Tour Events Get Raises

The Canadian Tour has added significant purse increases to its two major championships, with the Players Cup in Winnipeg rising from $200,000 last year to $300,000 in 2010 and the Canadian Tour Championship going from $250,000 to $325,000.

The winner of the Players Cup will receive $48,000 and an exemption into the RBC Canadian Open, while the Canadian Tour Championship winner at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club in Ontario this year will get $52,000.

“The Players Cup and Canadian Tour Championship are two of the biggest golf events in Canada and they create an opportunity for golf fans to see not only the top PGA Tour prospects in Canada, but many of the top young prospects from more than a dozen countries around the world,” said Canadian Tour commissioner Richard Janes.

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