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.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(A$)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes7 FebOates Vic OpenVictoria300,000 Michael Long (3)712 FebMercedes-Benz Truck and Bus Victorian PGA ChampionshipVictoria110,000 Ashley Hall (3)628 FebISPS Handa Perth InternationalWestern Australia1,750,000 Louis Oosthuizen (n/a) 23ASA, EUR6 MarHolden New Zealand PGA ChampionshipNew ZealandNZ$125,000 Brad Kennedy (4)713 MarBMW ISPS Handa New Zealand OpenNew ZealandNZ$1,000,000 Matthew Griffin (3)1620 MarCoca-Cola Queensland PGA ChampionshipQueensland125,000 David Klein (1)624 AprSouth Pacific Export Radler PNG OpenPapua New Guinea140,000 Brad Moules (1)6New to PGA Tour of Australasia1 MayNexus Risk TSA Group WA OpenWestern Australia100,000 Curtis Luck (a) (1) 615 MayTX Civil & Logistics WA PGA ChampionshipWestern Australia120,000 Stephen Dartnall (1) 614 AugNorthern Territory PGA ChampionshipNorthern Territory150,000 Jordan Zunic (2)6New to PGA Tour of Australasia24 SepSouth Pacific Open ChampionshipNew Caledonia140,000 Adam Blyth (1)69 OctFiji InternationalFiji1,500,000 Brandt Snedeker (n/a)16EUR23 OctIsuzu Queensland OpenQueensland110,000 Brett Coletta (a) (1)613 NovNSW OpenNew South Wales400,000 Adam Blyth (2)1620 NovEmirates Australian OpenNew South Wales1,250,000 Jordan Spieth (n/a) 32ONEFlagship event4 DecAustralian PGA ChampionshipQueensland1,500,000 Harold Varner III (n/a) 22EUR
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.
Position Player Prize money (A$)1 Matthew Griffin 239,4452 Michael Hendry 223,3643 Ashley Hall 216,5134 Andrew Dodt 168,6605 Jason Scrivener 160,086
Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year Adam Blyth
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