11 Best Golfers from Canada, Ranked

Hockey has always been Canada’s preferred pastime, but the nation has quietly produced some very talented golfers.

Canadian golfers have consistently performed at the highest levels, winning significant tournaments on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and other prestigious circuits.

Below, I’ve gone through the archives to pick out the 11 best golfers from Canada in history.

Who Are the Best Canadian Golfers of All Time?

1. Brooke Henderson

Henderson is the most successful Canadian golfer on the LPGA or PGA Tour, accumulating 13 wins on the top women’s professional circuit.

Two of those wins were major championships, as the Ontario native broke through at the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship as an 18-year-old before adding the Evian Championship to her resume in 2022.

Henderson hasn’t enjoyed much success in 2025, but at 27, she still has plenty of time to add to her lengthy list of accomplishments.

2. Mike Weir

Weir, the only Canadian man to win a major championship, is widely regarded as one of the country’s greatest golfers. 

The lefty’s triumph at Augusta National Golf Club in the 2003 Masters Tournament was a monumental moment for the sport in Canada. It inspired a generation of youngsters who have grown into some of the country’s top current players.

Weir won eight times on the PGA Tour and represented Canada as a player at the Presidents Cup on five occasions.

3. Sandra Post

Post was the first Canadian golfer to win a major championship, claiming the LPGA Championship (now the Women’s PGA Championship) in 1968.

The win at just 20 years of age was Post’s first of eight on the LPGA Tour and earned her the Tour’s Rookie of the Year Award.

4. George Knudson

Knudson and Weir share the record for most PGA Tour wins by a Canadian with eight apiece, but Knudson did it first.

A member of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Winnipeg native came inside the top 10 at the Masters Tournament on three occasions, including a runner-up finish in 1969.

5. Lorie Kane

Kane won four times on the LPGA Tour, but that total would’ve been higher if not for a 2-7 career record in playoffs.

The Prince Edward Island native made up for it with five additional victories on the LPGA Legends Tour before calling it a career after her 30th appearance at Canada’s National Women’s Open Championship in 2022.

6. Marlene Stewart Streit

The only Canadian in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Streit competed as an amateur across the back half of the 20th century.

She won 11 Canadian Women’s Amateur titles and is the only golfer to have won the Australian, British, Canadian, and U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships.

Streit won at least one title across six different decades, with her first victory coming in 1951 and her last coming at the 2003 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur.

7. Moe Norman

Norman was one of the most unique characters in Canadian golf history, but there was no denying his talent as one of the game’s purest ball-strikers.

He mastered his self-taught, unconventional swing, which propelled him to over 50 wins on the Canadian Tour and short stints on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour (now the PGA Tour Champions).

8. Corey Conners

Over the past decade, Conners has often been Canada’s top representative in the PGA Tour odds, as the two-time winner is widely regarded as the nation’s best current player.

What sets Conners apart from his compatriots is his consistency, having posted six top 10 finishes at major championships since 2020, including two in 2025.

The Kitchener, Ontario native has represented his country at the previous two Presidents Cups (2022 and 2024) and is expected to be a key player on the International Team for years to come.

9. Al Balding

Balding made history in 1955, becoming the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States. 

His triumph at the Mayfair Inn Open was his only victory on the elite pro circuit, but he won 11 additional times on the Canadian Tour and also featured on the Senior PGA Tour.

10. Nick Taylor

Taylor occasionally finds his way into my golf betting picks because he has shown the ability to win high-profile events without impressive lead-in form.

The Winnipeg, Manitoba native has five career PGA Tour wins, four of which have come since the start of 2020.

Taylor’s signature triumph came at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, where he holed a 72-foot putt to win in a playoff over Tommy Fleetwood, becoming the first Canadian to win his national open since 1954.

11. Stan Leonard

Leonard spent most of his prime golfing years on the Canadian Tour, winning the Canadian PGA Championship a record eight times among a long list of other titles.

In 1954, he joined the PGA Tour at the age of 39 and went on to win three times by the summer of 1960.

Leonard enjoyed immediate success at the Masters Tournament, finishing in the top 25 each year from 1954 to 1961, including a pair of back-to-back T-4 results in 1958 and 1959.

Who Is the Best Golfer Born in Canada?

As a result of her two major titles, Brooke Henderson has a legitimate case to be the best golfer born in Canada, regardless of gender.

Mike Weir is widely considered to be the best male golfer born in the Great White North.