2016 PGA Tour of Australasia

2016 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration4 February 2016 (2016-02-04) – 4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)
Number of official events16
Most winsAustralia Adam Blyth (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Matthew Griffin
Player of the YearAustralia Adam Blyth
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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.

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 New Zealand Michael Long (3) 7
12 Feb Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 110,000 Australia Ashley Hall (3) 6
28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Western Australia 1,750,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 23 ASA, EUR
6 Mar Holden New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand NZ$125,000 Australia Brad Kennedy (4) 7
13 Mar BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,000,000 Australia Matthew Griffin (3) 16
20 Mar Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 125,000 Germany David Klein (1) 6
24 Apr South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open Papua New Guinea 140,000 Australia Brad Moules (1) 6 New to PGA Tour of Australasia
1 May Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open Western Australia 100,000 Australia Curtis Luck (a) (1) 6
15 May TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Western Australia 120,000 Australia Stephen Dartnall (1) 6
14 Aug Northern Territory PGA Championship Northern Territory 150,000 Australia Jordan Zunic (2) 6 New to PGA Tour of Australasia
24 Sep South Pacific Open Championship New Caledonia 140,000 Australia Adam Blyth (1) 6
9 Oct Fiji International Fiji 1,500,000 United States Brandt Snedeker (n/a) 16 EUR
23 Oct Isuzu Queensland Open Queensland 110,000 Australia Brett Coletta (a) (1) 6
13 Nov NSW Open New South Wales 400,000 Australia Adam Blyth (2) 16
20 Nov Emirates Australian Open New South Wales 1,250,000 United States Jordan Spieth (n/a) 32 ONE Flagship event
4 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,500,000 United States 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 Australia Matthew Griffin 239,445
2 New Zealand Michael Hendry 223,364
3 Australia Ashley Hall 216,513
4 Australia Andrew Dodt 168,660
5 Australia Jason Scrivener 160,086

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year Australia 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.

References

  1. ^ "ISPS Handa partners PGA Tour of Australasia, extends with Women's Australian Open". SportBusiness Sponsorship. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2016 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Griffin wins Order of Merit and dream starts". Golf Australia. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Day wins second Greg Norman Medal". PGA of Australia. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023. Complementing the pinnacle awards was the 2016 ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year, awarded to Adam Blyth...