OVERVIEW OF PGA TOUR CANADA
PGA TOUR Canada is a professional golf tour that offers a series of tournaments played primarily in Canada each summer, where tomorrow’s stars begin the path to the PGA TOUR. All year, players will compete for the Fortinet Cup, a points-based race that rewards the top performers with Korn Ferry Tour membership for the following season. PGA TOUR Canada’s mission is to deliver a PGA TOUR experience for their members, fans, volunteers and its partners in order to develop the future stars of professional golf and enrich the communities the Tour visits.
➢ Through golf, the PGA TOUR has made a positive impact by contributing more than $3.37 billion to local charities with their net proceeds, surpassing those of all other professional sports leagues
➢ Based on Sport Tourism Canada STEAM economic impact assessment, PGA TOUR Canada events generate $2-4 million in economic activity
➢ PGA TOUR Canada events have donated over $6 Million to charities since 2013
➢ 64 players have gone on from PGA TOUR Canada to earn PGA TOUR cards since 2013
➢ There are 13 alums on the PGA TOUR for the 2022-2023 season
➢ 16 PGA TOUR-era alumni have won 23 PGA TOUR titles, including the following Canadians:
- Mackenzie Hughes (2)
- Nick Taylor (2)
- Corey Conners (2)
- Adam Svensson
OVERVIEW OF THE FORTINET CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
On Thursday, September 7, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023, the PGA TOUR Canada's flagship event will take place - the final stop on the race to the Fortinet Cup! Only the top 60 players on the Fortinet Cup points list are eligible to compete at this event. The 2023 Fortinet Cup Championship will be hosted at Country Hills Golf Club in Calgary Alberta, a course that has hosted numerous championships and an incredible venue for the players.
The Fortinet Cup offers a $100,000 player bonus pool—with $25,000 to the winner—to the top Fortinet Cup points-winners who earn membership on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour, with the No. 1-ranked player at the end of the season eligible to play in every open Korn Ferry Tour tournament the following season. The Fortinet Cup winner will also be exempt into the PGA TOUR’s 2024 RBC Canadian Open. The players finishing in the second-through-fifth positions earn Korn Ferry Tour membership, while Korn Ferry Tour benefits are available to those finishing sixth through 10th.
Two winners will be crowned at this event, Player of the Year and the Winner of the Fortinet Cup! 2022 winner was Wil Bateman- the only Canadian player in the top 10, taking home both titles!
The winner of the Fortinet Cup receives exemption to play in The Fortinet Championship on The PGA TOUR!
ABOUT COUNTRY HILLS GOLF CLUB
Located in the Sandstone Valley of northern Calgary, the Talon Course at Country Hills Golf Club provides a true championship test for this year’s Fortinet Cup Championship. Country Hills is no stranger to elite tournament golf, having hosted PGA TOUR Canada’s ATB Financial Classic on six occasions between 2013 and 2021, and producing winners like Corey Pereira and Hayden Buckley, each of whom have since seen considerable success on the PGA TOUR.
At more than 7200 yards, Country Hills combines frequent elevation changes and firm, running fairways to force players into risk-reward decisions that can make or break a round. With demanding tee shots and a importance placed on using greenside slopes to funnel balls toward the hole, Country Hills will allow the best players to separate themselves from the field.
