Uxbridge, ON – Golf Ontario is proud to announce its 2023 championship schedule, featuring the launch of the newly added Ontario Junior Players Invitational presented by Play Golf Myrtle Beach, as well as the much-anticipated return of the Ontario Champion of Champion’s event.
The golf season is just around the corner and after a very successful 2022 season, the planning is well underway to continue the momentum into the 2023 season. In what should be another brilliant year for championship golf in Ontario, 2023 will include 11 of the top 100 golf courses in Canada, a number of new venues, and some returning prominent courses to host the best players in the province.
Registration Opening Dates and an updated 2023 Championship Schedule can be accessed by clicking the links below:
2023 Championship Schedule
Registration Opening Dates
“We are proud and excited to announce one of the most diverse and inclusive championship schedules in amateur golf, catering to competitive golfers in Ontario working with many of Ontario’s most renowned golf clubs,” said Golf Ontario Director of Competitions and Performance John Lawrence. “Our 2023 venues are set to showcase an exciting season in communities across the province and we thank those clubs for hosting our events.”
Registration for the 2023 Golf Ontario championship season will begin on Friday, February 17th at 9:00am, with staggered opening dates across the championships. Golf Ontario will continue to make announcements once confirmation of dates are made on the outstanding locations.
Highlights of the 2023 championship schedule:
- The 2023 Championship season will kick off with the inaugural Ontario Junior Players Invitational presented by Play Golf Myrtle Beach. The tournament, scheduled March 13-14 at River Hills Golf & Country Club in Little River, South Carolina, is exclusively for 60 Junior (U19) Boys & Girls from Ontario.
- The Ontario Champion of Champion’s event returns, taking place May 15th at Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility. The event will be open to Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s & Women’s, and Junior Boys’ & Girls’ club champions from the 2022 season.
- Burlington Golf & Country Club will host the Ontario Men’s Mid-Amateur June 20-22, for the second time since 2018, an event that saw past champion Garrett Rank go wire-to-wire winning by 10 strokes.
- The 101st running of the Ontario Men’s Amateur shifts to one of eastern Ontario’s top golf courses at Black Bear Ridge Golf Resort, June 26-29.
- Following the Canada Day weekend the City of Toronto and Donalda Club will welcome the province’s best female amateurs hosting the 108th Ontario Women’s Amateur & Mid-Amateur July 5-8.
- Just a 30 minute drive north in the days following the Women’s event, Summit Golf and Country Club in Richmond Hill will host the 88th Ontario Junior Girls Championship
- After two popular and successful events in 2022, South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club and Port Hope Golf and Country Club will once again host the Ontario Peewee (U13) Boys & Girls Championship July 31-Aug 1, and the Ontario Junior Boys & Girls Match Play Championship Aug 8-10 respectively.
- The 2nd running of the Indigenous Ontario Championship will increase to a three day championship in 2023 hosted at MontHill Golf & Country Club, in Six Nations, Ontario from Aug 14 to 16. The championship, open to men and women of all ages, will be a 54-hole competition with a cut after 36 holes.
- New this season for players looking to compete in the Ontario Senior Men’s Better Ball Championship, players otherwise not exempt will have to earn entry through a scheduled qualifying round. A number of qualifying locations will be made available for players to compete in and earn entry to the championship at Brampton GC, September 28.
Golf Ontario would like to thank those clubs who have committed to hosting championships and qualifiers, and for their continued support heading into the 2023 championship season. Updates regarding the remaining championship dates/locations will be made immediately as they are confirmed.
For more information, visit the Golf Ontario Provincial Championships page. If you have any questions please email our tournaments department at tournaments@gao.ca
