years.
A. No, a Canadian has never won the British Open, aka, the Open Championship.
A. The RBC Canadian Open has been sponsored by the "Royal Bank of Canada" since 2008.
