PGA Tour Canada

The Canadian Professional Golf Tour is a men's professional golf tour. It was formally started in 1970 and was initially known as the Peter Jackson Tour.

The Canadian Tour is not one of the six leading men's professional tours which belong to the International Federation of PGA Tours, but it is one of the three addition tours on which Official World Golf Rankings points are available. This indicates that it is regarded by the golf authorities are being between the 7th strongest and 9th strongest men's professional tour in the World. The leading Canadian golfers play primarily on the U.S. based PGA Tour rather than on their domestic tour.

The Canadian Open, which is the richest golf event in Canada, is a PGA Tour event. The Canadian Professional Golf Tour receives some exemptions for the event, but the prize money does not count towards the Canadian Tour money list. The early season events on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour take place in the United States and Mexico, partly due to the cold Canadian winters. The tour also receives exemptions for a few Challenge Tour events. In 2007 the tour held fifteen standard events (including the Canadian Open), which is an increase of three over 2006, two qualifying schools and a USA v. Canada team match.

2007 schedule

Week	Tournament	Location	Winner
April 9-15	San Jose International Open	California	Adam Bland
April 16-22	Northern California Classic	California	Wes Heffernan
April 23-29	Corona Mazatlan Classic	Mexico	Byron Smith
April 30-May 6	Ford Culiacan Open	Mexico	Adam Bland
May 7-13	Riviera Nayarit Classic	Mexico	Wes Heffernan
May 14-20	Iberostar Riviera Maya Open	Mexico	Spencer Levin
June 11-17	Times Colonist Open	British Columbia, Canada	Spencer Levin
June 18-24	Greater Vancouver Charity Classic	British Columbia, Canada	James Lepp
June 25-July 1	ATB Financial Classic	Alberta, Canada	Mike Grob
July 2-8	TELUS Edmonton Open	Alberta, Canada	Dustin Risdon
July 9-15	Free Press Manitoba Classic	Manitoba, Canada	Mike Mezei
July 23-29	Canadian Open*	Ontario, Canada	Jim Furyk
August 13-19	Desjardins Montreal Open presented by Lexus	Quebec, Canada	Brent Schwarzrock
August 20-26	Jane Rogers Championship of Mississauga	Ontario, Canada	Byron Smith
August 27-September 2	Canadian Tour Championship presented by The Dominion	Ontario, Canada	Bret Guetz

*The Canadian Open is co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour.

Order of Merit winners

This list is incomplete.

• 2007 Byron Smith
• 2006 Stephen Gangluff
• 2005 Michael Harris
• 2004 Erik Compton
• 2003 Jon Mills
• 2002 Hank Kuehne
• 2001 Aaron Barber
• 2000 Steven Alker
• 1999 Ken Duke

Records

• Lowest Winning Total Score - 260 (-24) Jason Bohn, 2001 Bayer Championship, Huron Oaks Golf Club, Sarnia, Ontario.
• Lowest 18-Hole Score - 58 (-13) Jason Bohn, 2001 Bayer Championship, Huron Oaks Golf Club, Sarnia, Ontario.
• Longest Playoff - 11 holes Lee Chill defeated Chris DiMarco in the 1992 Willows Classic.
• Largest Playoff- 6 players (Steve Scott defeated Roger Tambellini, Jess Daley, Steve Alker, Mark Slawter, and Scott Hend). Scott won on 6th playoff hole.
• Largest Winning Margin - 11 strokes Arron Oberholser in the 1999 Ontario Open Heritage Classic.

See also

• Professional golf tours

External links

• Official site