2016 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer, so they are split between the first and last months of the year.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2016 schedule. It only lists official money events on the tour. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.

Dates Tournament Location
(Australia unless stated)		 Prize fund
(A$)		 Winner OWGR
points[1]		 Notes
4–7 Feb Oates Victorian Open Barwon Heads, Victoria 300,000 Michael Long (3) 7
9–12 Feb Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus
Victorian PGA Championship		 Melbourne, Victoria 110,000 Ashley Hall (3) 6
25–28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Perth, Western Australia 1,750,000 Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 23 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and the Asian Tour
3–6 Mar Holden New Zealand PGA Championship Auckland, New Zealand NZ$125,000 Brad Kennedy (4) 7
10–13 Mar BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open Arrowtown, New Zealand NZ$1,000,000 Matthew Griffin (3) 16
17–20 Mar Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship Toowoomba, Queensland 125,000 David Klein (1) 6
21–24 Apr South Pacific Export Radler PNG Open Port Moresby, PNG 140,000 Brad Moules (1) 6
28 Apr – 1 May Nexus Risk TSA Group WA Open Yokine, Western Australia 100,000 Curtis Luck (a) (1) 6
12–15 May TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship Kalgoorlie, Western Australia 120,000 Stephen Dartnall (1) 6
11–14 Aug Northern Territory PGA Championship Palmerston, Northern Territory 150,000 Jordan Zunic (2) 6
21–24 Sep South Pacific Open Championship Noumea, New Caledonia 140,000 Adam Blyth (1) 6
6–9 Oct Fiji International Fiji 1,500,000 Brandt Snedeker (n/a) 16 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
20–23 Oct Isuzu Queensland Open Brisbane, Queensland 110,000 Brett Coletta (a) (1) 6
10–13 Nov NSW Open Championship Sydney, New South Wales 400,000 Adam Blyth (2) 16
17–20 Nov Emirates Australian Open Rose Bay, New South Wales 1,250,000 Jordan Spieth (n/a) 32 Flagship event
Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
24–27 Nov World Cup of Golf Heatherton, Victoria US$8,000,000  Denmark
Søren Kjeldsen & Thorbjørn Olesen		 n/a Unofficial event
1–4 Dec Australian PGA Championship Gold Coast, Queensland 1,500,000 Harold Varner III (n/a) 22 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Source:[2]

Order of Merit
PositionPlayerCountry (State if Australian)Prize money (A$)
1Matthew Griffin Victoria239,445
2Michael Hendry New Zealand223,364
3Ashley Hall Victoria216,513
4Andrew Dodt Queensland168,660
5Jason Scrivener Western Australia160,086

Source[3]

References
  1. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2016". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
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