The Greater Vancouver Classic was a golf tournament that was held in the Greater Vancouver area, in British Columbia, Canada. Founded as the BC TEL Pacific Open in 1994, it was a direct replacement for the cancelled British Columbia Open on the Canadian Tour. In 2000 it was re-titled as the Telus Vancouver Open.
For 2002, the tournament had agreed a new multi-year sponsorship deal with a lawn car company and was to have been titled the Perfectly Natural Classic, but they backed out resulting in a great deal of discussion over a new unsponsored name. Having considered Greater Vancouver Open and Vancouver Open, which risked confusion with the PGA Tour event, eventually it was changed to Greater Vancouver Classic, and from 2006 the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic. In 2009, the name changed again, this time to the City of Surrey Invitational; it was to be the final time the tournament was held.
Winners YearVenueWinnerScoreRefCity of Surrey Invitational 2009 Hazelmere Mike Grob 272 (−16) Greater Vancouver Charity Classic 2008 Hazelmere Adam Speirs 275 (−13) 2007 Hazelmere James Lepp 274 (−14) 2006 Hazelmere Lee Williamson 280 (−8) Greater Vancouver Classic 2005 Hazelmere Tournament cancelled 2004 Mayfair Ryan Miller 270 (−14) 2003 Swan-e-set Bay James Lepp (a) 269 (−19) 2002 Swan-e-set Bay Iain Steel 272 (−16) Telus Vancouver Open 2001 Point Grey Stuart Scott 276 (−12) 2000 Mayfair Lakes Rob McMillan 271 (−13) BC TEL Pacific Open 1999 Mayfair Lakes Ken Staton 269 (−15) 1998 Mayfair Lakes Ian Hutchings 271 (−13) 1997 Mayfair Lakes Mike Weir 271 (−13) 1996 Mayfair Lakes Guy Hill 264 (−20) 1995 Mayfair Lakes Nicky Goetze 270 (−14) 1994 Mayfair Lakes Craig Jones 268 (−16)
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