2020 PGA Tour Canada

The 2020 PGA Tour Canada, title sponsored as the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada, was scheduled to be the 51st season of the PGA Tour Canada, commonly known as the Canadian Tour. 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]

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 table below details the 2020 PGA Tour Canada tournament schedule.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
pts		Purse (C$)
May 28–31Canada Life OpenVancouver, British ColumbiaCancelled200,000
Jun 4–7DCBank OpenVictoria, British ColumbiaCancelled200,000
Jun 11–14GolfBC ChampionshipKelowna, British ColumbiaCancelled200,000
Jun 25–28Lethbridge Paradise Canyon OpenLethbridge, AlbertaCancelled200,000
Jul 2–5Prince Edward Island Pro-AmCardigan, Prince Edward IslandCancelled200,000
Jul 9–12Osprey Valley OpenCaledon, OntarioCancelled200,000
Jul 16–19Windsor ChampionshipWindsor, OntarioCancelled200,000
Aug 6–9ATB Financial ClassicCalgary, AlbertaCancelled200,000
Aug 13–16Manitoba OpenWinnipeg, ManitobaCancelled200,000
Aug 20–23CRMC ChampionshipBrainerd, MinnesotaCancelled200,000
Aug 27–30Ontario OpenTottenham, OntarioCancelled200,000
Sep 10–13Mackenzie Investments OpenMontreal, QuebecCancelled200,000
Sep 17–20Canada Life ChampionshipLondon, OntarioCancelled225,000

Source[1][8]

Canada Life Series

A series of four 54-hole tournaments was organised in August and September. Each had a purse of C$50,000 with a first prize of C$9,000. The events did not get world ranking points.

DateTournamentLocationWinner
Aug 10–12Canada Life Series at Bear Mountain: Mountain CourseLangford, British Columbia Evan Holmes
Aug 17–19Canada Life Series at Bear Mountain: Valley CourseLangford, British Columbia Cao Yi
Sep 2–4Canada Life Series at TPC Toronto: Heathlands CourseCaledon, Ontario Albert Pistorius
Sep 9–11Canada Life Series Championship at TPC TorontoCaledon, Ontario Laurent Desmarchais (a)

Source[9]

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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