PARKSVILLE, B.C.--The Canadian Tour will unveil its newest members next week when the Spring Qualifying School takes place at Morningstar Golf Course on Vancouver Island.
The 72-hole qualifier will be held May 26-29, 2009.
Course architect Les Furber integrated the 7,018 yard, par-72 layout with many natural areas preserved to add drama and excitement.
Tour applicants will encounter undulations on several fairways and well placed bunkers throughout the course. Morningstar Golf Course's superbly conditioned greens promise a true roll.
PGA TOUR winners who earned their way onto the Canadian Tour via the Spring School include Scott McCarron, Tim Herron, Arron Oberholser, Jason Bohn, Billy Ray Brown, Chris DiMarco, and Mike Weir. Those earning cards won’t have long to wait to get started. Some 90 miles south, the $200,000 Times Colonist Open in Victoria kicks off the Canadian Swing the following week.
Golf Channel will continue to follow the Canadian Tour, taping footage for ‘Chasing the Dream.’
Players finishing in the top 80 on the 2009 money list retain exempt cards for 2010 while those from 81st to 90 earn non-exempt cards for the next season.
Entry fee is C$ 2,000.
Following the $250,000 Canadian Tour Championship that closes the season, the top two on the Order of Merit received exemptions into second stage of PGA TOUR Qualifying School.
Other Canadian Tour membership benefits include:
Top six finishers at each Canadian Tour event receive Official World Ranking Points;
Top five Members on the Order of Merit at a designated date receive exemptions into the PGA TOUR’s RBC Canadian Open with a sixth exemption being awarded to the Players Cup Champion;
Top five Members from the Order of Merit as of a designated date are exempted into the Nationwide Tour’s Wayne Gretzky Charity Classic;
Canadian Tour Members bypass the pre-qualifying stage for PGA TOUR Qualifying School;
The Top-10 on the Order of Merit at the close of each season receives exemptions into the following year’s U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying. Players may choose any of the Sectional Qualifying sites that fit their schedule from those in the UK, Japan and the United States;
Top available Member (within the top 5) on the final Order of Merit standings receives exempt status on the South African Sunshine Tour;
Top fifty (Members from the final Order of Merit standings earn Associate Membership status on the Southern Africa Tour;
Top five available Members from the Order of Merit final standings receive exemptions into select international events on the Tour de Las Americas over and above the co-sanctioned tournaments;
The leading Member (within the top 10) from the Order of Merit final standings receives an exemption into the final stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School;
The winner of the Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship is exempted into the Nationwide Tour’s Mexican Open;
The top five Canadian and top five International Members from the final Canadian Bursary Standings receive funds from the $50,000 Canadian Bursary. Payouts range from $7,500 to $3,000;
Members who play in an event Pro-Am (based on Order of Merit standings) receive a $200 fee in lieu of playing for a purse;
Titleist product is provided to all competitors in the starting fields at all Canadian Tour Events held in Canada and the USA;
Golf Pride Grips and Soft Spikes are supplied to Members throughout the season;
Top eight Canadian, top eight American, and top eight International Members from the Order of Merit (at a designated date) are eligible for the International Team Match competition.
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