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.
| Duration | May 26, 2016 – September 18, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Most wins |  Dan McCarthy (4) |
| Order of Merit | Dan McCarthy |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29 | Freedom 55 Financial Open | British Columbia | 175,000 | Dan McCarthy (1) |
6 |
| Jun 5 | Bayview Place Island Savings Open | British Columbia | 175,000 |  Adam Cornelson (1) |
6 |
| Jun 12 | GolfBC Championship | British Columbia | 175,000 | Dan McCarthy (2) |
6 |
| Jun 26 | SIGA Dakota Dunes Open | Saskatchewan | 175,000 |  Max Rottluff (1) |
6 |
| Jul 10 | The Players Cup | Manitoba | 175,000 | Dan McCarthy (3) |
6 |
| Jul 17 | Staal Foundation Open | Ontario | 175,000 | Taylor Moore (1) |
6 |
| Jul 31 | Syncrude Oil Country Championship | Alberta | 175,000 | Aaron Wise (1) |
6 |
| Aug 7 | ATB Financial Classic | Alberta | 175,000 |  Charlie Bull (1) |
6 |
| Aug 21 | National Capital Open to Support Our Troops | Ontario | 175,000 | Brock Mackenzie (3) |
6 |
| Sep 4 | Cape Breton Celtic Classic | Nova Scotia | 175,000 | Dan McCarthy (4) |
6 |
| Sep 11 | Niagara Championship | Ontario | 175,000 | David Pastore (1) |
6 |
| Sep 18 | Freedom 55 Financial Championship | Ontario | 200,000 |  Paul Barjon (1) |
6 |
Unofficial events edit
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Canada, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17 | Aruba Cup | Aruba | US$120,000 | PGA Tour Latinoamérica | n/a |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2017 Web.com Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (C$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan McCarthy |
157,843 |
| 2 | Brock Mackenzie |
84,075 |
| 3 | Taylor Moore |
78,736 |
| 4 | Aaron Wise |
65,313 |
| 5 | Adam Cornelson |
56,020 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ "2016 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2016 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "McCarthy Leads The Five". ScoreGolf. September 19, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2023.