Canadian Professional Golf Tour
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The Canadian Professional Golf Tour is a men's professional golf
tour headquartered in Oakville, Ontario
. It was formally started in 1970 and was initially known as the Peter Jackson Tour.
In 1970, Imperial Tobacco
, under the Peter Jackson brand, signed on as title sponsor and brought the scattered professional events under one umbrella. The Peter Jackson Tour hosted a series of seven or eight tournaments each season with each purse eventually averaging $25,000. The Tour developed predominantly Canadian touring pros but also warmly welcomed players from around the world. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Dave Barr
and Dan Halldorson
– both two-time PGA Tour
winners – competed on the circuit in the 1970s and made several appearances once they were established on the big tour. Fellow Canadians and PGA Tour winners Al Balding
and George Knudson
also returned home several times in their career to play the circuit.
As the 1970s continued, government legislation began restricting the amount of advertising and sponsorship that tobacco companies were allowed to participate in. In 1978 and anticipating future legislation that would ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship in Canada, Imperial Tobacco withdrew its title sponsorship of the circuit. Several tournaments disappeared and although a few carried on, there was no longer any cohesion to the circuit. However, in 1982, Canadian touring pros formed the Tournament Players Division (TPD) within the Canadian Professional Golfers Association (CPGA) and proposed a reorganized circuit.
In 1985, TPD members selected touring pro Bob Beauchemin as president with the mandate to "build, promote and conduct tournaments of the Canadian Tour to develop Canadian professional golfers to a world-class level." The re-born circuit began play in 1985 and had six events. Nevertheless, the Tour was still linked with the CPGA. In January 1986, Beauchemin convinced the CPGA’s Board of Directors to grant the TPD status within the CPGA and to be responsible for its own funding.
The next step involved organizing tournaments in such as way as to maximize the benefit for the players. At the time, most tournaments were 36 or 54-hole events and several were pro-am formats. To prepare players for the PGA Tour, they set a goal for all tournaments to be 72 holes with no pro-ams during the actual competition. Prize money, exemptions and draws would need to mimic the format used on the PGA Tour and PGA European Tour
. Although it took until 1989 for all tournaments to play 72 holes, the Canadian Tour began attracting players from not only the United States, but from around the world in the mid-1980s.
The Canadian Tour has sent many players on to PGA Tour success. Canadian Mike Weir
, the winner of eight TOUR titles - including the 2003 the Masters - earned Rookie of the Year honors on the Canadian Tour in 1993. In 1997, Weir captured the 1997 Canadian Masters and BC Tel Pacific Open as well as the Order of Merit. He qualified for the PGA Tour in 1998 and has been there ever since. Other PGA Tour winners who played the Canadian Tour include 2005 United States Open winner Michael Campbell
, 2004 British Open winner Todd Hamilton
, Steve Stricker
, Australian Stuart Appleby
, Peter Lonard
, Scott McCarron
, Tim Herron
, Chris DiMarco
, Nick Watney
, Stephen Ames
, Paul Casey
, Arron Oberholser
, D. A. Points
, and 2008 RBC Canadian Open winner Chez Reavie
.
Canadian Tour graduates who have won on the Nationwide Tour
and played the PGA Tour include Ken Duke
, Scott Dunlap, Jon Mills
, Omar Uresti
, and Jeff Quinney
.
Players from all over the globe continue to apprentice on the Canadian Tour. As of April 2009, more than half of its membership is American, with another 11 per cent coming from Australia
and New Zealand
.
A growing number of Europeans are using the Canadian Tour as their North American springboard. Several players from the British Isles
attended 2009 Winter Qualifying Schools, with the winner in Florida - Ryan Thomas - coming from Wales
.
Yet, much of the flavour is still Canadian. Approximately 25 per cent of the membership is home grown talent and several – including Dustin Risdon
, Brad Fritsch and Brennan Webb – have recently graduated to the Nationwide Tour
.
The Canadian Tour became an associate member of what was at the time the trade body of the world's main men's tours, the International Federation of PGA Tours, in 2000. In 2009, it became a full member when the Federation expanded to include all of the main women's tours. It is one of the 10 tours at which Official World Golf Rankings
points are available.
