Canadian Tour Making Progress With Tournament Purses
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
It has taken a little while but Canadian Tour Commissioner Rick Janes has finally succeeded in reaching one of his earliest goals with the announcement that prize purses for some of the Tour’s top events will see some of the largest increases in Tour history.
In addition to increasing the prize money Tour members will play for in 2010 at events in Victoria, Edmonton and Winnipeg, the prestigious Players Cup will now offer a purse of $325,000 — nearly double what it was in 2006.
“The highlight of the 2010 schedule is purse increases at major events in Canada. ” say the Commissioner. “These are the most significant increases that the Tour has seen in its history.”
“There are still a number of gaps in the schedule that are yet to bebe filled but we can confirm that at least five of our major events in Canada will be announcing purses of at least $250,000.”
The Players Cup in Winnipeg will have a purse of $300,000 and the Canadian Tour Championship will reach $325,000.
“At the same time, we have some contraction in the schedule with long-time sponsor TELUS abandoning its own event and joining the ATB Financial Classic to create one larger championship in Alberta,” says Janes.
The Canadian Tour also anticipates a new event in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
The 2010 Canadian Tour season will begin with a series of tournaments in Mexico starting with the Mexican PGA Championship in Mazatlan the week of April 12.
Yet to be finalized are events in partnership with the European Challenge Tour and Tour de Las Americas in Columbia, Chile and Costa Rica in late February and early March.
“Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Tour and this is where we are applying most of our attention. At the same time, Latin America and Mexico provide us with opportunities to extend our season into those months when we cannot play in Canada,” says Janes. “These events also provide our players with valuable international experience and expose top players to the Canadian Tour.”
The Canadian Tour is a member of the International Federation of PGA Tours with tournaments in Mexico, Latin America and across Canada. Attracting the best young PGA TOUR prospects from Canada and another fifteen countries, more than one hundred Canadian Tour alumni have graduated to the PGA TOUR including Steve Stricker, Mike Weir, Stuart Appleby and Tim Clark.
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