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ada—an event dating back to 1912 with decorated winners such as George Knud- son, Moe Norman, Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer—that continues to produce excep- tional champions," said Cabot Links man- aging partner Ben Cowan-Dewar. "We look forward to watching the PGA of Canada's top-ranked players battle it out in this com- pelling format—a format that greatly com- plements the links style of golf offered here at Cabot Links." The PGA Championship of Canada will be the first professional championship Cabot Links has hosted since opening in the sum- mer of 2012. Since re-launching in 2011, the PGA Championship of Canada has been con- tested as a match play event with play- ers from the four brackets—Stan Leonard, George Knudson, Al Balding and Moe Nor- man—looking to advance through the six rounds to capture the historic P.D. Ross tro- phy. However, this year's championship at Cabot Links will see a format change with the top 64 players from the PGA of Canada Player Rankings presented by RBC playing two rounds of stroke play. The top-16 play- ers from the 36-hole stroke play portion of the event will fill our the four match play brackets—Stan Leonard, George Knud- son, Al Balding and Moe Norman—with the eventual champion winning four match play rounds. "The format change for this year's PGA Championship of Canada is bound to be an exciting one," said the PGA of Canada's Managing Director of Championships and Events Adam LeBrun. "We feel the play- ers who are playing the best will ultimately make it through to the match play portion of the event where the matches will undoubt- edly tight, tough and exciting affairs." The player who sits atop the PGA of Canada Player Rankings presented by RBC at the conclusion of the PGA Championship of Canada earns an exemption into this year's RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. Currently Markham, Ont.'s, Bill Walsh sits No. 1 on the player rankings with 316 points, ahead of 2014 PGA Championship of Canada winner Dave Levesque of Montreal and 2013 winner Bryn Parry of North Vancouver. Past champions of the PGA Championship of Canada include Moe Norman, George Knudson, Al Balding, Bob Panasik, Wilf Homenuik, Stan Leonard, Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer. The first PGA Championship of Canada was contested in 1912 at Mississaugua Golf & Country Club.