2023 PGA Tour Canada

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2023 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationJune 15, 2023 (2023-06-15) – September 10, 2023 (2023-09-10)
Number of official events10
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Davis Lamb (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Springer (2)
Order of Merit Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Springer
2022

The 2023 PGA Tour Canada was the 37th and final season of the Canadian Tour, and the 10th under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.

Contents

In April, the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 season would be the last, as from 2024 the tour would merge with PGA Tour Latinoamérica, creating PGA Tour Americas. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season. [2] [3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Jun 18 Royal Beach Victoria Open British Columbia200,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Étienne Papineau (1)3.14
Jun 25 Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open Saskatchewan225,000 Flag of the United States.svg John Pak (1)3.35
Jul 2 ATB Classic Alberta225,000 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Lamb (1)3.62
Jul 16 Quebec Open Quebec200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Lamb (2)4.76
Jul 23 Commissionaires Ottawa Open Ontario200,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stuart Macdonald (1)4.91
Jul 30 Osprey Valley Open Ontario225,000 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Shore (1)5.40
Aug 6 Windsor Championship Ontario200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Choi (1)5.05
Aug 27 CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open Manitoba200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Springer (1)5.03
Sep 3 CRMC Championship United States200,000 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Yi (1)5.42
Sep 10 Fortinet Cup Championship Alberta225,000 Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Springer (2)3.56

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Fortinet Cup and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [4] [5] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour. [6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of the United States.svg Hayden Springer 1,311
2 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Choi 1,276
3 Flag of the United States.svg Davis Lamb 1,173
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Étienne Papineau 982
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Yi 963

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 Korn Ferry Tour.

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References

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  2. "2023 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. "PGA Tour Canada announces 2023 Fortinet Cup schedule". PGA Tour. March 22, 2023. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
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