2016 PGA Tour Canada

The 2016 PGA Tour Canada season ran from May 26 to September 18 and consisted of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 47th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the fourth under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It is also the second under the Mackenzie Tour - PGA Tour Canada name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal. Ten events returned from the 2015 schedule and two were added.[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$)
May 29Freedom 55 Financial OpenVancouver, British Columbia Dan McCarthy (1)6175,000
Jun 5Bayview Place Island Savings OpenVictoria, British Columbia Adam Cornelson (1)6175,000
Jun 12GolfBC ChampionshipKelowna, British Columbia Dan McCarthy (2)6175,000
Jun 26SIGA Dakota Dunes OpenSaskatoon, Saskatchewan Max Rottluff (1)6175,000
Jul 10The Players CupWinnipeg, Manitoba Dan McCarthy (3)6175,000
Jul 17Staal Foundation OpenThunder Bay, Ontario Taylor Moore (1)6175,000
Jul 31Syncrude Oil Country ChampionshipEdmonton, Alberta Aaron Wise (1)6175,000
Aug 7ATB Financial ClassicCalgary, Alberta Charlie Bull (1)6175,000
Aug 21National Capital Open to Support Our Troops Ottawa, Ontario Brock Mackenzie (3)6175,000
Sep 4Cape Breton Celtic ClassicBaddeck, Nova Scotia Dan McCarthy (4)6175,000
Sep 11Niagara ChampionshipFort Erie, Ontario David Pastore (1)6175,000
Sep 18Freedom 55 Financial ChampionshipLondon, Ontario Paul Barjon (1)6200,000
Dec 17Aruba Cup (team event)ArubaPGA Tour Latinoamérican/aUS$120,000

Source[2]

Order of Merit leaders

The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Web.com Tour cards for 2017.[3]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize money (C$)
1Dan McCarthy United States11157,843
2Brock Mackenzie United States1284,075
3Taylor Moore United States1178,736
4Aaron Wise United States765,313
5Adam Cornelson Canada1256,020

References
  1. "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2016 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. February 10, 2016.
  2. "2016 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  3. "Order of Merit – 2016". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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