2013 Vancouver Open Recap

Click Here for Final Round Photo Gallery SOUTH CAROLINA’S CHRIS EPPERSON STEALS THE SHOW IN SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFF Thirty year old Chris Epperson of Sea Island, South Carolina became the first non-Canadian to claim the title of Vancouver Open Champion.  With by far the largest and most international field in its 7-year history (108 pros including 35 International players), scoring was at a premium over Vancouver’s 3 premier public golf courses.  Although the winning score in this year’s Open was only one shot better than Eugene Wong’s 2012 winning score of -13, a total of six players equaled or bettered […]

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Vancouver Open Marquee Players Announced

Vancouver, B.C., August 18th, 2012 VANCOUVER GOLF TOUR ANNOUNCES MARQUEE PLAYERS TO PLAY ’12 VANCOUVER OPEN With it 2 weeks to the day where the winner’s name will being etched on the ‘12 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open trophy, VGT is excited to confirm three Marquee Canadian Golfers in this year’s VANCOUVER OPEN event. Two names you are most likely familiar with are JAMES LEPP and EUGENE WONG.  Both players have had phenomenal Amateur golf careers, Lepp winning 7 College tournaments including the NCAA Individual Championships in 2005 and Wong recently being crowned Pac 12 Player of the Year.    Lepp went

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6th Annual Vancouver Open and Charity Pro-Am

VANCOUVER GOLF TOUR & VANCOUVER PARKS GOLF announces details of 6th Annual Vancouver Open and Charity Pro-Am. Vancouver, B.C., August 10, 2012 – The Vancouver Golf Tour along with the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and Vancouver Parks Golf are pleased to announce the details of the upcoming Paine Edmonds 2012 Vancouver Open and Saputo Charity Pro-Am. Based on a full field, this year’s purse will be $75,000 in cash and prizes with a $10,000 first place professional cheque for the Open winner.  On August 29th at 1:00pm the Saputo Charity Pro-Am presented by Fenix Golf Apparel will take

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2012 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open Media Day

2012 PAINE EDMONDS VANCOUVER OPEN MEDIA DAY @ Fraserview Golf CourseThursday, Aug.9th Four of Canada’s rising golf stars joined a collection of Vancouver’s media at the 2012 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open Media Day at Fraserview.  This marquee group of Pro Golfers included 3-time winner on the ’12 VGT season Ryan Williams, who is having his best year out on the Canadian Tour, with two top 10 finishes in his last 5 Can Tour starts.  Williams was joined by 2nd year Canadian Tour members Adam Cornelson of Langley and Kevin Stinson of Mission, both having vastly improved seasons on the Canadian

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Vancouver Open Prizes and Pro Earnings

Congratulations to this year’s Vancouver Open Overall Amateur Winner, 17 year old Adam Svensson of Surrey, who fired an impressive 54-hole total of 208 (-6), tying him for 6th overall in the field.  “It was a great experience to play with Adam (Hadwin), Bryn and Nick in the first two rounds and I had a great time this week playing against some of the top Professionals in Western Canada.  I look forward to playing in more VGT events in the future”. At the end of the evening, the top 14 Amateur players in each flight would take home some fabulous prizes.  

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Hadwin Handles the Heat in Vancouver Open Playoff Win

2011 PAINE EDMONDS VANCOUVER OPEN September 2 – 4, 2011MCCLEERY, LANGARA, FRASERVIEW FINAL ROUND REVIEW After 36 holes, The 2011 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open looked like it was going to be a total blow-out by Canada’s #1 Ranked Male Golfer Adam Hadwin.  Heading into the final round, Hadwin held a 7 shot lead.  However, at the end of the day, this year’s Vancouver Open turned into one of the most dramatic finishes in professional golf tournament history! Starting the final round 7 shots behind Hadwin, Sun Rivers Professional Brad Clapp put the pressure on Hadwin early, carding birdies on 1, 2,

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Adam Hadwin Wins in a Sudden Death Playoff

Afther 36 holes, The 2011 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open looked like it was going to be a what could have been a total blow-out into one of the most dramatic finishes professional golf tournament history! Brad Clapp played outstanding golf in the second last group, putting the pressure down (along with 3-4 others-Allenby, Wallace, Williams) to the point of tying it on 15, and then after Adam Hadwin bogeyed 16, Clapp walked down 18 with a one shot lead! He would play an errant 5-iron shot on the Par 5 18th that caused him to have a very difficult chip,

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Adam Hadwin Drops the Hammer Down in Round

Round two of the 2011 Paine Edmonds Vancouver Open saw Canada’s #1 Ranked Golfer Adam Hadwin stomp his foot on the accelerator, lighting up his scorecard with 5 birdies and an eagle to card his second consecutive round of 65 (-6) on Vancouver’s Premier Parks Golf Courses.  Hadwin’s domination in round two came on the shortest of the three courses, Langara, noted for its perfectly manicured and undulating greens.   Hadwin’s solid play was punctuated right off the bat as he confidently drove it onto the edge of the first green for an easy two putt birdie to start the day. 

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