The 2016 PGA Tour Champions season was the 37th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
Changes for 2016 The 2016 season saw the introduction of a playoff system to determine the winner of the Charles Schwab Cup, with the tour being rebranded as PGA Tour Champions. The playoffs, similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup, consisted of three events and ended with the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerNotes Jan 23 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 Duffy Waldorf (2) Feb 7 Allianz Championship Florida 1,750,000 Esteban Toledo (4) Feb 14 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 Bernhard Langer (26) Mar 20 Tucson Conquistadores Classic Arizona 1,700,000 Woody Austin (1) Apr 3 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3) Apr 17 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Woody Austin (2) Apr 24 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 2,400,000 Michael Allen (8) and Woody Austin (3) Team event May 8 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,100,000 Jesper Parnevik (1) May 22 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,300,000 Bernhard Langer (27) PGA Tour Champions major championship May 29 Senior PGA Championship Michigan 2,800,000 Rocco Mediate (3) Senior major championship Jun 5 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,750,000 Scott McCarron (1) Jun 12 Constellation Senior Players Championship Pennsylvania 2,800,000 Bernhard Langer (28) PGA Tour Champions major championship Jun 26 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 Kirk Triplett (5) New tournament Jul 10 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,000,000 Paul Goydos (3) Jul 24 The Senior Open Championship Scotland £1,350,000 Paul Broadhurst (1) Senior major championship Aug 7 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Joe Durant (2) Aug 14 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 3,750,000 Gene Sauers (1) Senior major championship Aug 28 Boeing Classic Washington 2,000,000 Bernhard Langer (29) Sep 4 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 Carlos Franco (1) Sep 18 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000 Paul Broadhurst (2) Sep 25 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship Canada 2,500,000 Colin Montgomerie (4) Oct 9 Toshiba Classic California 1,800,000 Jay Haas (18) Oct 16 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Doug Garwood (1) Oct 30 PowerShares QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (5) New tournamentCharles Schwab Cup playoff event Nov 6 Dominion Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Scott McCarron (2) New tournamentCharles Schwab Cup playoff event Nov 13 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,000,000 Paul Goydos (4) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)WinnersNotes Dec 11 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000 David Duval andstepson Nick Karavites Team event
Charles Schwab Cup The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
PositionPlayerPoints1 Bernhard Langer 3,2002 Colin Montgomerie 2,4003 Paul Goydos 2,2164 Scott McCarron 2,0045 Joe Durant 1,658
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Bernhard Langer 3,016,9592 Colin Montgomerie 1,723,3183 Joe Durant 1,635,1474 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,613,8205 Scott McCarron 1,562,802
Awards AwardWinnerPlayer of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bernhard Langer Rookie of the Year Paul Broadhurst Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bernhard Langer
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