Great news for golf in Canada as Wayne Gretzky is bringing the Nationwide Tour back to Canada. It was announced yesterday The Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic will be played next June at the Georgian Bay Club and the Raven Golf Club at Lora Bay near Collingwood, Ont., which is just north of Toronto. The last time the Nationwide Tour was in in Canada in was for the CPGA Championship in 2005, played in Cambridge, Ont., and the Alberta Classic which was held in Calgary.
Gretzky is an avid golfer and plays in many pro-ams.
"Each and every year we've gone to the Nationwide event in Greenville it's just been better each and every time," Gretzky said in an interview with the Golf Channel on Monday. "That's where we came up with the concept of 'Wow, this is such a great tournament, we should do one of these in Canada."'
The event will have a field of 160 Nationwide Tour players, each of whom will be paired with a celebrity or amateur player for two rounds. The pros will be playing for one of the largest purses US$800,099 - and all four rounds will be televised will be televised on the Golf Channel.
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