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 third 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

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
pts
Purse (C$)
May 29 Freedom 55 Financial Open Vancouver, British Columbia United States Dan McCarthy (1) 6 175,000
Jun 5 Bayview Place Island Savings Open Victoria, British Columbia Canada Adam Cornelson (1) 6 175,000
Jun 12 GolfBC Championship Kelowna, British Columbia United States Dan McCarthy (2) 6 175,000
Jun 26 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Germany Max Rottluff (1) 6 175,000
Jul 10 The Players Cup Winnipeg, Manitoba United States Dan McCarthy (3) 6 175,000
Jul 17 Staal Foundation Open Thunder Bay, Ontario United States Taylor Moore (1) 6 175,000
Jul 31 Syncrude Oil Country Championship Edmonton, Alberta United States Aaron Wise (1) 6 175,000
Aug 7 ATB Financial Classic Calgary, Alberta England Charlie Bull (1) 6 175,000
Aug 21 National Capital Open to Support Our Troops Ottawa, Ontario United States Brock Mackenzie (3) 6 175,000
Sep 4 Cape Breton Celtic Classic Baddeck, Nova Scotia United States Dan McCarthy (4) 6 175,000
Sep 11 Niagara Championship Fort Erie, Ontario United States David Pastore (1) 6 175,000
Sep 18 Freedom 55 Financial Championship London, Ontario France Paul Barjon (1) 6 200,000

Source[2]

Order of Merit leaders

The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Web.com Tour cards for 2017.[3]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize money (C$)
1 Dan McCarthy  United States 11 157,843
2 Brock Mackenzie  United States 12 84,075
3 Taylor Moore  United States 11 78,736
4 Aaron Wise  United States 7 65,313
5 Adam Cornelson  Canada 12 56,020

References

  1. "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2016 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. February 10, 2016.
  2. "2016 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. "Order of Merit – 2016". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 19, 2016.

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