2016 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2016 PGA Tour Champions was the 37th season of PGA Tour Champions, a golf tour operated by the PGA Tour for men's golfers age 50 and over. The tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, and was known by that name through 2002. It then was known as the Champions Tour from 2003 through 2015,

2016 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14) – November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
Number of official events27
Money leaderWest Germany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearWest Germany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearEngland Paul Broadhurst
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This season was the first for a playoff system to determine the winner of the Charles Schwab Cup as seasoafter which it was rebranded as "PGA Tour Champions".n champion. The playoff, similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup, consists of three events and ends with the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.[1]

Tournament results

The following table shows the official money events for the 2016 season.[2] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Purse ($) Winner Score Winner's
share ($)
Jan 23Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000United States Duffy Waldorf (2)198 (−18)309,000
Feb 7Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,750,000Mexico Esteban Toledo (4)205 (−11)262,500
Feb 14Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000Germany Bernhard Langer (26)201 (−15)240,000
Mar 20Tucson Conquistadores ClassicArizona1,700,000United States Woody Austin (1)200 (−16)255,000
Apr 3Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3)202 (−14)240,000
Apr 17Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000United States Woody Austin (2)205 (−11)270,000
Apr 24Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri2,400,000United States Michael Allen (8) &
United States Woody Austin (3)		156 (−23)230,000
each
May 8Insperity InvitationalTexas2,100,000Sweden Jesper Parnevik (1)204 (−12)315,000
May 22Regions TraditionAlabama2,300,000Germany Bernhard Langer (27)271 (−17)345,000
May 29Senior PGA ChampionshipMichigan2,800,000United States Rocco Mediate (3)265 (−19)504,000
Jun 5Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000United States Scott McCarron (1)201 (−15)262,500
Jun 12Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipPennsylvania2,800,000Germany Bernhard Langer (28)281 (+1)420,000
Jun 26American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,000,000United States Kirk Triplett (5)199 (−17)300,000
Jul 10Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,000,000United States Paul Goydos (3)202 (−14)300,000
Jul 24Senior Open ChampionshipScotland2,100,000England Paul Broadhurst (1)277 (−11)319,090
Aug 73M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Joe Durant (2)197 (−19)262,500
Aug 14U.S. Senior OpenOhio3,750,000United States Gene Sauers (1)277 (−3)675,000
Aug 28Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (29)203 (−13)300,000
Sep 4Shaw Charity ClassicAlberta, Canada2,350,000Paraguay Carlos Franco (1)192 (−18)352,500
Sep 18Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000England Paul Broadhurst (2)204 (−11)300,000
Sep 25Pacific Links Bear Mountain ChampionshipBritish Columbia, Canada2,500,000Scotland Colin Montgomerie (4)198 (−15)375,000
Oct 9Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,800,000United States Jay Haas (18)197 (−16)270,000
Oct 16SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000United States Doug Garwood (1)200 (−16)319,090
Oct 30PowerShares QQQ ChampionshipCalifornia2,000,000United States Tom Pernice Jr. (5)203 (−13)300,000
Nov 6Dominion Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000United States Scott McCarron (2)203 (−13)300,000
Nov 13Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,000,000United States Paul Goydos (4)195 (−15)300,000

Leaders

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bernhard Langer Germany68.31
2Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain68.90
3Kevin Sutherland United States69.51
4Joe Durant United States69.65
5Colin Montgomerie Scotland69.85

Source:[3]

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bernhard Langer Germany3,016,959214
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland1,723,318221
3Joe Durant United States1,635,147251
4Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain1,613,820131
5Scott McCarron United States1,613,820242

Source:[4]

Career money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States27,040,19945
2Bernhard Langer Germany20,921,99129
3Gil Morgan United States20,607,41825
4Jay Haas United States17,310,77618
5Tom Kite United States16,154,45310

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Bernhard Langer Germany
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Charles Schwab CupBernhard Langer Germany
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bernhard Langer Germany
Rookie of the YearPaul Broadhurst England

See also

References
  1. "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  2. "2016 schedule". November 11, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. "Scoring Average – 2016 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  4. "Money Leaders – 2016 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 2016 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
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