A Season to Remember
As the PGA Tour season comes to an end this weekend with the TOUR Championship at East Lake GC in Atlanta, many eyes will be on the best golfers in the world. Tiger has returned to the spotlight, young guns are all over the tour, and the Ryder Cup is around the corner. But as the 2018-2019 season caps off, lets not forget about the FANTASTIC season that the Canadians on the PGA Tour put together. While no Canadian was able to walk away with victory, there is plenty to recap.
Breaking Down The Field
This season six Canadians played more than 25 tournaments, one had his season shortened by injury, and the godfather himself got into 6 tournaments himself. Let us take a look at a player by player recap of Team Canada:
Adam Hadwin
Cuts made – 22/25
Top 10’s – 3
Total Money – $1,932,488
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 36 / 57
Breakdown – The head of the Canadian class, Hadwin participated in all four major championships (making the cut in 2 of them), and had 10 Top 25 finishes. The model of consistency, Hadwin was able to make 22 of 25 cuts and collect a shade under $2 million. Big things for to come in 2019.
Nick Taylor
Cuts made – 17/30
Top 10’s – 2
Total Money – $899,373
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 123 / 273
Breakdown – Taylor started the season on fire with 3 straight Top 25 finishes but cooled off considerably before finishing T8 at the second to last tournament of the regular season, the Wyndham Championship.
Ben Silverman
Cuts Made – 17 / 28
Top 10’s – 2
Total Money – $793,140
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 136 / 270
Breakdown – Similar to Taylor, Silverman excelled early on with both of his Top 10’s coming in the first 5 tournaments of the season. A mildly consistent season put Silverman just on the edge of the FedEx Cup playoffs and without a full time Tour Card for next season.
Corey Conners
Cuts Made – 20 / 28
Top 10’s – 1
Total Money – $728,296
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 130 / 399
Breakdown – It feels like a copy paste recap of both Taylor and Silverman here with Conners who made 8 straight, and 11 of 12, cuts to start the season. Conners season hilight came at the Fort Worth invitational where a Saturday 63 shot him up the leaderboard to a season high T8 finish.
David Hearn
Cuts Made – 11 / 21
Top 10’s – 2
Total Money – $622,383
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 138 / 424
Breakdown – Although Hearn missed the cut in almost half the tournaments he entered, he made the most of the cuts he made. Hearn was able to finish in the Top 25 of 5 tournaments and finished off his season with a season best T8 at the Wyndham Championship alongside Nick Taylor.
Mackenzie Hughes
Cuts Made – 11 / 28
Top 10’s – 1
Total Money – $518,476
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 160 / 285
Breakdown – Hughes started off the 2018-2019 season by missing 8 consecutive cuts and 16 of the first 21 tournaments he entered. However, he was able to push forward and finish the season by making 6 of the last 7 cuts with 3 of those finishes in the Top 25. His season hilight was undoubtedly his T8 finish at the RBC Canadian Open making him the Top Canadian at the event.
Graham DeLaet
Cuts Made – 3 / 3
Top 10’s – 1
Total Money – $251,630
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 187 / 278
Breakdown – DeLaet came flying out of the gates this season with a T5 finish at the season opening Safeway Open but a nagging back injury reared its ugly head yet again 3 weeks later and DeLeat’s season was over.
Mike Weir
Cuts Made – 1 / 6
Top 10’s – 0
Total Money – $5,760
FedEx Cup Rank / World Rank – 259 / 1544
Breakdown – Weirsy played a handful of tournaments this season making just 1 of 6 cuts. But as long as the 2003 Master Champion continues to play, we will continue to feature him!
The Future is Bright
There are a lot of things to look forward to in 2019. Hadwin, Hughes, and Taylor have their cards locked up. Conners and Silverman have limited status and looking to retain their cards via the Web.com playoffs. David Hearn will be around again. And newcomers Adam Svensson and Roger Sloan just earned their cards via the Web.com tour standings.
With 8 countrymen (9 if you count the Godfather Mike Weir) competing next season, the chance of the Canadian Flag flying at the top of the leaderboard is not a question of if but when.