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2016 European Tour

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2016 European Tour season
Duration26 November 2015 (2015-11-26) – 20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)
Number of official events47
Most winsSweden Alex Norén (4)
Race to DubaiSweden Henrik Stenson
Golfer of the YearSweden Henrik Stenson
Players' Player of the YearSweden Henrik Stenson
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Wang Jeung-hun
Graduate of the YearSpain Nacho Elvira
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The 2016 European Tour was the 45th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2016

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Rule changes

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For the 2016 season, the European Tour modified its membership requirements from 13 tournaments inclusive of the four majors and four World Golf Championships, to 5 tournaments exclusive of them; the change was intended to make it easier for United States-based players outside the top-50 in the OWGR to retain their membership, as they may not be eligible for the majors and WGCs.[1][2]

Schedule changes

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There were many changes from the previous season. Seven tournaments were lost from the schedule, the most significant being the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational which, due to a clash of dates with the 100th edition of the Open de France, was not sanctioned by the European Tour in 2016.[3] Other tournaments which were removed were the Africa Open, the Malaysian Open, the Madeira Islands Open, the Russian Open, the BMW Masters and the Hong Kong Open, which would take place early in the 2017 season due to a change in dates from October to December. There were four additions to the schedule: the return of the Perth International, the first European Tour sanctioned Australian PGA Championship; the inaugural Maybank Championship, which replaced the Malaysian Open;[4] and the Olympic Men's Golf Competition.

The Final Series was also adjusted; the Nedbank Golf Challenge replaced the dropped BMW Masters, and the series was reduced to three events with the removal of the WGC-HSBC Champions.[1][2] As a result of the change of dates, the Nedbank Golf Challenge was played twice during the season.

The Fiji International[5] and the King's Cup[6] were added to the schedule during the year.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[7]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
29 Nov Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (10) 22 AFR
6 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,750,000 Australia Nathan Holman (1) 20 ANZ New to European Tour
6 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa US$6,500,000 Australia Marc Leishman (n/a) 44 AFR Limited-field event
10 Jan BMW SA Open South Africa R15,000,000 South Africa Brandon Stone (1) 32 AFR[c]
17 Jan Joburg Open South Africa R16,500,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (1) 19 AFR
24 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship UAE US$2,700,000 United States Rickie Fowler (n/a) 52
30 Jan Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar US$2,500,000 South Africa Branden Grace (7) 36
7 Feb Omega Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,650,000 England Danny Willett (4) 48
14 Feb Tshwane Open South Africa R18,500,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (11) 19 AFR
21 Feb Maybank Championship Malaysia Malaysia US$3,000,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (3) 38 ASA New tournament
28 Feb ISPS Handa Perth International Australia A$1,750,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (8) 23 ANZ, ASA
6 Mar WGC-Cadillac Championship United States US$9,500,000 Australia Adam Scott (10) 76 World Golf Championship
13 Mar True Thailand Classic Thailand US$1,750,000 Australia Scott Hend (2) 24 ASA
20 Mar Hero Indian Open India US$1,660,000 India Shiv Chawrasia (3) 19 ASA
27 Mar WGC-Dell Match Play United States US$9,500,000 Australia Jason Day (n/a) 76 World Golf Championship
10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$10,000,000 England Danny Willett (5) 100 Major championship
17 Apr Real Club Valderrama Open de España Spain €2,000,000 England Andrew Johnston (1) 28
25 Apr Shenzhen International China US$2,800,000 South Korea Lee Soo-min (1) 24
1 May Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 China Li Haotong (1) 26 ONE
8 May Trophée Hassan II Morocco €1,500,000 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun (1) 24
15 May AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 South Korea Wang Jeung-hun (2) 17 AFR, ASA
22 May Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Ireland €4,000,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (13) 46
29 May BMW PGA Championship England €5,000,000 England Chris Wood (3) 64 Flagship event
5 Jun Nordea Masters Sweden €1,500,000 England Matt Fitzpatrick (2) 24
12 Jun Lyoness Open Austria €1,000,000 China Wu Ashun (2) 24
19 Jun U.S. Open United States US$10,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson (n/a) 100 Major championship
26 Jun BMW International Open Germany €2,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (10) 34
3 Jul Open de France France €3,500,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (8) 42
10 Jul Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Scotland £3,250,000 Sweden Alex Norén (5) 46
17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £6,500,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (11) 100 Major championship
31 Jul King's Cup Thailand US$750,000 Taiwan Chan Shih-chang (1) 14 ASA New to European Tour
31 Jul PGA Championship United States US$10,500,000 United States Jimmy Walker (n/a) 100 Major championship
7 Aug Aberdeen Asset Management Paul Lawrie Match Play Scotland €1,000,000 England Anthony Wall (2) 24 Limited-field event
21 Aug D+D Real Czech Masters Czech Republic €1,000,000 United States Paul Peterson (1) 24
28 Aug Made in Denmark Denmark €1,800,000 Belgium Thomas Pieters (3) 24
4 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,700,000 Sweden Alex Norén (6) 30 ASA
11 Sep KLM Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Netherlands Joost Luiten (5) 24
18 Sep Italian Open Italy €3,000,000 Italy Francesco Molinari (4) 36
25 Sep Porsche European Open Germany €2,000,000 France Alexander Lévy (3) 24
9 Oct Fiji International Fiji A$1,500,000 United States Brandt Snedeker (n/a) 16 ANZ New to European Tour
9 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 England Tyrrell Hatton (1) 40 Pro-Am
16 Oct British Masters England £3,000,000 Sweden Alex Norén (7) 34
23 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal €2,000,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (15) 24
30 Oct WGC-HSBC Champions China US$9,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (n/a) 70 World Golf Championship
6 Nov Turkish Airlines Open Turkey US$7,000,000 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (4) 30 Race to Dubai finals series
13 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa US$7,000,000 Sweden Alex Norén (8) 46 Race to Dubai finals series
20 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai UAE US$8,000,000 England Matt Fitzpatrick (3) 52 Race to Dubai finals series

