2016 PGA Tour Canada

2016 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationMay 26, 2016 (2016-05-26) – September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)
Number of official events12
Most winsUnited States Dan McCarthy (4)
Order of MeritUnited States Dan McCarthy
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The 2016 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2016 Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the Canadian Tour, and the fourth under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(C$)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points
May 29 Freedom 55 Financial Open British Columbia 175,000 United States Dan McCarthy (1) 6
Jun 5 Bayview Place Island Savings Open British Columbia 175,000 Canada Adam Cornelson (1) 6
Jun 12 GolfBC Championship British Columbia 175,000 United States Dan McCarthy (2) 6
Jun 26 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open Saskatchewan 175,000 Germany Max Rottluff (1) 6
Jul 10 The Players Cup Manitoba 175,000 United States Dan McCarthy (3) 6
Jul 17 Staal Foundation Open Ontario 175,000 United States Taylor Moore (1) 6
Jul 31 Syncrude Oil Country Championship Alberta 175,000 United States Aaron Wise (1) 6
Aug 7 ATB Financial Classic Alberta 175,000 England Charlie Bull (1) 6
Aug 21 National Capital Open to Support Our Troops Ontario 175,000 United States Brock Mackenzie (3) 6
Sep 4 Cape Breton Celtic Classic Nova Scotia 175,000 United States Dan McCarthy (4) 6
Sep 11 Niagara Championship Ontario 175,000 United States David Pastore (1) 6
Sep 18 Freedom 55 Financial Championship Ontario 200,000 France Paul Barjon (1) 6

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Canada, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(C$)		 Winner OWGR
points
Dec 17 Aruba Cup Aruba US$120,000 PGA Tour Latinoamérica n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2017 Web.com Tour.[4]

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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Canada events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on PGA Tour Canada as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com Tour.

References

  1. ^ "2016 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada announces 2016 schedule". PGA Tour. February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "2016 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "McCarthy Leads The Five". ScoreGolf. September 19, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.