Biography

Stan Leonard Inducted into the Candian Hall of Fame: 1972.

Tackling professional golf with the same intensity of his amateur days, Stan Leonard's win at the 1940 CPGA championship was the first for a golfer from outside central Canada in nearly two decades. Leonard would capture seven more CPGA titles and win the PGA Tour'' Western Open, Greater Greensboro Open and Tournament of Champions.

Stan Leonard's Record International:

1931 Low amateur Winner of Northwest Open
1957 Greater Greensboro Open Champion
1958 Tournament of Champion
1960 Western Open Champion
1952 Northwest Open Champion

National:

1960 Canadian Match Play Open Champion
1956 Canadian Professional Golfers Match Play Champion
1940 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1941 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1950 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1951 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1954 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1957 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1959 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1961 Canadian Professional Golfers' Champion
1945 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1945 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1950 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1951 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1952 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1955 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1958 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1959 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open
1960 Low Canadian professional, Canadian Open

Provincial:

1932 British Columbia Amateur Champion
1935 British Columbia Amateur Champion
1947 British Columbia Open Champion
1949 British Columbia Open Champion
1950 British Columbia Open Champion
1954 British Columbia Open Champion
1961 British Columbia Open Champion
1937Alberta Open Champion
1939 Alberta Open Champion
1941 Alberta Open Champion
1942 Alberta Open Champion
1943 Alberta Open Champion
1947 Alberta Open Champion
1949 Alberta Open Champion
1950 Alberta Open Champion
1955 Alberta Open Champion
1950 Saskatchewan Open Champion
1955 Saskatchewan Open Champion
1955 Tied for first place in Labatt Open, but lost in an extra hole playoff.
1945 Runner-up in Alberta Open

Other items of note:

Member of Canadian Hopkins Trophy Team six times. Member of Canada Cup Team nine times and
Member of British Columbia Willingdon Cup Team six times.
Stan Leonard won a total of forty-four tournaments during his career.

Reference:

http://www.rcga.org/english/HallOfFame/hall_ofFamers.asp?ID=31