2019 PGA Tour Canada
The 2019 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2019 Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons, ran from May 23 to September 15 and consisted of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 50th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the seventh under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It is also the fifth under the "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada" name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal.[1]
| Duration | May 23, 2019 – September 15, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Most wins | 2: Paul Barjon Jake Knapp.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Taylor Pendrith |
| Order of Merit | Paul Barjon |
← 2018 2020 → | |
Most events had a purse of $200,000 with first place earning $36,000. The final event of the season, the Canada Life Championship, had a purse of $225,000, with $40,500 going to the winner.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (C$) | Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26 | Canada Life Open | British Columbia | 200,000 | Jake Knapp (1) | 6 |
| Jun 2 | Bayview Place DCBank Open | British Columbia | 200,000 | Paul Barjon (2) | 6 |
| Jun 16 | GolfBC Championship | British Columbia | 200,000 | Jake Knapp (2) | 6 |
| Jun 23 | Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open | Alberta | 200,000 | Alex Chiarella (1) | 6 |
| Jul 7 | Windsor Championship | Ontario | 200,000 | Dawson Armstrong (1) | 6 |
| Jul 14 | Osprey Valley Open | Ontario | 200,000 | Paul Barjon (3) | 6 |
| Jul 21 | HFX Pro-Am | Nova Scotia | 200,000 | Lorens Chan (1) | 6 |
| Aug 4 | 1932byBateman Open | Alberta | 200,000 | Taylor Pendrith (1) | 6 |
| Aug 11 | ATB Financial Classic | Alberta | 200,000 | Hayden Buckley (1) | 6 |
| Aug 18 | The Players Cup | Manitoba | 200,000 | Derek Barron (1) | 6 |
| Sep 8 | Mackenzie Investments Open | Quebec | 200,000 | Taylor Pendrith (2) | 6 |
| Sep 15 | Canada Life Championship | Ontario | 225,000 | Patrick Fishburn (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 2020–21 Korn Ferry Tour.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (C$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Barjon | 127,336 |
| 2 | Taylor Pendrith | 124,590 |
| 3 | Jake Knapp | 120,925 |
| 4 | Lorens Chan | 116,541 |
| 5 | Patrick Fishburn | 81,140 |
Notes
- 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 Korn Ferry Tour.
References
- "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2019 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. March 20, 2019.
- "2019 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- "Order of Merit – 2019". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- Stasiewich, Brendan (September 15, 2019). "Barjon wins Order of Merit and Player of the Year Award". PGA Tour.