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Ellis wins, Canada’s Parr comes second at TELUS Edmonton Open

John Ellis had a hole-in-one the 171-yard third hole on his way to capturing his third Canadian Tour win of the season at the TELUS Edmonton Open on Sunday.
Ellis’ final round 67 gave him a three shot victory over Andrew Parr of London, Ont.
Justin Itzen and third round co-leader Adam Bland, who shot 1-over 72, [...]

Grob fires 66 at Edmonton Open

Mike Grob of Billings fashioned a 5-under-par 66 on Saturday and moved into a five-way tie for seventh place heading into today’s final round of the $150,000 TELUS Edmonton Open, a Canadian Tour event.
Grob, 44, is sitting at seven-under 206 after 54 holes at Windermere Golf Club, and is seven shots behind leaders Adam Bland [...]

Adam Bland leads by one shot after windy round at Telus Edmonton Open

Adam Bland shot 1-under 70 for a one stroke lead after a windy round two at the Telus Edmonton Open.
John Ellis, Justin Itzen and Dale Vallely of Medicine Hat, Alta., sit tied for second behind Bland at 134. “I didn’t really play all that different than yesterday, I just didn’t hole many putts on the [...]

Canadian Tour ‘major’ brings top golfers to Manitoba

It has a new name, an increase in purse and status but one thing remains the same — the field should be as strong as ever.
With The Players Cup less than a week away, all signs point to another exciting Canadian Tour event at Pine Ridge Golf Club.
The current field (which is subject to change, [...]

ADAM BLAND SHOOTS COURSE RECORD 63

Adam Bland carded a course record 63 on Thursday to hold a three stroke lead over John Ellis, Michael Walton and Ryan Thornberry after the first round of the TELUS Edmonton Open.
Luke Hickmott, Liam Kendregan, Byron Smith, Wes Heffernan, Brent Schwarzrock, Justin Itzen, Taylor Wood and Joe Lanza are at 67.
Another group of 11 players [...]

Dustin Risdon Set To Defend TELUS Edmonton Open

The TELUS Edmonton Open gets underway Thursday morning with one of the strongest fields of the season.
Windermere Golf Club is an old-fashioned layout with tight fairways bracketed by rows of mature trees.
The rough is gnarly and deep and some have predicted a winning score of 10 under par.
With the top five on the Order of [...]

Will Mitchell Leads The Way In Calgary

Canadian Will Mitchell fired a competitive course record 9 under par 62 to hold a one stroke lead over Andrew Johnson and Eugene Smith after the first round of the ATB Financial Classic.
Mike Sica is alone in fourth after a 64 while Conner Robbins, Steve Conway, Jim Seki, Casey Watabu, Clayton Ogden and Canadians Stephen [...]

ATB Classic Tees Off Thursday Morning

Calgary, Alta. – The Canadian Tour is on the outskirts of Calgary this week for the ATB Financial Classic at the Cottonwood Golf Club.
Although several top players qualified for the Wayne Gretzky Classic event this week, the field here in Calgary is a strong one. Defending champion Mike Grob is at Cottonwood and is looking [...]

Future bleak for Tour’s return to South Surrey

The return of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour to Surrey is looking increasing unlikely for 2009.
The third edition of the CanTour’s Greater Vancouver Charity Classic tees off this week at Hazelmere in South Surrey but barring a radical infusion of private money, the Tour will likely skip the Lower Mainland of Vancouver all together next [...]

Canadian Tour Announces Purse Increase

Canadian Tour Commissioner Richard Janes today announced that the Canadian Tour Championship will see an increase in prize money from $200,000 to $235,000 for the 2008 tournament. The tournament winner will receive $37,600.
The flagship event of the Canadian Tour will be played September 1 to 7 at the National Pines Golf Club near Barrie, Ontario.
“With [...]