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___MASK75___ is a club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a ___MASK27___ in as few strokes as possible . PGA Tour Canada is a men ' s ___MASK63___ ___MASK75___ tour headquartered in Oakville , Ontario . It was formally started in 1970 and was initially known as the Peter Jackson Tour , and became the Canadian Professional ___MASK75___ Tour in 1986 . The U . S . PGA Tour took over operation of the tour on November 1 , 2012 , at which time it was renamed PGA Tour Canada . Historically , it has been commonly known as the Canadian Tour . The PGA ___MASK45___ ( often referred to as the U . S . PGA ___MASK45___ or U . S . PGA outside of the United States ) is an annual ___MASK91___ conducted by the Professional Golfers ' Association of America . It is one of the four major championships in professional golf , and it is the golf season ' s final major , played in mid - August on the third weekend prior to Labor Day weekend . ( It was rescheduled for 2016 to late July to accommodate golf ' s return to the Olympics .) It is an official money event on the PGA Tour , European Tour , and Japan Golf Tour , with a purse of $ 10 million since the 97th edition in 2015 . The Travelers ___MASK45___ is a ___MASK63___ ___MASK91___ on the PGA Tour in Cromwell , Connecticut , a suburb south of Hartford . It is managed by The Greater Hartford Community Foundation . Ponte Vedra ___MASK52___ is an unincorporated seaside ___MASK61___ in St . Johns County , Florida , United States . Located eighteen miles ( 29 km ) southeast of downtown Jacksonville and north of St . Augustine , it is part of the Jacksonville Beaches area . The Web . com Tour is the developmental tour for the U . S .- based PGA Tour , and features ___MASK63___ golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour , or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx ___MASK89___ points to stay at that level . Those who are on the top ___MASK81___ of the ___MASK76___ list at year ' s end are given PGA Tour memberships for the next season . Since the 2013 season , the Web . com Tour has been the dominant pathway for non - members to earn their PGA Tour card , and Q - School has been for entry onto the Web . com tour , not the PGA Tour as was previously the case . ___MASK63___ ___MASK75___ tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional ___MASK75___ tournaments are organised into a regular schedule . There are separate tours for men and women , with each tour being based in a specific geographical region , although some of their tournaments may be held in other parts of the world . The 2006 PGA Tour was the last ___MASK55___ of the PGA Tour before the major reorganization of the ___MASK55___ brought about by the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007 . After being challenged by Phil Mickelson in the first half of the year , when Mickelson won his second straight major at the Masters and was on course to win the U . S . Open until the 72nd hole , Tiger Woods emphatically re - established his status as the dominant golfer of his era in the second half of the ___MASK55___ by finishing with six consecutive wins , and took the Player of the Year award for the eighth time in his career . Jim Furyk had his career year to date , finishing second on the ___MASK76___ list despite picking up only two wins , due to exceptional consistency . Ten players won three million dollars , 31 won two million or more and 93 won one million or more . The cut off to make the top 125 on the ___MASK76___ list and retain a tour card was a record $ 660 , 898 . The total prize ___MASK76___ , as stated on the 2006 schedule of tournaments page of the PGA Tour website , was $ 256 . 3 million . The actual prize ___MASK76___ was slightly higher -- $ 258 , 669 , 218 . 84 ( due to more than 70 players making the cut at most tournaments ) . If one player had played and won each of the 44 events ( excluding the four alternate events ) , he would have won $ 44 , 209 , 480 . In ___MASK75___ the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained . An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status . A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not ___MASK49___ in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated ; a professional may not ___MASK49___ in amateur tournaments unless the Committee is notified , acknowledges and confirms the participation . It is very difficult for a professional to regain his or her amateur status ; simply agreeing not to take payment for a particular tournament is not enough . A player must apply to the governing body of the sport to have amateur status reinstated . The FedExCup is a ___MASK45___ ___MASK5___ for the PGA Tour . Its introduction marked the first ___MASK26___ that men ' s professional ___MASK75___ had a playoff system . Announced in November 2005 , it was first awarded in 2007 . Rory McIlroy is the 2016 champion . This competition is sponsored by FedEx . James Michael Furyk ( born ___MASK82___ 12 , 1970 ) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour . In 2010 he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the ___MASK62___ . He has won one major championship , the 2003 U . S . Open . Furyk holds the record for the lowest score in PGA Tour ___MASK46___ with a 58 which he shot during the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship . PGA Tour China is a China - based men ' s ___MASK63___ ___MASK75___ tour as part of the PGA Tour ' s global expansion . The tour started in 2014 . China , officially the ___MASK96___ ' s ___MASK2___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK42___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Philip Alfred Mickelson ( born ___MASK25___ 16 , 1970 ), nicknamed Lefty , is an American ___MASK63___ golfer . He has won 42 events on the PGA Tour , including ___MASK74___ major championships : three Masters titles ( 2004 , 2006 , 2010 ), a PGA Championship ( 2005 ), and an Open Championship ( 2013 ). Eldrick Tont " Tiger " Woods ( born ___MASK54___ 30 , 1975 ) is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time . He has been one of the highest - paid athletes in the world for several years . FedEx ___MASK14___ is an American multinational courier ___MASK36___ services company headquartered in Memphis , Tennessee . The name " FedEx " is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company ' s original air division , Federal Express , which was used from 1973 until 2000 . The company is known for its overnight shipping service , but also for pioneering a system that could track packages and provide real - time updates on package location ( to help in finding lost packages ), a feature that has now been implemented by most other carrier services . Rory McIlroy , ( born 4 ___MASK82___ 1989 ) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who is a ___MASK73___ of both the European and PGA Tours . He was world number one in the Official World ___MASK75___ Ranking for 95 weeks . He is a four - time major champion , winning the 2011 U . S Open with a tournament record : Lowest score under par ( 16 ), 2012 PGA Championship with a tournament record : Largest victory margin ( 8 strokes ), 2014 Open Championship , and 2014 PGA Championship . Along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods he is one of three players to win three majors by the ___MASK77___ of 25 . The PGA Tour ( officially rendered in all ___MASK90___ letters , as PGA TOUR ) is the organizer of the main professional ___MASK75___ tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America . It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour , as well as PGA Tour Champions ( for golfers ___MASK77___ 50 and older ) and the Web . com Tour ( for professional players who have not yet qualified to play in the PGA Tour ), as well as PGA Tour Canada , PGA Tour Latinoamérica , and PGA Tour China . It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach , Florida , a suburb of Jacksonville .