2017 PGA Tour Canada

The 2017 PGA Tour Canada season ran from June 1 to September 17 and consisted of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 48th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the fifth under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It was also the third under the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal.[1]

The purse for most events was $175,000 with first place earning $31,500. The final event of the season, the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, had a purse of $200,000, with $36,000 going to the winner.

Schedule

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
pts		Purse (C$)
Jun 4Freedom 55 Financial OpenVancouver, British ColumbiaUnited States Lee McCoy (1)6175,000
Jun 11Bayview Place Cardtronics OpenVictoria, British ColumbiaGermany Max Rottluff (2)6175,000
Jun 18GolfBC ChampionshipKelowna, British ColumbiaUnited States Robby Shelton (1)6175,000
Jul 9The Players CupWinnipeg, ManitobaUnited States Kramer Hickok (1)6175,000
Jul 16Staal Foundation OpenThunder Bay, OntarioUnited States Johnny Ruiz (1)6175,000
Jul 23Mackenzie Investments OpenMirabel, QuebecUnited States Hank Lebioda (1)6175,000
Aug 6Syncrude Oil Country ChampionshipEdmonton, AlbertaUnited States Patrick Newcomb (1)6175,000
Aug 13ATB Financial ClassicCalgary, AlbertaUnited States Chase Wright (1)6175,000
Aug 20National Capital Open to Support Our TroopsOttawa, OntarioUnited States Mark Blakefield (1)6175,000
Sep 3Cape Breton OpenBaddeck, Nova ScotiaUnited States Patrick Newcomb (2)6175,000
Sep 10Ontario ChampionshipBarrie, OntarioUnited States Kramer Hickok (2)6175,000
Sep 17Freedom 55 Financial ChampionshipLondon, OntarioUnited States Rico Hoey (1)6200,000
Dec 16Aruba Cup (team event)ArubaPGA Tour Canadan/aUS$120,000

Source[1][2]

Order of Merit leaders

The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Web.com Tour cards for 2018.[3][4]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize money (C$)
1Kramer Hickok United States12122,502
2Robby Shelton United States990,293
3Johnny Ruiz United States1183,157
4Patrick Newcomb United States982,824
5Rico Hoey United States1175,435

References

  1. 1 2 "Mackenzie Tour - PGA Tour Canada announces 2017 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. March 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Order of Merit – 2017". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Decker, Brian (September 17, 2017). "Meet The Five for 2017". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
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