2020 PGA Tour Canada

The 2020 PGA Tour Canada, titled as the 2020 Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada for sponsorship reasons and commonly known as the Canadian Tour, was scheduled to be the 51st season of the PGA Tour Canada. It would have been the eighth season under the operation of the PGA Tour and the final year of the initial six year sponsorship deal with Mackenzie Investments.[1]

2020 PGA Tour Canada season
← 2019
2021 →

In early March, the tour's four remaining qualifying tournaments were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On April 16, it was announced that the first six tournaments would also be postponed.[3] On May 29, the tour announced the cancellation of the entire season.[4]

With the cancellation of the season, the PGA Tour created an eight tournament LocaliQ Series based in the United States in which tour members, along with those of the suspended 2020 PGA Tour Latinoamérica and cancelled 2020 PGA Tour China, would be eligible to compete.[5] In addition, four tournaments, the Canada Life Series, were played in Canada in August and September to provide Canadian-based players some playing opportunities.[6][7]

All regular season events were planned to have a purse of $200,000 except and the final event of the season, the Canada Life Championship, having a purse of $225,000.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[1][8]

DateTournamentLocation
May 31Canada Life OpenBritish Columbia
Jun 7DCBank OpenBritish Columbia
Jun 14GolfBC ChampionshipBritish Columbia
Jun 28Lethbridge Paradise Canyon OpenAlberta
Jul 5Prince Edward Island Pro-AmPrince Edward Island
Jul 12Osprey Valley OpenOntario
Jul 19Windsor ChampionshipOntario
Aug 9ATB Financial ClassicAlberta
Aug 16Manitoba OpenManitoba
Aug 23CRMC ChampionshipMinnesota
Aug 30Ontario OpenOntario
Sep 13Mackenzie Investments OpenQuebec
Sep 20Canada Life ChampionshipOntario

Canada Life Series

A series of four 54-hole tournaments was organised in August and September.[9]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)		Winner
Aug 12Canada Life Series at Bear MountainBritish Columbia50,000Canada Evan Holmes
Aug 19Canada Life Series at Bear MountainBritish Columbia50,000China Cao Yi
Sep 4Canada Life Series at TPC TorontoOntario50,000South Africa Albert Pistorius
Sep 11Canada Life Series Championship at TPC TorontoOntario50,000Canada Laurent Desmarchais (a)

References
  1. "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada announces 2020 schedule". PGA Tour Canada. February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  2. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  3. "PGA Tour announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA Tour Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. "Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada cancels 2020 season". PGA Tour. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  5. Wacker, Brian (July 14, 2020). "PGA Tour announces eight-tournament series for players from smaller circuits". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  6. "Canada Life Series: Four tournaments, four champions, for charity". PGA Tour. September 14, 2020.
  7. "Canada Life Series – Overview" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  8. "2020 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  9. "2020 Tournament Schedule". PGA Tour Canada. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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