The Canadian Open, which is the richest golf event in Canada
, is a PGA Tour event. The Canadian Professional Golf Tour receives some exemptions for the event, but the prize money does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list. The tour also receives exemptions for a few Challenge Tour
events and for the Nationwide Tour's Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic. As of early 2009, the top ten on the previous season's Order of Merit receive exemptions into U.S. Open sectional qualifying. The top two on the Order of Merit at the end of each season are exempted into second stage of PGA Tour Q-School each fall.
The Canadian Tour head office is at Golf House in Oakville, Ontario
on the grounds of the Glen Abbey Golf Course
. The Jack Nicklaus
-designed course has hosted more than 20 Canadian Opens since 1977.
In 2011, the Canadian Tour made history when Isabelle Beisiegel
became the first woman to earn a Tour card on a men's professional golf tour.
and South America
and returns to Canada in June.
Source
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tour headquartered in Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...
. It was formally started in 1970 and was initially known as the Peter Jackson Tour.
In 1970, Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco is a global tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom. It is the world’s fourth-largest cigarette company measured by market share , and the world's largest producer of cigars, fine-cut tobacco and tobacco papers...
, under the Peter Jackson brand, signed on as title sponsor and brought the scattered professional events under one umbrella. The Peter Jackson Tour hosted a series of seven or eight tournaments each season with each purse eventually averaging $25,000. The Tour developed predominantly Canadian touring pros but also warmly welcomed players from around the world. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame members Dave Barr
Dave Barr (golfer)
David Allen Barr is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Barr was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a member of the golf team. He finished as runner-up in the 1972 Canadian...
and Dan Halldorson
Dan Halldorson
Daniel Albert Halldorson is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour.Halldorson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Brandon, Manitoba. He did not attend college and turned pro in 1971. He joined the Canadian Tour in 1973 and the PGA Tour in...
– both two-time PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
winners – competed on the circuit in the 1970s and made several appearances once they were established on the big tour. Fellow Canadians and PGA Tour winners Al Balding
Al Balding
Allan George Balding was a Canadian professional golfer, who won four events on the PGA Tour. In 1955 he became the first Canadian to win a PGA Tour event in the United States; Canadians Ken Black and Jules Huot had won PGA Tour events in Canada in the 1930s.Balding was born in Toronto,...
and George Knudson
George Knudson
George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories....
also returned home several times in their career to play the circuit.
As the 1970s continued, government legislation began restricting the amount of advertising and sponsorship that tobacco companies were allowed to participate in. In 1978 and anticipating future legislation that would ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship in Canada, Imperial Tobacco withdrew its title sponsorship of the circuit. Several tournaments disappeared and although a few carried on, there was no longer any cohesion to the circuit. However, in 1982, Canadian touring pros formed the Tournament Players Division (TPD) within the Canadian Professional Golfers Association (CPGA) and proposed a reorganized circuit.
In 1985, TPD members selected touring pro Bob Beauchemin as president with the mandate to "build, promote and conduct tournaments of the Canadian Tour to develop Canadian professional golfers to a world-class level." The re-born circuit began play in 1985 and had six events. Nevertheless, the Tour was still linked with the CPGA. In January 1986, Beauchemin convinced the CPGA’s Board of Directors to grant the TPD status within the CPGA and to be responsible for its own funding.
The next step involved organizing tournaments in such as way as to maximize the benefit for the players. At the time, most tournaments were 36 or 54-hole events and several were pro-am formats. To prepare players for the PGA Tour, they set a goal for all tournaments to be 72 holes with no pro-ams during the actual competition. Prize money, exemptions and draws would need to mimic the format used on the PGA Tour and PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
. Although it took until 1989 for all tournaments to play 72 holes, the Canadian Tour began attracting players from not only the United States, but from around the world in the mid-1980s.
