Canadian Tour boosts prize money for Times Colonist Open
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
The Canadian Tour continues to bloom despite the economic downturn, which has greatly impacted the golf industry.
As a sign of that, the prize purse for the 2010 Times Colonist Open, from June 3-6 at Uplands, has been raised by $50,000 to $250,000.
The Times Colonist Open purse was $150,000 in 2008 and $200,000 for the 2009 event last summer. Local organizers are responsible for $150,000 of the purse. The $100,000 in combined increases — $50,000 in each 2009 and 2010 — have come through Canadian Tour funding.
“I’m stunned that they could bump up the purse again for next year, with the way things are in the economy and in the golf industry,” admitted Keith Dagg, Times Colonist Open marketing director.
“This is big news for us and very exciting and again shows what the Tour thinks of our tournament.”
The Times Colonist Open is among five Canadian Tour events that will see major boosts in purse money to at least $250,000. The others are in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and the $325,000 Players Cup.
“It’s long overdue, to be blunt,” said Rick Janes, commissioner and CEO of the Canadian Tour, in a telephone interview yesterday.
“In order to further raise the profile of any Tour, you need bigger purses. Players are attracted to tournaments, frankly, by the amount of money they can earn. We already have golfers from 15 nations on our Tour and this will attract even more players to our qualifying schools and will help grab the attention of the public.
“We hope to increase purses even more in the future.”
With the Canadian Tour having developed more than 100 alumni who graduated to the PGA Tour — including names such as Steve Stricker, Mike Weir, Chris DiMarco, Tim Clark, Stuart Appleby and Craig Parry — the Times Colonist Open is a significant annual event on the Victoria sporting calendar.
The Times Colonist Open, entering its 27th year as the oldest event on the Canadian Tour, has been there through it all with a list of winners which includes Stricker, Parry, Brandt Jobe, Kelly Gibson and Todd Erwin.
“The Victoria tournament is without a doubt one of our linchpin events,” said Janes.
“We consider it a cornerstone.”
The 2010 Canadian Tour starts with a series of events in Mexico the week of April 12. The Canadian portion of the Tour begins with the Times Colonist Open at Uplands.
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