The 2016 PGA Tour Champions was the 37th season of
PGA Tour Champions, a
golf tour operated by the
PGA Tour for men's golfers age 50 and over. The tour officially began in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
as the Senior PGA Tour, and was known by that name through
2002
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. It then was known as the Champions Tour from
2003
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through
2015
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, after which it was rebranded as "PGA Tour Champions".
This season was the first for a playoff system to determine the winner of the
Charles Schwab Cup as season champion. The playoff, similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for the
FedEx Cup, consists of three events and ends with the season-ending
Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Tournament results
The following table shows the official money events for the 2016 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event.
Senior majors are shown in bold.
Leaders
Scoring average leaders
Source:
Money list leaders
Source:
Career money list leaders
Source:
Awards
See also
*
Champions Tour awards
*
Champions Tour records These are achievements of play on PGA Tour Champions.
Individual scoring records
Stroke totals
*72 holes
:257 – Pádraig Harrington, 2022 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
*54 holes
:191 – Bruce Fleisher, 2002 RJR Championship
:191 – Loren Rob ...
References
External links
PGA Tour Champions official site
{{Champions Tour seasons
PGA Tour Champions seasons
PGA Tour Champions