2015 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationMay 25, 2015 (2015-05-25) – September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)
Number of official events12
Most winsTaiwan Pan Cheng-tsung (2)
Order of MeritUnited States J. J. Spaun
2014
2016

The 2015 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2015 Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the Canadian Tour, and the third under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.

Mackenzie title sponsorship

In May, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Mackenzie Investments, being renamed as the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
May 31PC Financial OpenBritish Columbia175,000United States Drew Weaver (1)6
Jun 7Bayview Place Island Savings OpenBritish Columbia175,000Canada Albin Choi (1)6
Jun 28Syncrude Boreal OpenAlberta175,000Canada Kevin Spooner (1)6
Jul 5SIGA Dakota Dunes OpenSaskatchewan175,000United States Michael Letzig (1)6
Jul 12The Players CupManitoba175,000Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung (1)6
Jul 19Staal Foundation OpenOntario175,000United States J. J. Spaun (1)6
Aug 2ATB Financial ClassicAlberta175,000United States Daniel Miernicki (1)6
Aug 23National Capital Open to Support Our TroopsOntario175,000United States Sam Ryder (1)6
Aug 30Great Waterway ClassicOntario175,000Canada Brad Clapp (1)6
Sep 6Wildfire InvitationalOntario175,000Canada Christopher Ross (1)6
Sep 13Cape Breton Celtic ClassicNova Scotia175,000Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung (2)6
Sep 20Freedom 55 Financial ChampionshipOntario200,000United States Jason Millard (1)6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[4] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2016 Web.com Tour.[5]

PositionPlayerPrize money (C$)
1United States J. J. Spaun91,193
2Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung79,896
3Canada Taylor Pendrith60,736
4United States Sam Ryder57,168
5United States Jason Millard57,040

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. "Mackenzie Investments Becomes Umbrella Sponsor of PGA Tour Canada". Newswire. May 27, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. "2015 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  3. "PGA Tour Canada announces 2015 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. January 21, 2015. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  4. "2015 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  5. "J. J. Spaun earns Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada Player of the Year Honours and The Five earn Web.com Tour status for 2016". Golf Canada. September 20, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
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