The 2016 PGA Tour Champions season was the 37th season of

PGA Tour Champions PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, open to golfers age 50 and over, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, f ...

(formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main

professional golf tour Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organized into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...

in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Changes for 2016

The 2016 season saw the introduction of a playoff system to determine the winner of the

Charles Schwab Cup Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champion ...

, with the tour being rebranded as PGA Tour Champions. The playoffs, similar to that used by the regular

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for the

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, consisted of three events and ended with the season-ending

Charles Schwab Cup Championship The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the final event of the season on the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions, the world's leading golf tour for male professionals aged 50 and above. Played in late October or early November each year, it is PGA Tour ...

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.

Unofficial events

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

Charles Schwab Cup

The

was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Changes for 2016

Schedule

Unofficial events

Charles Schwab Cup

Money list

Awards

Notes

References

External links