Last week the PGA TOUR announced the full 2024 schedule for the PGA TOUR Americas. The pro circuit, which amalgamates the previous PGA TOUR Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica, now provides a stable and stronger pathway to the upper levels of pro golf, specifically the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR.
The 16 event agenda will visit eight countries and is scheduled to conclude just northwest of Toronto, in Caledon, Ontario, where ten golfers will culminate the season by earning a Korn Ferry Tour card.
The venue will be the TPC Toronto, which will eschew their regular spot on the schedule with the Osprey Valley Open, instead hosting The Fortinet Cup Championship for 2024. The Osprey Valley Open is slated to return in 2025.
The Fortinet Cup Championship will take place September 2-8, 2024 on TPC Toronto’s newly renovated North course. The top 120 players in the Fortinet Cup Standings following the CRMC Championship will earn a spot in the field to compete for the chance to earn a promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour, as well as a spot in the field at the PGA TOUR’s Fortinet Championship.
“We are delighted to bring the Fortinet Cup Championship to TPC Toronto, on the recently renovated North Course,” said Scott Pritchard, Vice President PGA TOUR Americas. “TPC Toronto will provide a formidable test and an amazing venue to award Korn Ferry Tour membership to the Tour’s top performers. We are thankful for TPC Toronto’s continued partnership and know this event will be a highlight of the 2024 PGA TOUR Americas season.”
“We are very excited about the arrival of the Fortinet Cup Championship in Ontario this year. This event closes the season and showcases the top golfers in the race to the Fortinet Cup in the Americas,” stated Jack Pagano, Vice President of Central Canada at Fortinet. “This event will be the perfect opportunity to bring together our customers and partners to Toronto and provide them with the best of golf in Canada, as well as experience Fortinet’s industry-leading cybersecurity technology and commitment to the local community, built on the foundation of 20 years of organic innovation developed in our major R&D centers in North America and Canada.”
The Fortinet Cup Championship will see the return of action to TPC Toronto’s North course, which underwent renovation in 2023. Under the direction of architect Ian Andrew, the renovation transformed the course into a venue for high-level championship competition. The course is set to open in 2024, alongside TPC Toronto’s all-new amenities, which includes clubhouses, on-site accommodations and practice facilities.
The parkland-style North course, originally designed by Doug Carrick, will now measure close to 7,500 yards and features expanded fairway bunkering, shortgrass greenside runoff areas and tightened fairways among its significant changes. The North course previously hosted PGA TOUR Americas in 2018 and 2019 and saw current PGA TOUR players Tyler McCumber and Paul Barjon emerge victorious.
TPC Toronto will also serve as the event’s host organization, led by Tournament and Programming Director Brad Parkins.
“We are thrilled to host the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship and showcase the newly renovated North course,” said Parkins. “Seeing the world’s top up-and-coming players compete at TPC Toronto is one of the highlights of each season for us, and we look forward to celebrating the conclusion of the race for the Fortinet Cup as players earn their promotions to the Korn Ferry Tour next September.”
