The Canadian Women's Open is a professional golf tournament for women once known as La Canadienne, later the Peter Jackson Classic, du Maurier Classic, and the du Maurier Ltd Classic, (also Classique du Maurier Ltee) until tobacco restrictions came into force in Canada. It has been Canada's national championship tournament since 1973. Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams hit a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ...

It was actually a three-round tournament from its 1973 inception until 1978.

From 1979 until 2000, the event was one of the LPGA Tour's major championships from 1979 to 2000. The LPGA is the Ladies Professional Golf Association. ... Womens golf has evolved a set of major tournaments which parallels that in mens golf, but the womens system is younger and has been less stable that the mens. ... See also: 1978 in sports, 1980 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing (replaced USAC): Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Champion - South Africa 24... See also: 1999 in sports, 2001 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bobby Labonte Indy Racing League - Buddy Lazier won the season championship Indianapolis 500- Juan Pablo Montoya CART Racing - Gil de Ferran won...

It was replaced in the LPGA's roster of majors by the Women's British Open, an existing event which was already a major on the Ladies European Tour. The Womens British Open, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Weetabix Womens British Open, is one of the leading events in womens professional golf, being the only tournament which is classified as a major by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. ... The Ladies European Tour is the worlds second ranked professional golf tour for women after the American based LPGA Tour. ...

In 2001, the Bank of Montréal took over sponsorship of the event for five years and renamed it the Canadian Women's Open.

Winners

U.S. unless otherwise stated.

BMO Canadian Women's Open

• 2005 Meena Lee - South Korea
• 2004 Meg Mallon
• 2003 Beth Daniel
• 2002 Meg Mallon
• 2001 Annika Sorenstam - Sweden

Classique du Maurier, du Maurier Ltd Classic

(NOTE: Both names are official because of Canada's Official Languages Act. In 1988, the tournament added the Ltd/Ltée designation because of the Tobacco Products Control Act. Under the rule, the full name of the manufacturer was required on promotional material as opposed to a tobacco brand name, so Imperial Tobacco registered their brands as separate corporate entities to evade the ban.)

• 2000 Meg Mallon
• 1999 Karrie Webb - Australia
• 1998 Brandie Burton
• 1997 Colleen Walker
• 1996 Laura Davies - England
• 1995 Jenny Lidback
• 1994 Martha Nause
• 1993 Brandie Burton
• 1992 Sherri Steinhauer
• 1991 Nancy Scranton
• 1990 Chris Johnson
• 1989 Tammie Green
• 1988 Sally Little - originally South African, took U.S. citizenship in 1982

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Classique du Maurier Classic

NOTE: Imperial Tobacco renamed the tournament the du Maurier for an upscale brand of tobacco in 1984.

• 1987 Jody Rosenthal (Jody Anschutz)
• 1986 Pat Bradley
• 1985 Pat Bradley
• 1984 Juli Inkster

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Classique Peter Jackson Classic

• 1983 Hollis Stacy
• 1982 Sandra Haynie
• 1981 Jan Stephenson - Australia
• 1980 Pat Bradley
• 1979 Amy Alcott

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La Canadienne

NOTE: From 1973 until 1977 event was held over three rounds

• 1978 JoAnne Carner
• 1977 Judy Rankin
• 1976 Donna Caponi
• 1975 JoAnne Carner
• 1974 Carole Jo Callison
• 1973 Jocelyne Bourassa - Canada