2016 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia, titled as the 2016 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia for sponsorship reasons, was the 43rd season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2016 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	4 February 2016 (2016-02-04) – 4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Adam Blyth (2)
Order of Merit	Matthew Griffin
Player of the Year	Adam Blyth
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ISPS Handa title sponsorship

In June, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with ISPS Handa, being renamed as the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia.^[1]

Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
7 Feb	Oates Vic Open	Victoria	300,000	Michael Long (3)	7
12 Feb	Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	110,000	Ashley Hall (3)	6
28 Feb	ISPS Handa Perth International	Western Australia	1,750,000	Louis Oosthuizen (n/a)	23	ASA, EUR
6 Mar	Holden New Zealand PGA Championship	New Zealand	NZ$125,000	Brad Kennedy (4)	7
13 Mar	BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,000,000	Matthew Griffin (3)	16
20 Mar	Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	125,000	David Klein (1)	6
24 Apr	South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open	Papua New Guinea	140,000	Brad Moules (1)	6		New to PGA Tour of Australasia
1 May	Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open	Western Australia	100,000	Curtis Luck (a) (1)	6
15 May	TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship	Western Australia	120,000	Stephen Dartnall (1)	6
14 Aug	Northern Territory PGA Championship	Northern Territory	150,000	Jordan Zunic (2)	6		New to PGA Tour of Australasia
24 Sep	South Pacific Open Championship	New Caledonia	140,000	Adam Blyth (1)	6
9 Oct	Fiji International	Fiji	1,500,000	Brandt Snedeker (n/a)	16	EUR
23 Oct	Isuzu Queensland Open	Queensland	110,000	Brett Coletta (a) (1)	6
13 Nov	NSW Open	New South Wales	400,000	Adam Blyth (2)	16
20 Nov	Emirates Australian Open	New South Wales	1,250,000	Jordan Spieth (n/a)	32	ONE	Flagship event
4 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,500,000	Harold Varner III (n/a)	22	EUR

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Matthew Griffin	239,445
2	Michael Hendry	223,364
3	Ashley Hall	216,513
4	Andrew Dodt	168,660
5	Jason Scrivener	160,086

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Adam Blyth	[5]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
2. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.