Most Improved Player

Performance Measured

Complementing the season-long Order of Merit competition is a season-long Most Improved Player Award. The player with the most improved Handicap Ratio, 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 Ratio (I/R) = Start of Season Handicap Index + 12 divided by End of Season Handicap Index + 12

# Player Events First Last I/F
1 Randy Chen 5 16.6 12.5 1.167
2 Alan Dickie 10 7.9 6.9 1.053
3 Len Gushe 8 7.0 6.1 1.050
4 Nhid Lam 8 13.2 12.2 1.041
5 Todd McKay 5 0.7 0.2 1.041
6 Jeremy Choi 6 4.8 4.2 1.037
7 David Miller 6 9.2 8.6 1.029
8 Laz Nussis 9 10.8 10.2 1.027
9 Phil Bingham 9 15.5 15.0 1.019
10 Jeff Truman 6 7.3 7.1 1.010
11 Todd Stones 6 7.4 7.3 1.005
12 Ian Ervine 5 15.0 14.9 1.004
T13 Ian R. Smith 5 11.9 11.9 1.000
T13 Dave Ponesse 5 25.9 25.9 1.000
T13 Carmen Jones 5 0.3 0.3 1.000
T13 Chad Cook 6 11.7 11.7 1.000
17 Ryan Hunter 5 15.1 15.2 0.996
18 Sunil Gunness 7 9.6 9.7 0.995
19 Ethem Aksoy 6 14.3 14.5 0.992
20 John Farrugia 6 10.2 10.4 0.991
21 Paul Inglis 6 16.5 16.8 0.990
22 Mike Mills 5 6.8 7.0 0.989
23 Phong Tran 6 13.3 13.6 0.988
24 Sasha Mikijelj 6 11.3 11.6 0.987
25 Mike DiFlorio 7 16.5 16.9 0.986
26 Matt McRae 8 2.0 2.2 0.986
27 Scott Murphy 9 5.2 5.5 0.983
T28 Mike Robarts 8 10.5 10.9 0.983
T28 Joseph Avila 10 10.5 10.9 0.983
30 Roy Dhori 10 9.9 10.3 0.982
31 Mark Matusiak 6 8.4 8.8 0.981
32 Francis Rementilla 6 25.1 25.9 0.979
33 Steve Dewar 5 8.7 9.3 0.972
34 John Semlitch 6 21.3 22.4 0.968
35 Paolo Zulian 7 10.6 11.4 0.966
36 David MacLachlan 10 13.8 14.8 0.963
37 Gerry Price 6 15.7 16.8 0.962
38 David Mack 6 10.2 11.1 0.961
39 Casey Renaud 7 7.0 7.8 0.960
40 Michael Cann 7 11.3 12.3 0.959
41 Al Norman 10 17.5 18.8 0.958
42 Adrian Jayne 8 9.3 10.4 0.951
43 Travis Boughner 8 7.3 8.3 0.951
44 Cathal Copas 6 2.8 3.6 0.949
45 Cole Jones 10 4.1 5.1 0.942
46 Paul Dermody 10 16.3 18.1 0.940
47 Ron Vallee 8 11.2 12.7 0.939
48 Geoff Flynn 6 5.4 6.6 0.935
49 Jordie Crane 5 6.6 7.9 0.935
50 Stephen Sisokin 5 4.7 6.0 0.928
51 Mark Dubeau 9 5.2 6.9 0.910
52 Doug McNeil 5 3.1 4.8 0.899
53 Brandon Chrysler 7 8.7 11.1 0.896
54 Ron Murray 5 4.6 7.2 0.865