Now in its fifth year, the Mackenzie Tour is a series of 12 professional golf tournaments played across the country each summer at several of Canada’s most beautiful and challenging golf courses. It is organized and operated by the PGA TOUR, known for its flagship TOUR consisting of over 40 tournaments primarily in North America that include The Players (flagship PGA TOUR event), RBC Canadian Open, The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Arnold Palmer MasterCard Invitational to name only a few. Mackenzie Tour is where aspiring PGA TOUR professionals come to begin their career. At the end of each year, the five leading money winners from Mackenzie Tour move up the ladder and qualify for playing status on the Web.com Tour for the following season. The ultimate goal of all players is to continue climbing up the ladder and compete on the PGA TOUR.

Mackenzie Tour’s mission is to deliver a PGA TOUR experience for its players, members, fans, volunteers and its sponsors in order to develop the future stars of professional golf & enrich the communities it visits. The PGA TOUR (a non–profit organization) generates millions of dollars annually to support local charities. In Canada the TOUR surpassed $1.0 million in donations in 2016.

The first stop on the tour schedule is the Freedom 55 Financial Open.  The tournament takes place at Point Grey Golf & Country Club the week of May 29 – June 4th. Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, graduates of the Mackenzie Tour and both from the lower mainland have recently captured their first PGA TOUR victories.

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Purchase tickets here[:zh]今年第五届举办的 Mackenize 巡回赛是一个由12 项专业高球赛系列组成的赛事。每年夏季都会于加拿大其中几个最优美及最具挑战性的高球场举行。赛事由PGA TOUR (美国职业高尔夫球赛系列赛事) 策划及运作，它的旗舰赛由超过40个北美的公开赛事所组成而驰名，当中包括The Players (PGA TOUR 旗舰赛活动), 皇家银行加拿大公开赛，AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 及Arnold Palmer MasterCard 邀请赛等各项赛事，不能尽录。 Mackenzie 巡回赛就是让PGA TOUR 有抱负的专业球员开拓他们的高球事业。每年年底，赢取最高金额的前五名优胜者将会获进级并获邀参与下一季Web.com 巡回赛事。所有球员的终极目标就是希望能继续进级并与其他职业球员一较高下。

Mackenize 巡回赛的使命是为球员、会员、球迷、义工及赞助商透过PGA 赛事投入社区，从而为球坛培育更多未来之星，发掘更多专业高球员。 PGA TOUR (非牟利机构) 每年筹得数百万元以支持慈善团体，巡回赛事在2016年为加拿大筹募得超过一百万元善款。

今年首场赛事将会是 Freedom 55 Financial 公开赛，活动于五月二十九日至六月四日 在 Point Grey 高球乡村俱乐部举行。同样来自低陆平原的Adam Hadwin及Nick Taylor 均出身于Mackenzie 巡回赛，于近期的 PGA 赛事中首度夺冠。

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