2012 Canadian Tour
Year2012
TourCanadian Tour
Regular seasonJune 7, 2012 – September 9, 2012
No of events8
Most winsEugene Wong (2)
Honor 1Order of Merit
Honoree 1Matt Hill
Prevseason2011
Nextseason2013

The 2012 Canadian Tour was the 27th season of the Canadian Tour, the main professional golf tour in Canada since it was formed in 1986.

PGA Tour takeover

In October, it was announced that the PGA Tour would takeover the tour, being renamed as PGA Tour Canada from 2013 onwards.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(C$)		Winner[a]OWGR
points
Jun 10Times Colonist Island Savings OpenBritish Columbia150,000Andrew Roque (1)6
Jun 24ATB Financial ClassicAlberta175,000Michael Gligic (1)6
Jul 1Syncrude Boreal OpenAlberta150,000Cory Renfrew (1)6
Jul 8Dakota Dunes Casino OpenSaskatchewan150,000Matt Hill (1)6
Jul 15Canadian Tour Players CupManitoba150,000Chris Killmer (1)6
Aug 19Jamieson WFCU Windsor Roseland Charity ClassicOntario100,000Alan McLean (1)6
Aug 26Canadian Tour ChampionshipOntario100,000Eugene Wong (1)6
Sep 9Great Waterway ClassicOntario150,000Eugene Wong (2)6

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Canadian dollars.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (C$)
1Matt Hill48,273
2Michael Gligic42,950
3Cory Renfrew41,436
4Eugene Wong33,936
5Andrew Roque31,367

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Canadian Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.

References

  1. ^ "PGA takes over Canadian Tour and renames it PGA Tour Canada". Toronto Star. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". Canadian Tour. Archived 26 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2012 Order of Merit". Canadian Tour. Archived 27 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Matt Hill Named Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year". NC State Wolfpack. September 13, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2023. Hill finished first on the Order of Merit with just under $50,000 in earnings.