2016 PGA Tour Canada
The 2016 PGA Tour Canada season ran from May 26 to September 18 and consisted of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 47th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the fourth under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It is also the second under the Mackenzie Tour - PGA Tour Canada name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal. Ten events returned from the 2015 schedule and two were added.[1]
The purse for most events was $175,000 with first place earning $31,500. The final event of the season, the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, had a purse of $200,000, with $36,000 going to the winner.
Schedule[]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR pts |
Purse (C$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29 | Vancouver, British Columbia |  (1) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Jun 5 | Bayview Place Island Savings Open | Victoria, British Columbia |  (1) |
6 | 175,000 |
| Jun 12 | Kelowna, British Columbia | (2) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Jun 26 | SIGA Dakota Dunes Open | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |  (1) |
6 | 175,000 |
| Jul 10 | The Players Cup | Winnipeg, Manitoba | (3) |
6 | 175,000 |
| Jul 17 | Thunder Bay, Ontario | (1) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Jul 31 | Edmonton, Alberta | Aaron Wise (1) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Aug 7 | ATB Financial Classic | Calgary, Alberta |  (1) |
6 | 175,000 |
| Aug 21 | Ottawa, Ontario | (3) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Sep 4 | Baddeck, Nova Scotia | (4) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Sep 11 | Fort Erie, Ontario | (1) |
6 | 175,000 | |
| Sep 18 | Freedom 55 Financial Championship | London, Ontario |  Paul Barjon (1) |
6 | 200,000 |
| Dec 17 | Aruba Cup (team event) | Aruba | PGA Tour Latinoamérica | n/a | US$120,000 |
Source[2]
Order of Merit leaders[]
The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Web.com Tour cards for 2017.[3]
| Rank | Player | Country | Events | Prize money (C$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
11 | 157,843 | |
| 2 | United States |
12 | 84,075 | |
| 3 | United States |
11 | 78,736 | |
| 4 | Aaron Wise | United States |
7 | 65,313 |
| 5 | Canada |
12 | 56,020 |
References[]
- ^ "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2016 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. February 10, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ^ "Order of Merit – 2016". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
External links[]
- PGA Tour Canada
- 2016 in golf