2018 PGA Tour Canada
| Duration | May 31, 2018 – September 16, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12[a] |
| Most wins |  Tyler McCumber (3) |
| Order of Merit | Tyler McCumber |
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The 2018 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2018 Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the Canadian Tour, and the sixth under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3 | Freedom 55 Financial Open | British Columbia | 200,000 | Jordan Niebrugge (1) |
7 |
| Jun 10 | Bayview Place DCBank Open | British Columbia | 200,000 | Sam Fidone (1) |
6 |
| Jun 17 | GolfBC Championship | British Columbia | 200,000 | George Cunningham (1) |
6 |
| Jun 24 | Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open | Alberta | 200,000 | T. T. Crouch (1) |
6 |
| Jul 8 | Windsor Championship | Ontario | 200,000 | Mark Anguiano (1) |
6 |
| Jul 15 | Staal Foundation Open | Ontario | 200,000 | Ben Griffin (1) |
6 |
| Jul 22 | Osprey Valley Open | Ontario | 200,000 | Tyler McCumber (1) |
6 |
| Aug 5 | Syncrude Oil Country Championship | Alberta | 200,000 | Tyler McCumber (2) |
6 |
| Aug 12 | ATB Financial Classic | Alberta | 200,000 | Corey Pereira (1) |
6 |
| Aug 19 | The Players Cup | Manitoba | 200,000 | Tyler McCumber (3) |
6 |
| Cape Breton Open | Nova Scotia | – | Cancelled[3] | – | |
| Sep 9 | Mackenzie Investments Open | Quebec | 200,000 | Blake Olson (1) |
6 |
| Sep 16 | Freedom 55 Financial Championship | Ontario | 225,000 | Danny Walker (1) |
6 |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Canada, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15 | Go Vacaciones Cozumel Cup | Mexico | US$120,000 | PGA Tour Latinoamérica | n/a |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[4] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour.[5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (C$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler McCumber |
139,300 |
| 2 | George Cunningham |
102,167 |
| 3 | Zach Wright |
88,605 |
| 4 | Corey Pereira |
83,903 |
| 5 | Michael Gellerman |
68,649 |
See also
Notes
- ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
- ^ 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
- ^ "2018 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada announces 2018 schedule". PGA Tour. March 22, 2018. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Ayers, Tom (June 5, 2018). "Cape Breton Open golf tournament cancelled after sponsor drops out". CBC. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ "2018 Order of Merit". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Stanley, Adam (September 16, 2018). "Meet the Five". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2023.