2023 PGA Tour Canada
| Duration | June 15, 2023 – September 10, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 10 |
| Most wins |  Davis Lamb (2) Hayden Springer (2) |
| Order of Merit | Hayden Springer |
← 2022 | |
The 2023 PGA Tour Canada was the 37th and final season of the Canadian Tour, and the 10th under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.
In April, the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 season would be the last, as from 2024 the tour would merge with PGA Tour Latinoamérica, creating PGA Tour Americas.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18 | Royal Beach Victoria Open | British Columbia | 200,000 |  Étienne Papineau (1) |
3.14 |
| Jun 25 | Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open | Saskatchewan | 225,000 | John Pak (1) |
3.35 |
| Jul 2 | ATB Classic | Alberta | 225,000 | Davis Lamb (1) |
3.62 |
| Jul 16 | Quebec Open | Quebec | 200,000 | Davis Lamb (2) |
4.76 |
| Jul 23 | Commissionaires Ottawa Open | Ontario | 200,000 | Stuart Macdonald (1) |
4.91 |
| Jul 30 | Osprey Valley Open | Ontario | 225,000 | Davis Shore (1) |
5.40 |
| Aug 6 | Windsor Championship | Ontario | 200,000 | Sam Choi (1) |
5.05 |
| Aug 27 | CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open | Manitoba | 200,000 | Hayden Springer (1) |
5.03 |
| Sep 3 | CRMC Championship | United States | 200,000 |  Cao Yi (1) |
5.42 |
| Sep 10 | Fortinet Cup Championship | Alberta | 225,000 | Hayden Springer (2) |
3.56 |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was titled as the Fortinet Cup and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour.[6]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayden Springer |
1,311 |
| 2 | Sam Choi |
1,276 |
| 3 | Davis Lamb |
1,173 |
| 4 | Étienne Papineau |
982 |
| 5 | Cao Yi |
963 |
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 Korn Ferry Tour.
References
[edit]- ^ "PGA Tour announces formation of PGA Tour Americas". PGA Tour. April 25, 2023. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ "PGA Tour Canada announces 2023 Fortinet Cup schedule". PGA Tour. March 22, 2023. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ "2023 Fortinet Cup". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Mumford, Peter (September 10, 2023). "Hayden Springer wins Fortinet Cup, secures Player of the Year honours". Fairways Magazine. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Meet the Five: PGA Tour Canada graduates". PGA Tour. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.