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
YearVenueWinnerScoreRef
City of Surrey Invitational
2009HazelmereUnited States Mike Grob272 (−16)
Greater Vancouver Charity Classic
2008HazelmereCanada Adam Speirs275 (−13)
2007HazelmereCanada James Lepp274 (−14)
2006HazelmereUnited States Lee Williamson280 (−8)
Greater Vancouver Classic
2005HazelmereTournament cancelled[2]
2004MayfairUnited States Ryan Miller270 (−14)
2003Swan-e-set BayCanada James Lepp (a)269 (−19)
2002Swan-e-set BayMalaysia Iain Steel272 (−16)[lower-alpha 1]
Telus Vancouver Open
2001Point GreyUnited States Stuart Scott276 (−12)[lower-alpha 2]
2000Mayfair LakesCanada Rob McMillan271 (−13)
BC TEL Pacific Open
1999Mayfair LakesUnited States Ken Staton269 (−15)
1998Mayfair LakesSouth Africa Ian Hutchings271 (−13)
1997Mayfair LakesCanada Mike Weir271 (−13)
1996Mayfair LakesUnited States Guy Hill264 (−20)[3]
1995Mayfair LakesUnited States Nicky Goetze270 (−14)[lower-alpha 3]
1994Mayfair LakesAustralia Craig Jones268 (−16)
  1. Steel won after a playoff.
  2. Scott won after a playoff.
  3. Goetze won after a playoff.

References
  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.
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