1973 La Canadienne: Jocelyne Bourassa wins at Montreal Municipal Golf Club
Jocelyne Bourassa won the 1973 La Canadienne at Montreal Municipal Golf Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada with 214 (−5), beating Sandra Haynie and Judy Rankin in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the du Maurier Classic winners list.
- Dates
- June 17, 1973
- Course
- Montreal Municipal Golf Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 3 rounds
- Par
- 73
- Purse
- $50,000 · winner's share $10,000
- Champion
- Jocelyne Bourassa · age 26 · Canada · born Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 68-73-73 = 214 (−5)
- Runners-up
- Sandra Haynie, Judy Rankin (214 each)
- Playoff
- sudden death; 3 holes; beat Sandra Haynie; Judy Rankin; 3rd extra hole (Bourassa birdie; Rankin eliminated with a par on the 1st extra hole)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jocelyne Bourassa | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 | −5 |
| T2 | Sandra Haynie | 214 | ||||
| T2 | Judy Rankin | 214 |
What happened at the 1973 La Canadienne
Bourassa won a three-way playoff with a birdie on the third extra hole after Judy Rankin was eliminated by a par on the first, leaving Sandra Haynie as runner-up.
Bourassa became the only Canadian to win the national women's championship until Brooke Henderson in 2018.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's du Maurier Classic data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- media.lpga.com: tuesday pre tournament notes cpkc women's open
- Wikipedia: 1973 LPGA Tour
- Wikipedia: Jocelyne Bourassa
- Wikipedia: Canadian Women's Open
- lpga.com: 2018 cp womens open notes and interviews (link no longer works)
- Wikipedia: Du Maurier Classic
- upi.com: PGA This Week
- golfcompendium.com: du maurier classic lpga major
- Wikipedia: Judy Rankin