2016 Symetra Tour

The 2016 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from February through October 2016 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour. In 2016, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $3,200,000, up from $2,420,000 in 2015.

Leading money winners

The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2017 season.^[1]

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money ($)
1	Madelene Sagström	Sweden	15	167,064
2	Ally McDonald	United States	18	110,359
3	Jackie Stoelting	United States	20	97,886
4	Wichanee Meechai	Thailand	19	86,217
5	Laura Gonzalez Escallon	Belgium	20	77,997
6	Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong	Thailand	19	77,555
7	Dana Finkelstein	United States	19	76,314
8	Marissa Steen	United States	20	72,496
9	Nelly Korda	United States	19	70,129
10	Peiyun Chien	Chinese Taipei	21	67,577

Source^[2]

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event:^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Purse	Note
Feb 21	IOA Championship	California	Erynne Lee (1)	$100,000
Apr 10	Florida's Natural Charity Classic	Florida	Samantha Richdale (4)	$175,000
Apr 17	Chico's Patty Berg Memorial	Florida	Madelene Sagström (1)	$200,000	Joint event with the Legends Tour
Apr 24	Guardian Retirement Championship	Florida	Brittany Altomare (1)	$110,000
May 8	Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic	South Carolina	Madelene Sagström (2)	$250,000	Joint event with the Legends Tour
May 15	Symetra Classic	North Carolina	Erica Popson (1)	$150,000
May 21	Gosling's Dark 'n Stormy Classic	Georgia	Laura Wearn (1)	$100,000
May 29	W.B. Mason Championship	Massachusetts	Natalie Sheary (1)	$125,000
Jun 5	Fuccillo Kia Championship	New York	Jackie Stoelting (3)	$125,000
Jun 19	Four Winds Invitational	Indiana	Jackie Stoelting (4)	$150,000
Jun 26	Island Resort Championship	Michigan	Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (2)	$125,000
Jul 3	Tullymore Classic	Michigan	Paola Moreno (3)	$100,000
Jul 17	Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic	New York	Clariss Guce (1)	$200,000
Jul 24	FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship	Michigan	Laura Gonzalez Escallon (1)	$100,000
Jul 31	Kansas City Championship	Missouri	Peiyun Chien (1)	$100,000
Aug 14	Decatur-Forsyth Classic	Illinois	Clariss Guce (2)	$130,000
Aug 21	PHC Classic	Wisconsin	Laura Gonzalez Escallon (2)	$100,000
Sep 4	Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge	South Dakota	Nelly Korda (1)	$210,000
Sep 11	Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes	Kansas	Dana Finkelstein (1)	$150,000
Sep 18	Garden City Charity Classic Presented by Mariah Fund	Kansas	Christine Song (5)	$100,000
Oct 2	Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout	Arkansas	Madelene Sagström (3)	$100,000	Earned promotion to LPGA Tour
Oct 9	IOA Golf Classic	Florida	Canceled due to Hurricane Matthew	$100,000
Oct 16	Symetra Tour Championship	Florida	Nicole Broch Larsen (1)	$200,000

Awards

• Player of the Year, player who leads the money list at the end of the season
  • Madelene Sagström
• Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year Award, first year player with the highest finish on the official money list
  • Madelene Sagström

See also

• 2016 LPGA Tour
• 2016 in golf