Alberta Open

{{short description|Golf tournament}}

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| name = Alberta Open

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| location = Alberta, Canada

| establishment = 1935

| course = Wolf Creek Golf Resort

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| tour = Canadian Tour (until 1999)

| format = Stroke play

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| month_played = June

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| current_champion = {{flagicon|CAN}} Wes Heffernan

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The Alberta Open is a golf tournament that is held in Alberta, Canada. It was an important event on the Canadian Tour and its predecessors until 1999 when it endured a brief hiatus after losing its main sponsors. It returned as an event on the provincial circuit in 2002.{{cite news |title=Alberta Open revived |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |date=June 27, 2002 |page=43 |first=Curtis |last=Stock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47526164/ |accessdate=March 28, 2020}}

Although tournament organisers, Alberta Golf, state that the Alberta Open was first played in 1935,{{cite web |url=https://albertagolf.org/article/preview-2019-alberta-open-championship-presented-by-svr-lawyers |title=Preview: 2019 Alberta Open Championship presented by SVR Lawyers |website=Alberta golf |date=June 10, 2019 |accessdate=March 28, 2020}} the origins of the tournament can be traced back further, with an open championship being introduced to the Alberta Golf Association provincial tournament week in around 1912.

Originally a one-day 36-hole event played during the provincial tournament week alongside the amateur championship, the Alberta Open became a separate 72-hole tournament in 1937.{{cite news |title=Alberta Open Golf Championship to be played here Sept. 5–6 |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |location=Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |date=May 29, 1937 |page=10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47164176/ |accessdate=March 28, 2020}} In response to not attracting as many big-name players as hoped, in 1953 prize money was substantially reduced and the tournament was cut to 54-holes.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bQpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZTkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3496%2C2338005 |title=Alberta Open alters plans |newspaper=The Leader-Post |location=Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |date=March 17, 1953 |page=16 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=March 29, 2020}} As the Canadian Tour established itself in the late 1980s, the Alberta Open was again extended to 72-holes in 1988. Following its revival in 2002, it has been contested over both 36 and 54 holes.