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner(s) OWGR
points 		Notes
17 Jan EurAsia Cup Malaysia n/a Team Europe n/a Team event
14 Aug Olympic Games Brazil n/a Justin Rose[d] 46 Limited-field event
2 Oct Ryder Cup United States n/a Team USA n/a Team event
27 Nov ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Australia US$8,000,000 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen and
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 		n/a Team event

Location of tournaments

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Race to Dubai

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The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[8][9]

Pos. Player Majors WGCs[e] Flagship event and R2D finals series Top 10s in other ET events Tmts Points and money[f]
Mas USO Opn PGA WGC
Cad 		WGC
MP 		WGC
Cha 		BMW
PGA 		Tur Ned DPW
TC 		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Reg.
points 		Bon.
($) 		Total
points
1 Sweden Stenson T24 WD 1st T7 T28 • T2 • • 8th T9 T2 T3 T6 T4 1st 15 4,148,402 1,250,000 5,289,506
2 England Willett 1st T37 T53 T79 T3 T28 75th 3rd T68 T11 T50 T4 1st 2nd 22 3,734,528 750,000 4,419,190
3 Sweden Norén • CUT T46 T49 • • T12 T43 • 1st T23 T6 T9 8th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 22 3,447,323 600,000 3,995,053
4 England Hatton • • T5 T10 • • T23 T7 T10 T25 2nd T8 T5 2nd 1st T9 23 3,233,586 500,000 3,690,027
5 Northern Ireland McIlroy T10 CUT T5 CUT T3 4th T4 • • • T9 T3 T6 1st 3rd 12 2,971,988 400,000 3,337,141
6 England Fitzpatrick T7 T54 CUT T49 T35 T38 T16 T47 • T20 1st 1st T9 5th T7 26 2,395,788 350,000 2,715,297
7 South Africa Grace CUT T5 T72 T4 T23 T18 T30 • • T3 T27 T8 T4 T4 T5 1st 16 2,098,915 325,000 2,395,602
8 Spain Cabrera-Bello T17 T32 T39 T49 T11 3rd T19 T22 • T55 T23 T2 T2 T8 4th 21 2,069,184 300,000 2,343,049
9 Austria Wiesberger T34 CUT CUT CUT T14 T51 T35 T15 4th • T4 T7 2nd 5th T7 2nd 25 2,015,865 275,000 2,266,907
10 South Africa Oosthuizen T15 T23 CUT T22 T14 2nd T45 • • 9th T46 T7 1st 16 1,938,370 250,000 2,166,590
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew
• Did not play

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Golfer of the Year Sweden Henrik Stenson [11]
Players' Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) Sweden Henrik Stenson [12]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year South Korea Wang Jeung-hun [13]
Graduate of the Year Spain Nacho Elvira [14]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
  2. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
  4. ^ Originally the European Tour counted this as Rose's 9th official win, but the Olympic Games tournament has been retrospectively reclassified as an approved special event.
  5. ^ The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was not sanctioned by the European Tour due to a scheduling clash with the Open de France.
  6. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 point scorers received a share of a $5m bonus pool.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "European Tour confirms major changes to membership criteria for 2016". ESPN. PA Sport. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "European Tour's Final Series to have three tournaments from 2016". Sky Sports. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ^ "European Tour won't co-sanction 2016 Bridgestone Invitational due to Open de France clash". ESPN. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Maybank going on their own". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2 August 2015. p. 41. Retrieved 21 June 2020 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ "Sport: Fiji International joins European Tour". RNZ. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. ^ "King's Cup added to the European Tour's 2016 summer schedule". Sky Sports. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  7. ^ "2016 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ "2016 Race to Dubai final standings and bonus money: Who won the $1.25 million?". Golf News Net. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. ^ Stafford, Ali (20 November 2016). "Henrik Stenson tops Race to Dubai standings ahead of Danny Willett". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  10. ^ Ballengee, Ryan (20 November 2016). "2016 Race to Dubai final standings and bonus money: Who won the $1.25 million?". Golf News Net. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Henrik Stenson: Open champion named European Golfer of the Year". BBC Sport. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Players' Player of the Year Award renamed The Seve Ballesteros Award". European Tour. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2023. Henrik Stenson is the first recipient of the newly named Award
  13. ^ "Wang named Sir Henry Cotton Rookie Of The Year". European Tour. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Elvira receives European Tour Graduate of the Year award". European Tour. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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