2018 PGA Tour Canada

The 2018 PGA Tour Canada season ran from May 31 to September 16 and consist of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 49th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the sixth under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It is also the fourth under the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal.[1]

The purses increased for 2018. Most events had a purse of $200,000 with first place earning $36,000. The final event of the season, the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, had a purse of $225,000, with $40,500 going to the winner.

Schedule

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
pts
Purse (C$)
Jun 3Freedom 55 Financial OpenVancouver, British Columbia Jordan Niebrugge (1)7200,000
Jun 10Bayview Place DCBank OpenVictoria, British Columbia Sam Fidone (1)6200,000
Jun 17GolfBC ChampionshipKelowna, British Columbia George Cunningham (1)6200,000
Jun 24Lethbridge Paradise Canyon OpenLethbridge, Alberta T. T. Crouch (1)6200,000
Jul 8Windsor ChampionshipWindsor, Ontario Mark Anguiano (1)6200,000
Jul 15Staal Foundation OpenThunder Bay, Ontario Ben Griffin (1)6200,000
Jul 22Osprey Valley OpenCaledon, Ontario Tyler McCumber (1)6200,000
Aug 5Syncrude Oil Country ChampionshipEdmonton, Alberta Tyler McCumber (2)6200,000
Aug 12ATB Financial ClassicCalgary, Alberta Corey Pereira (1)6200,000
Aug 19The Players CupWinnipeg, Manitoba Tyler McCumber (3)6200,000
Sep 2Cape Breton OpenBaddeck, Nova ScotiaCancelled[2]
Sep 9Mackenzie Investments OpenL'Île-Bizard, Quebec Blake Olson (1)6200,000
Sep 16Freedom 55 Financial ChampionshipLondon, Ontario Danny Walker (1)6225,000
Dec 15Go Vacaciones Cozumel Cup (team event)MexicoPGA Tour Latinoamérican/aUS$120,000

Source[1][3]

Order of Merit leaders

The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Korn Ferry Tour cards for 2019.[4][5]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize money (C$)
1Tyler McCumber United States11139,300
2George Cunningham United States12102,167
3Zach Wright United States1288,605
4Corey Pereira United States1283,903
5Michael Gellerman United States1268,649
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References

  1. "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2018 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. March 22, 2018.
  2. Ayers, Tom (June 5, 2018). "Cape Breton Open golf tournament cancelled after sponsor drops out". CBC.
  3. "2018 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  4. "Order of Merit – 2018". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  5. Stanley, Adam (September 16, 2018). "Meet the Five". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
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