2016 PGA Tour Champions season

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.

2016 PGA Tour Champions season

Duration	January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21) – November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Bernhard Langer (4)
Charles Schwab Cup	Bernhard Langer
Money list	Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year	Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the Year	Paul Broadhurst
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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.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.^[2][1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
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 tournament Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 6	Dominion Charity Classic	Virginia	2,000,000	Scott McCarron (2)	New tournament Charles 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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 11	PNC Father-Son Challenge	Florida	1,085,000	David Duval and stepson 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.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Points
1	Bernhard Langer	3,200
2	Colin Montgomerie	2,400
3	Paul Goydos	2,216
4	Scott McCarron	2,004
5	Joe Durant	1,658

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Bernhard Langer	3,016,959
2	Colin Montgomerie	1,723,318
3	Joe Durant	1,635,147
4	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1,613,820
5	Scott McCarron	1,562,802

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Bernhard Langer	[6]
Rookie of the Year	Paul Broadhurst	[7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bernhard Langer	[8]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.