COURTENAY, B.C. – PGA TOUR Canada qualifying resumes this week with the final of three Qualifying Tournaments taking place at the Crown Isle Resort and Golf Community in Courtenay, B.C. for the second straight year.
Once again, PGA TOUR Canada players will aim to take the next step on the path to the PGA TOUR in 2015. The leading player on the Order of Merit at season’s end will earn exempt status on the Web.com Tour for 2015, while players 2-5 will earn conditional status, players 6-10 will earn an exemption into the final stage of Web.com Tour Q-School and players 11-20 will earn an exemption into the second stage.
Toronto’s Albin Choi and Antibes, France’s Julien Brun took home medalist honours at each of the first two Qualifying Tournaments and will be exempt for the 2015 season.
Thirty-five Canadians will be in the field, including:
James Allenby (Langley, B.C.)
Stuart Anderson (Strathmore, Alta)
Wilson Bateman (Edmonton, Alta.)
Tyson Beaupre (Grande Prairie, Alta.)
Robert Bird (Whistler, B.C.)
Jerry Christiansen (Air Ronge, Sask.)
Brian Churchill-Smith (Oakville, Ont.)
Aaron Crawford (Calgary, Alta.)
Darren Day (Victoria, B.C.)
Ryan Gugin (Victoria, B.C.)
Todd Halpen (Calgary, Alta.)
Thomas Hay (Langley, B.C.)
Darren Hupfer (Edmonton, Alta.)
Andrew Jensen (Ottawa, Ont.)
Sean Ko (West Vancouver, B.C.)
Xin Liang (Markham, Ont.)
Dallas Mengel (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Daniel Pow (Calgary, Alta.)
Jonathan Rondeau (Woodbridge, Ont.)
Karsten Rostad (Camrose, Alta.)
James Seymour (Aurora, Ont.)
Ashok Soma (Burnaby, B.C.)
Corey Steger (North Vancouver, B.C.)
Brett Stewart (Abbotsford, B.C.)
Scott Stiles (Calgary, Alta.)
Mitch Sutton (London, Ont.)
Rhys Tosczak (Weyburn, Sask.)
Brett Webster (Abbotsford, B.C.)
Ryan Werre (Redcliff, Alta.)
Christopher Wilson (Timmins, Ont.)
Josh Wytinck (Glenboro, Man.)
Ryan Zylstra (Woodstock, Ont.)
Ryan Ellis (Cumberland, Ont.)
Dane Ellerton (Hemmingford, Que.)
Shawn Vanderwal (Kamloops, B.C.)