2016 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationMay 26, 2016 (2016-05-26) – September 18, 2016 (2016-09-18)
Number of official events12
Most winsUnited States Dan McCarthy (4)
Order of MeritUnited States 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.

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
May 29Freedom 55 Financial OpenBritish Columbia175,000United States Dan McCarthy (1)6
Jun 5Bayview Place Island Savings OpenBritish Columbia175,000Canada Adam Cornelson (1)6
Jun 12GolfBC ChampionshipBritish Columbia175,000United States Dan McCarthy (2)6
Jun 26SIGA Dakota Dunes OpenSaskatchewan175,000Germany Max Rottluff (1)6
Jul 10The Players CupManitoba175,000United States Dan McCarthy (3)6
Jul 17Staal Foundation OpenOntario175,000United States Taylor Moore (1)6
Jul 31Syncrude Oil Country ChampionshipAlberta175,000United States Aaron Wise (1)6
Aug 7ATB Financial ClassicAlberta175,000England Charlie Bull (1)6
Aug 21National Capital Open to Support Our TroopsOntario175,000United States Brock Mackenzie (3)6
Sep 4Cape Breton Celtic ClassicNova Scotia175,000United States Dan McCarthy (4)6
Sep 11Niagara ChampionshipOntario175,000United States David Pastore (1)6
Sep 18Freedom 55 Financial ChampionshipOntario200,000France 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$)
WinnerOWGR
points
Dec 17Aruba CupArubaUS$120,000PGA Tour Latinoamérican/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$)
1United States Dan McCarthy157,843
2United States Brock Mackenzie84,075
3United States Taylor Moore78,736
4United States Aaron Wise65,313
5Canada Adam Cornelson56,020

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.

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.
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