The Canadian Tour has sent many players on to PGA Tour success. Canadian Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
, the winner of eight TOUR titles - including the 2003 the Masters - earned Rookie of the Year honors on the Canadian Tour in 1993. In 1997, Weir captured the 1997 Canadian Masters and BC Tel Pacific Open as well as the Order of Merit. He qualified for the PGA Tour in 1998 and has been there ever since. Other PGA Tour winners who played the Canadian Tour include 2005 United States Open winner Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM is a New Zealand golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour.Ethnically, he is predominantly Māori, from the Ngati...
, 2004 British Open winner Todd Hamilton
Todd Hamilton
William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer.Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, Illinois and played golf regularly on...
, Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker
Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
, Australian Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
, Peter Lonard
Peter Lonard
Peter Lawrence Lonard is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour. He credits fellow Australian Greg Norman as his inspiration....
, Scott McCarron
Scott McCarron
Scott Michael McCarron is an American professional golfer.McCarron was born in Sacramento, California. He attended and was a member of the golf team at UCLA, graduating in 1988 with a major in History...
, Tim Herron
Tim Herron
Timothy Daniel Herron is an American professional golfer.Herron was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father and grandfather, both named Carson Herron, were professional golfers who played the U.S. Open. Tim Herron attended the University of New Mexico and played on the 1993 United States Walker...
, Chris DiMarco
Chris DiMarco
Christian Dean DiMarco is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. DiMarco has won seven tournaments as a pro, including three PGA Tour events.-Early years:...
, Nick Watney
Nick Watney
Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
, Stephen Ames
Stephen Ames
Stephen Michael Ames is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour holding dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada....
, Paul Casey
Paul Casey
Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings....
, Arron Oberholser
Arron Oberholser
Arron Matthew Oberholser is an American professional golfer.Oberholser was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He attended San Jose State University and turned professional in 1998....
, D. A. Points
D. A. Points
Darren Andrew "D.A." Points is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Points was born in Pekin, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois and was a third team All-American member of the golf team. Points won the Illinois State Amateur three times; he lost to...
, and 2008 RBC Canadian Open winner Chez Reavie
Chez Reavie
William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University....
.
Canadian Tour graduates who have won on the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
and played the PGA Tour include Ken Duke
Ken Duke
Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour...
, Scott Dunlap, Jon Mills
Jon Mills
Jon Mills is a Canadian professional golfer.Mills was born in Oshawa, Ontario, and spent most of his childhood in Belleville, Ontario. He developed his competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario, and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996...
, Omar Uresti
Omar Uresti
Omar David Uresti is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Uresti was born in Austin, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and graduated in 1991 with a degree in organizational communication...
, and Jeff Quinney
Jeff Quinney
Jeffrey Michael Quinney is an American professional golfer.Quinney was born in Eugene, Oregon. He had a successful amateur career, winning the U.S. Amateur in 2000, and represented the USA in the Walker Cup in 2001....
.
Players from all over the globe continue to apprentice on the Canadian Tour. As of April 2009, more than half of its membership is American, with another 11 per cent coming from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
A growing number of Europeans are using the Canadian Tour as their North American springboard. Several players from the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...
attended 2009 Winter Qualifying Schools, with the winner in Florida - Ryan Thomas - coming from Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
Yet, much of the flavour is still Canadian. Approximately 25 per cent of the membership is home grown talent and several – including Dustin Risdon
Dustin Risdon
Dustin Risdon is a Canadian professional golfer. He joined the Canadian Professional Golf Tour in 2002 which has resulted in three Canadian wins....
, Brad Fritsch and Brennan Webb – have recently graduated to the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
.
The Canadian Tour became an associate member of what was at the time the trade body of the world's main men's tours, the International Federation of PGA Tours, in 2000. In 2009, it became a full member when the Federation expanded to include all of the main women's tours. It is one of the 10 tours at which Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
points are available.
The Canadian Open, which is the richest golf event in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, is a PGA Tour event. The Canadian Professional Golf Tour receives some exemptions for the event, but the prize money does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list. The tour also receives exemptions for a few Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...
events and for the Nationwide Tour's Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic. As of early 2009, the top ten on the previous season's Order of Merit receive exemptions into U.S. Open sectional qualifying. The top two on the Order of Merit at the end of each season are exempted into second stage of PGA Tour Q-School each fall.
