Submitted by Canadian Tour Communications
OAKVILLE, Ont. – The Canadian Tour’s Fall Qualifying School is scheduled for Hidden Lake Golf Club in Burlington, Ont., from Sept. 9 -12, 2009.
The new course at Hidden Lake is a 6,743 yard par-71 layout situated 30 minutes west of Toronto and is hosting the Fall Q-School for the first time.
“Dan Halldorson was approached about this course because one thing the Tour was looking at was close proximity to St. Catharines where the Tour Championship is,” said George Tidd, CPGA Executive Professional and part owner of Hidden Lake.
“We’ve had the Monday Qualifying for the Canadian Open at least three times and a dozen or more regional qualifiers and the lowest recorded score was 66.
“The fairways are pretty narrow normally but we’re also going to grow the rough and double-roll the greens.
“This is a target-style golf course and it will be a good test for the pros.”
Steeped in history, the Fall Q-School has seen PGA TOUR winners Dave Barr, Stephen Ames, Ian Leggatt, Kirk Triplett, Tim Petrovic and Billy Ray Brown earn their cards at the Fall Q-School.
In more recent times, the school has graduated Jon Mills, David Hearn, Graham DeLaet and Wes Heffernan to the Canadian Tour and beyond.
Alex Coe earned his card two years ago and parlayed that into a victory at the Jane Rogers Championship in August of last year.
"I’ve played a lot of mini-tour events and they don’t compare to the Canadian Tour in terms of quality and depth of field, course conditions and atmosphere. Here in North America, you have the PGA TOUR, Nationwide Tour and the Canadian Tour,” said Coe.
2008 Tour Championship winner Tom Stankowski said about the Canadian Tour, “Other tours don’t teach you the mental preparation that you learn here on the Canadian Tour.
“With the mini-tours you may travel an hour from home at most and that doesn’t teach you how to be away for a week or more at a time. They (mini-tours) really don’t develop you.”
Successful applicants won’t have long to wait before testing their game against the best Canadian Tour players.
Depending on spots available, they will head to Mexico to compete in two late September events and then have the opportunity to compete throughout Latin America to begin the 2010 season with expected stops in Columbia, Peru, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica in November and December of 2009.
For further information contact:
Cindy L. Cote
Executive Assistant & Membership Service Manager
Canadian Professional Golf Tour
Golf House, Suite 301, 1333 Dorval Drive
Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6M 4X7
North America Toll Free: 1-877-226-8687
Direct Line: 905-815-9756, Extension 485
Fax: 905-815-8523 or 1-877-888-2381
Email: ccote@cantour.com
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