The Canadian Open is a golf tournament founded in 1904 in Markham, Ontario, Canada, and is currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open. The event had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf as a national open, and especially as the most accessible non-U.S. national open for American golfers, and it was sometimes considered the third most prestigious tournament in the sport after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. In the media in 2000 was noted this former status when Tiger Woods became the first man to win all three Opens in the same season since Lee Trevino in 1971
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A limited number of entries are allocated to players of the Canadian Tour, and the prize money won at the Canadian Open does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list. It is regarded as the most prestigious tournament never won by the great Jack Nicklaus, a 7-time runner-up. Leo Diegel has the most titles with four, and in recent years the tournament has been held in mid-September, following the major tournaments and most other high-profile events. As of 2007 with the recent remap of the tour schedule, the tournament will indeed be held in July and the tournament counts towards the FedEx Cup standings.