The Canadian Tour head office is at Golf House in Oakville, Ontario
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...
on the grounds of the Glen Abbey Golf Course
Glen Abbey Golf Course
Glen Abbey Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1976, is one of Canada's most famous golf courses and is home to the Royal Canadian Golf Association and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. It has hosted 25 Canadian Open Championships, more than any other course, with the first having...
. The Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
-designed course has hosted more than 20 Canadian Opens since 1977.
In 2011, the Canadian Tour made history when Isabelle Beisiegel
Isabelle Beisiegel
Isabelle "Izzy" Beisiegel , formerly Isabelle Blais, is a female professional golfer from Quebec, Canada.-Woman's golf achievements:*NCAA All-American 1997-1998 for the University of Oklahoma.*Tied for 36th at 1998 U.S...
became the first woman to earn a Tour card on a men's professional golf tour.
2011 schedule
Below is the schedule for the 2011 season. It starts with several events in CentralCentral America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
and returns to Canada in June.
| Start date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR Official World Golf Rankings The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers... Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20 | Barranquilla Colombia Challenge | Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
 Cody Slover |
6 | Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour... |
| Mar 27 | Pacific Colombia Tour Championship | Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... |
 Adam HadwinAdam Hadwin Adam Hadwin is a Canadian professional golfer. He has won two events on the Canadian Tour.-Early life:Hadwin was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He grew up playing golf at the Ledgeview Golf Club there; one clubmate was another top young player, Nick Taylor... |
6 | |
| May 8 | Mexican PGA Championship | Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
 José de Jesus Rodríguez |
6 | |
| Jun 5 | Times Colonist Island Savings Open | British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
José de Jesus Rodríguez |
6 | |
| Jun 12 | The Western Championship | British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
Roger Sloan |
6 | |
| Jun 26 | Syncrude Boreal Open | Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
Danny Sahl |
6 | |
| Jul 3 | ATB Financial Classic ATB Financial Classic The ATB Financial Classic is a golf tournament on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour. It was first played in 2007. It is played at a different course in Alberta each year. The main sponsor is ATB Financial.-Winners:-External links:*... |
Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
 Hugo Leon |
6 | |
| Jul 10 | Dakota Dunes Casino Open | Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
Joe Panzeri |
6 | |
| Jul 17 | Canadian Tour Players Cup Canadian Tour Players Cup The Canadian Tour Players Cup is a golf tournament on the Canadian Tour. It was first played as the MTS Classic from 1998 to 2006. In 2007, the tournament was called the Free Press Manitoba Classic... |
Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
Tom Hoge |
6 | |
| Aug 21 | Seaforth Country Classic Seaforth Country Classic The Seaforth Country Classic is a golf tournament on the Canadian Tour. Since the tournament's founding in 2008, it has been played at the Seaforth Golf Club in Seaforth, Ontario.-Winners:Seaforth Country Classic*2011 Brian Unk... |
Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Brian Unk |
6 | |
| Aug 28 | Canadian Tour Championship Canadian Tour Championship The Canadian Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament played on the Canadian Tour. It is generally the last tournament played of the season, and in 2011 had a purse of C$200,000.-Winners:Canadian Tour Championship*2011 Stuart Anderson... |
Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
Stuart Anderson |
6 | |
| Nov 6 | Desert Dunes Classic | California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , USA |
Byron Smith Byron Smith (golfer) Byron Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Canadian Tour.Smith was born in Rancho Mirage, California and attended Pepperdine University. He did not play golf during his last two years at Pepperdine but he turned professional in 2001.Smith first played on the Canadian... |
6 |
Order of Merit winners
This list is incomplete.| Year | Winner | Country | Earnings (C$ Canadian dollar The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies... ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | José de Jesus Rodríguez | 80,228 | |
