2015 PGA Tour Canada

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2015 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationMay 25, 2015 (2015-05-25) – September 20, 2015 (2015-09-20)
Number of official events12
Most wins2:
Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung
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, ran from May 28 to September 20 and consisted of 12 official tournaments. This was the 46th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the third under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It is also the first under the "Mackenzie Tour - PGA Tour Canada" name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal. The purse for most events increased from $150,000 to $175,000. All 12 events returned from the 2014 schedule.[1]

The increased prize money also meant that first place earns $31,500, compared to $27,000 the previous season. 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

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(C$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
May 31 PC Financial Open British Columbia 175,000 United States Drew Weaver (1) 6
Jun 7 Bayview Place Island Savings Open British Columbia 175,000 Canada Albin Choi (1) 6
Jun 28 Syncrude Boreal Open Alberta 175,000 Canada Kevin Spooner (1) 6
Jul 5 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open Saskatchewan 175,000 United States Michael Letzig (1) 6
Jul 12 The Players Cup Manitoba 175,000 Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung (1) 6
Jul 19 Staal Foundation Open Ontario 175,000 United States J. J. Spaun (1) 6
Aug 2 ATB Financial Classic Alberta 175,000 United States Daniel Miernicki (1) 6
Aug 23 National Capital Open to Support Our Troops Ontario 175,000 United States Sam Ryder (1) 6
Aug 30 The Great Waterway Classic Ontario 175,000 Canada Brad Clapp (1) 6
Sep 6 Wildfire Invitational Ontario 175,000 Canada Christopher Ross (1) 6
Sep 13 Cape Breton Celtic Classic Nova Scotia 175,000 Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung (2) 6
Sep 20 Freedom 55 Financial Championship Ontario 200,000 United 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. The top five players on the tour earned status to play on the 2016 Web.com Tour.

Position Player Prize money (C$)
1 United States J. J. Spaun 91,193
2 Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung 79,896
3 Canada Taylor Pendrith 60,736
4 United States Sam Ryder 57,168
5 United States Jason Millard 57,040

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 the PGA Tour Canada as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Web.com Tour.

References

  1. ^ "PGA Tour Canada announces 2015 tournament schedule". PGA Tour Canada. January 21, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

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