Complementing the season-long Order of Merit competition is a season-long Most Improved Player Award. The player with the most improved Handicap Factor, as calculated by the formula below, will receive The Most Improved Player Award and will be invited for a round of golf at Coppinwood with Mark Young, the following season. A player’s season will start from their first Tour event and end at their last Tour event. Players must play at least 5 events to qualify.
The formula for calculating the most improved player has been established by the Golf Canada as equitable in gauging the improvement of players encompassing the entire spectrum of handicaps and is calculated as follows:
Improvement Factor (I/F) = Start of Season Handicap Factor + 12 divided by End of Season Handicap Factor + 12
# | Player | Events | First | Last | I/F |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gord Tellier | 5 | 13.1 | 6.4 | 1.364 |
2 | Joseph Ricchio | 7 | 17.6 | 10.8 | 1.298 |
3 | Dan Findlay | 6 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.280 |
4 | Jason Westwood | 7 | 12.4 | 7.3 | 1.264 |
5 | Graham McCulloch | 7 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 1.262 |
6 | Johnathan Letterio | 12 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 1.255 |
7 | Matthew Kasujja | 13 | 18.5 | 12.4 | 1.250 |
8 | Simon Soares | 21 | 15.2 | 11.0 | 1.183 |
9 | Mario Paradis | 9 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 1.171 |
T10 | Adil Mughal | 10 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 1.168 |
T10 | Dustin Friedman | 11 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 1.168 |
12 | Jeremy Choi | 12 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 1.168 |
13 | Brian Coufal | 6 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 1.156 |
14 | Andrew Mitchell | 25 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 1.145 |
15 | Kevin Saindon | 6 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 1.137 |
16 | Rick Wright | 6 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 1.137 |
17 | Matt Bremer | 7 | 1.4 | +0.2 | 1.136 |
18 | Ben Mercier | 6 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 1.132 |
19 | Neil Brown | 6 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 1.127 |
20 | Steve Zimmermann | 10 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 1.127 |
21 | Carl Thompson | 23 | 19.3 | 15.8 | 1.126 |
22 | Kieran Woodward | 12 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 1.126 |
23 | Yuri Siniak | 17 | 19.3 | 16.0 | 1.118 |
24 | Georg Leber | 17 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 1.118 |
25 | Nick Davero | 10 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 1.114 |
26 | Greg Kearns | 15 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 1.113 |
27 | Jeff Eschle | 5 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 1.112 |
28 | Trent Shapcott | 6 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 1.112 |
29 | Eldar Curovic | 5 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 1.112 |
30 | Jules Fabbri | 10 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 1.106 |
31 | Mitch Bower | 8 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 1.105 |
32 | Derek Peters | 12 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 1.104 |
33 | Joseph Warren | 22 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 1.096 |
34 | Darcy Head | 6 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 1.095 |
35 | Jordan Hutchinson | 10 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 1.090 |
36 | Kevin Henhoeffer | 14 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 1.090 |
37 | Wade McFarlane | 6 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 1.089 |
38 | Rick Jones | 27 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 1.089 |
39 | Frank O'Brien | 22 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 1.085 |
40 | Morgan Rubes | 11 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.085 |
41 | Phong Le | 11 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 1.085 |
42 | Duane Gomes | 9 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 1.084 |
T43 | Michael Alderman | 17 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.083 |
T43 | Mark Zemel | 11 | 20.5 | 18.0 | 1.083 |
45 | Rob Shevalier | 8 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 1.083 |
46 | Florante Balagasay | 13 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 1.082 |
47 | Andrew Susands | 15 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 1.079 |
48 | Mark Gibson | 5 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 1.079 |
49 | Jimmy Singh | 6 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 1.077 |
50 | Ryan Taylor | 14 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.074 |
51 | Danny MacDonald | 11 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 1.074 |
52 | Chris Beaumont | 10 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 1.073 |
53 | Tom Easterman | 7 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 1.073 |
54 | Mark Leslie | 16 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 1.072 |
55 | Michael Vettese | 5 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 1.071 |
56 | Michael Corvese | 24 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 1.071 |
57 | Mike Mills | 9 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 1.070 |
58 | Andrew McBurney | 13 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 1.068 |
59 | David MacLachlan | 20 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 1.063 |
60 | A.J. Tibayan | 8 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 1.060 |
61 | Paul Babiak | 5 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 1.058 |
62 | Steve Roberts | 24 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 1.058 |
63 | Brad Golden | 23 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 1.057 |
64 | John Fitzgerald | 9 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 1.057 |
65 | Scott Mackenzie | 7 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 1.055 |
66 | Errol Lake | 6 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 1.054 |
67 | Christopher Curtis | 7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.054 |
68 | John Hoefkens | 10 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 1.053 |
69 | Todd Stones | 13 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 1.053 |
70 | Michael Cann | 20 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 1.052 |
71 | Ronan Quinn | 8 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 1.052 |
72 | Josh Hastings | 10 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 1.051 |
73 | Brad Beghetto | 5 | 15.0 | 13.7 | 1.051 |
74 | Ian Smith | 7 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 1.047 |
