Report: PGA Tour close to taking over Canadian Tour
Golf Biz • Korn Ferry Tour • PGA Tour

Report: PGA Tour close to taking over Canadian Tour

August 28, 2012
Ryan Ballengee
FOLLOW US
FOLLOW: iHEART | TUNEIN


As "The Simpsons" once said, Canada is America Junior. If that's the case, then the PGA Tour is about to make the Canadian Tour into PGA Tour Junior.

According to a report in Global Golf Post, the PGA Tour is set to take over the Canadian Tour in October.

Under terms of the deal, the Canadian Tour would be renamed the PGA Tour of Canada - similar in nomenclature to PGA Tour Latinoamerica, which the PGA Tour formed this year after taking over the Tour de las Americas.

PGA Tour Latinoamerica will offer Web.com Tour status to high finishers on its money list. It is anticipated the Canadian Tour would do the same if officially taken over by the PGA Tour.

The PGA Tour bailed out the Canadian Tour with emergency financing for this season after the long-running smaller tour lost $700,000 in operations a year ago.

The deal, however, reportedly is not done until a vote of the PGA Tour board in October.

Tags

About the author

View All Posts

Ryan Ballengee

Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. He is currently a +2.6 USGA handicap, and he has covered dozens of major championships and professional golf tournaments. He likes writing about golf and making it more accessible by answering the complex questions fans have about the pro game or who want to understand how to play golf better.

Ryan talks about golf on various social platforms:

X or Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanballengee
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanballengeegolf
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanballengee
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanballengeegolf

Ballengee can be reached by email at ryan[at]thegolfnewsnet.com

Ryan occasionally links to merchants of his choosing, and GNN may earn a commission from sales generated by those links. See more in GNN's affiliate disclosure.

Add Comment

Click here to post a comment