2013 PGA Tour Canada

The 2013 PGA Tour Canada season ran from June 6 to September 15 and consists of nine official tournaments. This was the 44th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the first under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. On October 18, 2012, the Canadian Tour and the U.S. PGA Tour announced that they had reached an agreement by which the PGA Tour would take over the Canadian circuit.

2013 PGA Tour Canada season
DurationJune 6, 2013 (2013-06-06) – September 15, 2013 (2013-09-15)
Number of official events9
Order of MeritCanada Mackenzie Hughes
2012
2014

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
Jun 9Times Colonist Island Savings OpenBritish Columbia150,000United States Stephen Gangluff (4)6
Jul 7Dakota Dunes OpenSaskatchewan150,000United States Wil Collins (1)6
Jul 14Syncrude Boreal OpenAlberta150,000Canada Riley Wheeldon (1)6
Jul 21The Players CupManitoba150,000United States Carlos Sainz Jr. (1)6
Aug 9
Jun 23
ATB Financial ClassicAlberta150,000United States Joe Panzeri (2)6
Aug 25Great Waterway ClassicOntario150,000Chile Hugo León (2)6
Sep 1Wildfire InvitationalOntario150,000United States Mark Hubbard (1)6
Sep 8Cape Breton Celtic ClassicNova Scotia150,000Canada Mackenzie Hughes (1)6
Sep 15Tour Championship of CanadaOntario150,000Canada Max Gilbert (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 2014 Web.com Tour.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (C$)
1Canada Mackenzie Hughes52,114
2Canada Riley Wheeldon45,323
3United States Mark Hubbard40,696
4Chile Hugo León39,897
5United States Wil Collins39,708

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. 2013 PGA Tour Canada
  2. "ATB Financial Classic presented by TELUS cancelled". PGA Tour Canada. June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  3. "The Five PGA Tour Canada players graduate up to the 2014 Web.com Tour". PGA Tour Canada. September 15, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  4. 2013 Canadian Tour Order or Merit
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