2016 PGA Tour Canada

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2016 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationMay 26, 2016 (2016-05-26) – September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)
Number of official events12
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy (4)
Order of Merit Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy
2015
2017

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.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
May 29 Freedom 55 Financial Open British Columbia175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy (1)6
Jun 5 Bayview Place Island Savings Open British Columbia175,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Cornelson (1)6
Jun 12 GolfBC Championship British Columbia175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy (2)6
Jun 26 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open Saskatchewan175,000 Flag of Germany.svg Max Rottluff (1)6
Jul 10 The Players Cup Manitoba175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy (3)6
Jul 17 Staal Foundation Open Ontario175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Moore (1)6
Jul 31 Syncrude Oil Country Championship Alberta175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Wise (1)6
Aug 7 ATB Financial Classic Alberta175,000 Flag of England.svg Charlie Bull (1)6
Aug 21 National Capital Open to Support Our Troops Ontario175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Brock Mackenzie (3)6
Sep 4 Cape Breton Celtic Classic Nova Scotia175,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy (4)6
Sep 11 Niagara Championship Ontario175,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Pastore (1)6
Sep 18 Freedom 55 Financial Championship Ontario200,000 Flag of France.svg 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner OWGR
points
Dec 17 Aruba Cup ArubaUS$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]

PositionPlayerPrize money (C$)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Dan McCarthy 157,843
2 Flag of the United States.svg Brock Mackenzie 84,075
3 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Moore 78,736
4 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Wise 65,313
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 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.

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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.