75 | Sandy Zajac | 7 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 1.047 |
76 | Michael Milner | 10 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 1.045 |
77 | Bob Read | 14 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 1.045 |
78 | Paul Kelly | 13 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 1.045 |
79 | Joshua Kingsmill | 11 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 1.043 |
80 | Charles Guan | 12 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 1.043 |
81 | Adam Angilletta | 8 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 1.043 |
82 | Brian Nash | 11 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 1.042 |
83 | Tal Fadel | 16 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 1.039 |
84 | Jack Leong | 13 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 1.034 |
85 | Chad Anderson | 11 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.034 |
86 | Brian Provencal | 6 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 1.032 |
87 | Robin Hutchins | 5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 1.031 |
88 | Ron Kuus | 14 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 1.029 |
89 | G.M. Milan | 8 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 1.029 |
90 | David Arsenault | 24 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 1.029 |
91 | Sergio Manera | 5 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 1.029 |
92 | Massimo Giovannetti | 12 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 1.028 |
93 | Scott Lundy | 18 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 1.028 |
94 | Paolo Zulian | 7 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 1.028 |
95 | John Harrington | 6 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.028 |
96 | Gerry Price | 11 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 1.027 |
97 | Axel Panknin | 8 | 26.9 | 25.9 | 1.026 |
98 | Mike Hubbs | 17 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.025 |
99 | Damien Cox | 5 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 1.025 |
100 | Murray Heywood | 10 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 1.025 |
101 | Ken Peck | 5 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 1.023 |
102 | Jack Mitchell | 15 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 1.023 |
103 | Christian Anderson | 11 | 16.1 | 15.5 | 1.022 |
104 | Ian Murray | 6 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 1.021 |
105 | Jim Curren | 6 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 1.021 |
106 | Norm Bischof | 5 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 1.020 |
107 | Mark O'Neill | 5 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 1.020 |
108 | Sean Hoy | 5 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 1.019 |
109 | Robin Roopchan | 19 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 1.017 |
110 | Peter Labelle | 13 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 1.015 |
111 | Krish Nair | 16 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 1.014 |
112 | John Waddington | 17 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 1.013 |
113 | George Olak | 11 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 1.013 |
114 | Eric Doucette | 6 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 1.012 |
115 | Dante Carlos | 15 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 1.011 |
116 | Paul Ungureanu | 8 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 1.011 |
117 | Jack Radford | 6 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 1.010 |
118 | Chris Mulchinock | 11 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 1.010 |
119 | Tim Seabrook | 5 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 1.009 |
120 | George Vasic | 10 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 1.008 |
121 | Sandra Stuckless | 7 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 1.008 |
122 | Mark Lawrence | 7 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 1.008 |
123 | Nhid Lam | 15 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 1.007 |
124 | Peter Gatzios | 6 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 1.007 |
125 | Kim Stankiewicz | 8 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 1.005 |
126 | Jake Naccarato | 26 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 1.004 |
127 | Tom Lumsden | 5 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 1.004 |
128 | Greg McPhee | 6 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 1.003 |
T129 | Mehul Suthar | 8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 1.000 |
T129 | Ranjit Gill | 11 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.000 |
T129 | Rob Meloche | 8 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.000 |
T129 | Manny Serrano | 7 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 1.000 |
T129 | Vic Wiwchar | 27 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 1.000 |
T129 | Eric Penney | 17 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.000 |
T129 | Jim Warner | 5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 1.000 |
T129 | Dave Ponesse | 5 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 1.000 |
T129 | Grant Brown | 6 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 1.000 |
138 | Paul Dermody | 12 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 0.996 |
139 | Garfield Thompson | 7 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 0.996 |
140 | Ted Mader | 6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 0.996 |
141 | Keith Mosley | 11 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 0.996 |
142 | Arjun Tuteja | 10 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 0.995 |
143 | Anthony Wald | 5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 0.994 |
144 | Dean Sherman | 8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.993 |
145 | Rod Skelton | 8 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 0.993 |
146 | Eric Velanoff | 8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.992 |
147 | Paul Inglis | 9 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 0.991 |
148 | Michael Alcott | 21 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 0.991 |
149 | Mike Roberts | 11 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 0.990 |
150 | John Harris | 27 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 0.989 |
151 | Rob Wilkes | 10 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 0.989 |
152 | Dennis Halfpenny | 5 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 0.985 |
153 | Walter Kraus | 9 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 0.984 |
154 | Mark Matusiak | 26 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 0.984 |
