Fortinet Cup, Player of the Year Award goes to Bateman

Wil Bateman is only the second Canadian—along with Mackenzie Hughes in 2013—to win PGA TOUR Canada Player of the Year honors.

KITCHENER, Ontario—Wil Bateman didn’t necessarily need to win the season-ending Fortinet Cup Championship in order to secure the Fortinet Cup title and Player of the Year honors. That’s exactly what he did, though, shooting a final-round 1-under 69 Sunday at Deer Ridge Golf Club to defeat Jeffrey Kang by two strokes. In the process, Bateman won the Fortinet Cup, finishing with 1,654 points and vaulting past Jake Knapp, who entered the week with the standings lead. It was quite the double dip.   Read Full Story…