2017 PGA Tour Canada
| Duration | June 1, 2017 – September 17, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Most wins |  Kramer Hickok (2) Patrick Newcomb (2) |
| Order of Merit | Kramer Hickok |
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The 2017 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2017 Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of the Canadian Tour, and the fifth under the operation and running of the PGA Tour.
Schedule[edit]
The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4 | Freedom 55 Financial Open | British Columbia | 175,000 | Lee McCoy (1) |
6 |
| Jun 11 | Bayview Place Cardtronics Open | British Columbia | 175,000 |  Max Rottluff (2) |
6 |
| Jun 18 | GolfBC Championship | British Columbia | 175,000 | Robby Shelton (1) |
6 |
| Jul 9 | The Players Cup | Manitoba | 175,000 | Kramer Hickok (1) |
6 |
| Jul 16 | Staal Foundation Open | Ontario | 175,000 | Johnny Ruiz (1) |
6 |
| Jul 23 | Mackenzie Investments Open | Quebec | 175,000 | Hank Lebioda (1) |
6 |
| Aug 6 | Syncrude Oil Country Championship | Alberta | 175,000 | Patrick Newcomb (1) |
6 |
| Aug 13 | ATB Financial Classic | Alberta | 175,000 | Chase Wright (1) |
6 |
| Aug 20 | National Capital Open to Support Our Troops | Ontario | 175,000 | Mark Blakefield (1) |
6 |
| Sep 3 | Cape Breton Open | Nova Scotia | 175,000 | Patrick Newcomb (2) |
6 |
| Sep 10 | Ontario Championship | Ontario | 175,000 | Kramer Hickok (2) |
6 |
| Sep 17 | Freedom 55 Financial Championship | Ontario | 200,000 | Rico Hoey (1) |
6 |
Unofficial events[edit]
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour Canada, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) |
Winner | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16 | Aruba Cup | Aruba | US$120,000 | PGA Tour Canada | n/a |
Order of Merit[edit]
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2018 Web.com Tour.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (C$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramer Hickok |
122,502 |
| 2 | Robby Shelton |
90,293 |
| 3 | Johnny Ruiz |
83,157 |
| 4 | Patrick Newcomb |
82,824 |
| 5 | Rico Hoey |
75,435 |
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]
- ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada announces 2017 schedule". PGA Tour. March 7, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Kramer Hickok earns Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada Player of the Year". Net News Ledger. September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Decker, Brian (September 17, 2017). "Meet The Five for 2017". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2023.