Tour Profile
# of Past/Present Members
To Have Played in 1 PGA TOUR Event
With 20 years of experience, the Great Lakes Golf Tour, or as its better known, the Great Lakes Tour (GLT) has quickly risen to become the country's largest professional tournament provider. The tour currently conducts approximately 12 to 15 competitive golf events across Ontario annually and since 2001, 65 members have gone on to compete in at least one PGA TOUR event in their career.
Founded in 2001 the Great Lakes Tour was made to serve as a vital training ground for some of Canada’s best touring and club professionals. It has also provided countless competitive outlets for various players, both professional and amateur. More than 4,700 players from around the globe have competed for nearly $5.5-million in prize money. Notable Alumni of the Great Lakes Tour Include current PGA TOUR members David Hearn, Michael Gligic, Taylor Pendrith and Dominic Bozzelli, PGA TOUR Champions Winner Rod Spittle, Former PGA TOUR/Korn Ferry Tour member Brad Fritsch, Former Korn Ferry Tour Winner David Morland IV, PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Winner Drew Nesbitt, Former European Tour Winner Jerry Anderson and Ontario Golf Hall of Famer Ken Tarling to name a few.
The Great Lakes Tour provides the aspiring player quality tournament environments to enhance their growth and gain valuable, hard-to-come by experience. Players will enjoy the authentic TOUR-like atmosphere at all Great Lakes Tour produced events. Whether your goal is to win your club championship, or to eventually make it to the PGA TOUR the Great Lakes Tour provides every player that opportunity.
While under NEW ownership in 2016, the Great Lakes Tour created a relationship with the Circuit Canada Pro Tour (Ceased operation 2019) based in Montreal (QC). This agreement allowed Great Lakes Tour members the opportunity to compete in high-end prestigious events in Quebec including the $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup and $100,000 Quebec Open. Over the three years of this relationship, the total prize money avaliable between the GLT/CCPT schedules was in excess of $2 Million. During this time, Great Lakes Tour Members competing on both circuits compiled over $1,000,000 in total earnings. Today, members of the GLT still compete in Quebec with opportunities to major events through the GLT Order of Merit due to this original relationship forged 5 years ago.
The Great Lakes Tour Directors continue to pursue strategic partnerships for our Members to gain access into highly accredited events and tours. These partnerships include $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup in Victoriaville QC, RBC Canadian Open Monday Qualifier exemption, Mackenzie Tour Exemptions, Exclusive Pro Am invites i.e. $10,000 JT Classic Pro Am. In 2018, the Great Lakes Tour and Seaforth Country Classic (former PGA TOUR Canada event) developed a relationship to allow members direct entry into one of Southwestern Ontario's most popular events.
Today, the Great Lakes Tour, Vancouver Golf Tour (B.C.) and East Coast Pro Tour (Quebec) have formed an alliance that will continue to fuel the exclusive field at the $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup presented by City of Victoriaville. This alliance has the vision to grow and allow for higher purse events available to all professional golfers across Canada. In May of 2021, Great Lakes Tour announced GolfZoogle as their new presenting sponsor with the long term relationship focused on upgrading multi-media platforms to produce live coverage of events that will assist in the vision of creating a network of national opportunities for professional golfers in Canada.
The mission for many years to come will be to provide our members with an affordable event experience and best in class tournament atmosphere while developing unique opportunities to further develop their professional careers.
''The Great Lakes Tour provides Canadian players a great opportunity to compete at a high level without the hassle of travelling great distances to play events. Winning on the Great Lakes Tour in the 2004 season boosted my confidence, and helped me learn how to win at the professional level''
- David Hearn, PGA TOUR Professional
Founded in 2001 the Great Lakes Tour was made to serve as a vital training ground for some of Canada’s best touring and club professionals. It has also provided countless competitive outlets for various players, both professional and amateur. More than 4,700 players from around the globe have competed for nearly $5.5-million in prize money. Notable Alumni of the Great Lakes Tour Include current PGA TOUR members David Hearn, Michael Gligic, Taylor Pendrith and Dominic Bozzelli, PGA TOUR Champions Winner Rod Spittle, Former PGA TOUR/Korn Ferry Tour member Brad Fritsch, Former Korn Ferry Tour Winner David Morland IV, PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Winner Drew Nesbitt, Former European Tour Winner Jerry Anderson and Ontario Golf Hall of Famer Ken Tarling to name a few.
The Great Lakes Tour provides the aspiring player quality tournament environments to enhance their growth and gain valuable, hard-to-come by experience. Players will enjoy the authentic TOUR-like atmosphere at all Great Lakes Tour produced events. Whether your goal is to win your club championship, or to eventually make it to the PGA TOUR the Great Lakes Tour provides every player that opportunity.
While under NEW ownership in 2016, the Great Lakes Tour created a relationship with the Circuit Canada Pro Tour (Ceased operation 2019) based in Montreal (QC). This agreement allowed Great Lakes Tour members the opportunity to compete in high-end prestigious events in Quebec including the $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup and $100,000 Quebec Open. Over the three years of this relationship, the total prize money avaliable between the GLT/CCPT schedules was in excess of $2 Million. During this time, Great Lakes Tour Members competing on both circuits compiled over $1,000,000 in total earnings. Today, members of the GLT still compete in Quebec with opportunities to major events through the GLT Order of Merit due to this original relationship forged 5 years ago.
The Great Lakes Tour Directors continue to pursue strategic partnerships for our Members to gain access into highly accredited events and tours. These partnerships include $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup in Victoriaville QC, RBC Canadian Open Monday Qualifier exemption, Mackenzie Tour Exemptions, Exclusive Pro Am invites i.e. $10,000 JT Classic Pro Am. In 2018, the Great Lakes Tour and Seaforth Country Classic (former PGA TOUR Canada event) developed a relationship to allow members direct entry into one of Southwestern Ontario's most popular events.
Today, the Great Lakes Tour, Vancouver Golf Tour (B.C.) and East Coast Pro Tour (Quebec) have formed an alliance that will continue to fuel the exclusive field at the $125,000 Sani-Marc/Desjardins Canada Cup presented by City of Victoriaville. This alliance has the vision to grow and allow for higher purse events available to all professional golfers across Canada. In May of 2021, Great Lakes Tour announced GolfZoogle as their new presenting sponsor with the long term relationship focused on upgrading multi-media platforms to produce live coverage of events that will assist in the vision of creating a network of national opportunities for professional golfers in Canada.
The mission for many years to come will be to provide our members with an affordable event experience and best in class tournament atmosphere while developing unique opportunities to further develop their professional careers.
''The Great Lakes Tour provides Canadian players a great opportunity to compete at a high level without the hassle of travelling great distances to play events. Winning on the Great Lakes Tour in the 2004 season boosted my confidence, and helped me learn how to win at the professional level''
- David Hearn, PGA TOUR Professional
Lucas Kim 2019 Order of Merit
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Eric Banks 2019 Canada Cup
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Southern Ontario Open, GLT Tradition
Mitch Sutton at Conestoga
Live hole by hole scoring
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Drew Nesbitt at Batteaux Creek
Opening Tee Shot at Olivers Nest
JJ Regan 2017 Order of Merit
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