Bryan Hoops (Tempe, AZ) won the 2026 Canadian Men’s Senior Amateur Championship by two strokes following a final round 68. Doug Hanzel (Savannah, GA) took the Super Senior division in a playoff by draining a 60-foot birdie on the first hole of sudden death. (Photo: Bryan Hoops/Golf Canada)
RESULTS: 2026 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship
GOLF CANADA RECAP: HOOPS THERE IT IS!
WINNIPEG, Man. – Congratulations to Bryan Hoops (Tempe, AZ) on his come from behind win at the 2026 Canadian Men’s Senior Championship held at Niakwa Country Club. Hoops posted a four-day total of 283 (-5) and closed with a back nine 32 (-5) for a final round of 68 (-4), to distance himself from the field and win by two strokes over runner-up Daniel Neveu (Pinehurst, NC). Hoops entered the final round trailing only Todd Wiseman, of the host country, who finished in fifth place.
Todd Doss (Mandeville, LA) finished strong with back-to-back rounds of 71 (-1) to finish alone in fifth place at (+3) for the championship.
2023 Champion Doug Hanzel (Savannah, GA) posted a final round 76 (+4) to finish tied for ninth overall and tied for first in the Super Senior division. In a three-way sudden death playoff with Candians David Schultz and Ken Griffith, Hanzel stepped up and drained a 60-foot putt for the win.
Additional Members who made the cut:
T13 – Carlos Aranda, Springfield, VA, – (+7)
T13 – Gene Elliott (Norwalk, IA), – (+8) *2017 & 2019 Champion
T18 – John Bearrie, Hollsopple, PA – (+8)
T29 – Tim Peterson, Forest Lake, MN, – (+12)
T29 – Rusty Strawn, Eatonton, GA, – (+12) *2022 Champion
T65 – David Kaufman, Canada, – (+24)
*Cut line was (+13)
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Conducted since 1962, the Canadian Men’s Senior Championship has grown to become one of most popular amateur golf events in Canada. In 1995, we introduced the 65 and over Canadian Super Senior division in addition to the existing 55 and over age group.
Calgary’s Bob Wylie has captured seven John Rankin Memorial Trophies since 1985. Nick Weslock, one of Canada’s greatest amateurs of the century, won the event six times between 1973 and 1983. Ray Reid of Edmonton claimed a place in Canada’s golf history by winning the inaugural Super Senior Championship and having his name as the first to be engraved on the Governors Cup in 1995. Graham Cooke is a four-time winner of this event and is the winningest amateur champion in Canada; his resume also includes seven mid-amateur titles.
In 2010, Paul Simson made history by becoming the first person to win the British, U.S. and Canadian senior titles in the same year.
The Senior Championship is played over 72 holes with a cut after 36 holes. The Super Senior Championship is contested concurrently over the first 36 holes of the championship. The Senior Inter-provincial Team Championship, established in 1977, runs concurrently with the first 36 holes of the tournament.
The champion receives an exemption into the United States Golf Association’s Senior Amateur.