155 | Chris Corvese | 23 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 0.982 |
156 | Zack Kilislian | 10 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 0.982 |
157 | Brett Parry | 13 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 0.981 |
158 | Mike DiFlorio | 17 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 0.980 |
159 | Tom Trei | 5 | 20.6 | 21.3 | 0.979 |
160 | Michael Solway | 7 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 0.979 |
161 | Larry Withyman | 9 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 0.979 |
162 | Bob Pesarchuk | 16 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 0.978 |
163 | James Vert | 6 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 0.978 |
164 | Andy Schwabe | 7 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 0.978 |
165 | Jibson Mamerto | 6 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 0.977 |
166 | Bob Fisher | 13 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 0.977 |
167 | Vojtech Smida | 15 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 0.977 |
168 | Wayne Andrejek | 6 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 0.976 |
169 | Drazen Bratic | 5 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 0.974 |
170 | Colen Colthurst | 9 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 0.972 |
171 | Vernal Hamilton | 6 | 19.0 | 19.9 | 0.972 |
172 | Rob Haynes | 5 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 0.970 |
173 | Arthur Vanek | 11 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 0.968 |
174 | Robert Stodgell | 7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 0.967 |
175 | John Duffy | 22 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 0.966 |
176 | Franco Aceto | 22 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 0.963 |
177 | Dave Beatty | 8 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 0.963 |
178 | Phil Carleton | 5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.960 |
179 | Mike Reynolds | 16 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 0.959 |
T180 | Peter Cuthbert | 16 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0.958 |
T180 | Tony Crane | 5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 0.958 |
182 | Simon Dearden | 20 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 0.958 |
183 | Sean Harvey | 23 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 0.957 |
184 | Chris Mack | 13 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 0.953 |
185 | Jay Skukowski | 7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.953 |
186 | Khalid Nabbie | 7 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 0.952 |
187 | Kirk Figueira | 20 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 0.950 |
188 | Andrew Rusk | 11 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 0.948 |
189 | Richard Coates | 5 | 22.0 | 23.9 | 0.947 |
190 | Mark Rodgers | 8 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.943 |
191 | David Lichacz | 8 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 0.941 |
192 | Brian Yoon | 6 | 8.8 | 10.1 | 0.941 |
193 | Tony Mills | 17 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.940 |
194 | Mark Keilhauer | 5 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 0.939 |
195 | Derek Kurelo | 12 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 0.938 |
196 | Wayne Amirault | 7 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 0.938 |
197 | Gerry Beasley | 11 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 0.938 |
198 | Alex Milosavljevic | 14 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 0.936 |
199 | Terry Vansickle | 7 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 0.933 |
200 | Bob Chapman | 12 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 0.933 |
201 | Tom Nowak | 12 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 0.933 |
202 | Matt Howe | 9 | 11.2 | 12.9 | 0.932 |
203 | Sandro Mariani | 24 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 0.930 |
204 | Arthur Bekerman | 14 | 15.7 | 17.8 | 0.930 |
205 | Martin Gorman | 6 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 0.928 |
206 | Kyle Dickson | 8 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 0.926 |
207 | Marc Laverdiere | 11 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 0.924 |
208 | Jason Baumeister | 9 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 0.924 |
209 | Tom Whitaker | 5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 0.924 |
210 | Andrew Newell | 19 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 0.923 |
211 | Rob Colaricci | 16 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 0.922 |
212 | Dave Field | 6 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 0.920 |
213 | John Baty | 6 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 0.918 |
214 | Sean David | 13 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 0.916 |
215 | Dick Freeborough | 17 | 10.2 | 12.3 | 0.914 |
216 | John Farrugia | 5 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 0.913 |
217 | Patrick McCulloch | 7 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 0.912 |
218 | Rob Serra | 6 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 0.912 |
219 | Jason Child | 16 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 0.911 |
220 | Adrian Jayne | 21 | 8.9 | 11.0 | 0.909 |
221 | Terry Condon | 7 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 0.908 |
222 | Tyler Murdoch | 7 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 0.907 |
223 | Ryan Hunter | 23 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 0.904 |
224 | Shavi Kahlon | 7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.901 |
225 | Anne Chun | 6 | 19.0 | 22.5 | 0.899 |
226 | Bob Klassen | 5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.897 |
227 | Jeff Truman | 18 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 0.892 |
228 | Xuechen Yu | 5 | +1.9 | +0.6 | 0.886 |
229 | Brendan Myles | 5 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 0.885 |
230 | Josh Silverman | 20 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 0.881 |
231 | Robert Sterling | 14 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 0.870 |
232 | Phong Tran | 13 | 15.5 | 19.9 | 0.862 |
233 | Harjeet Gill | 10 | 13.7 | 18.0 | 0.857 |
234 | Frederik Snel | 21 | 12.7 | 17.3 | 0.843 |
235 | Jim Wyatt | 9 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 0.832 |
236 | Mark Whyte | 11 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 0.825 |
237 | Denis Maurice | 16 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 0.823 |
238 | Andrew Branigan | 8 | 9.5 | 14.5 | 0.811 |
239 | Jeff Webber | 7 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 0.802 |
240 | John Baynham | 15 | 14.9 | 22.1 | 0.789 |