| 2010 | Aaron Goldberg Aaron Goldberg (golfer) Aaron Goldberg is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour and the Canadian Tour.Goldberg was born in Encinitas, California, he attended San Diego State University. He won the U.S. Intercollegiate and the Battle at the Lake as a freshman. In his senior season he won the... |
156,119 | |
| 2009 | Graham DeLaet Graham DeLaet Graham DeLaet is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, the Canadian Tour and the Sunshine Tour.-Early life:... |
94,579 | |
| 2008 | John Ellis John Ellis (golfer) John Ellis is an American professional golfer.Ellis was born in San Jose, California. He played college golf at the University of Oregon where he was a First-Team All Pac-10 member as a senior. He turned professional in 2003. Ellis won the Canadian Tour's Order of Merit in 2008... |
113,315 | |
| 2007 | Byron Smith Byron Smith (golfer) Byron Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Canadian Tour.Smith was born in Rancho Mirage, California and attended Pepperdine University. He did not play golf during his last two years at Pepperdine but he turned professional in 2001.Smith first played on the Canadian... |
91,202 | |
| 2006 | Stephen Gangluff | 67,336 | |
| 2005 | Michael Harris | 95,622 | |
| 2004 | Erik Compton Erik Compton Erik Compton is a Norwegian-American professional golfer.Compton was born in Miami, Florida to an American father and a Norwegian mother and holds dual citizenship. He attended the University of Georgia and played on the 2001 Palmer Cup and Walker Cup teams.-Medical condition:Compton has been... |
85,876 | |
| 2003 | Jon Mills Jon Mills Jon Mills is a Canadian professional golfer.Mills was born in Oshawa, Ontario, and spent most of his childhood in Belleville, Ontario. He developed his competitive game on the St. Lawrence Junior Tour in southeastern Ontario, and won the Ontario Junior Championship in 1996... |
55,321 | |
| 2002 | Hank Kuehne Hank Kuehne Henry August "Hank" Kuehne II is an American former U.S. Amateur champion and professional golfer who enjoyed some success on the PGA Tour.... |
105,959 | |
| 2001 | Aaron Barber | 75,337 | |
| 2000 | Steven Alker Steven Alker Steven Craig Alker is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Alker was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. He turned professional in 1995.... |
93,617 | |
| 1999 | Ken Duke Ken Duke Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour... |
122,188 |
Records
- Lowest winning total score - 258 (-26) Kent EgerKent EgerKent Eger is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the Canadian Tour and Gateway Tour. Eger was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.-Junior and amateur golf:...
, 2008 Seaforth Country Classic, Seaforth Golf Club, Seaforth, OntarioSeaforth, OntarioSeaforth is a Southern Ontario community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...
. - Lowest 18-hole score - 58 (-13) Jason BohnJason BohnJason Duehn Bohn is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bohn was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. In 1992, while a sophomore on the Alabama golf team, Bohn was playing in a charity...
, 2001 Bayer Championship, Huron Oaks Golf Club, Sarnia, OntarioSarnia, OntarioSarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....
. - Longest playoff - 11 holes Lee Chill defeated Chris DiMarcoChris DiMarcoChristian Dean DiMarco is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. DiMarco has won seven tournaments as a pro, including three PGA Tour events.-Early years:...
in the 1992 Willows Classic. - Largest playoff - 6 players (Steve Scott defeated Roger TambelliniRoger TambelliniRoger Tambellini is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Tambellini was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He played at the University of Southern California and turned professional in 1998.Tambellini has won three times on the Nationwide Tour...
, Jess Daley, Steven AlkerSteven AlkerSteven Craig Alker is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Alker was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. He turned professional in 1995....
, Mark Slawter, and Scott HendScott HendScott Robert Hend is an Australian professional golfer, renowned as a long hitter.Hend turned professional in 1997 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has since played on most of the major golf tours around the world. He has won three times in Australia, and was the inaugural winner of the...
). Scott won on 6th playoff hole. - Largest winning margin - 11 strokes Arron OberholserArron OberholserArron Matthew Oberholser is an American professional golfer.Oberholser was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He attended San Jose State University and turned professional in 1998....
in the 1999 Ontario Open Heritage Classic.