2016 European Tour
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Infobox golf season 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
Rule changes
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
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
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[7]
Unofficial events
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 | Template:Flagdeco Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 14 Aug | Olympic Games | Brazil | n/a | Template:Flagdeco Justin Rose[d] | 46 | Limited-field event |
| 2 Oct | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | Template:Flagdeco Team USA | n/a | Team event |
| 27 Nov | ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf | Australia | US$8,000,000 | Template:Flagicon Søren Kjeldsen and Template:Flagicon Thorbjørn Olesen |
n/a | Team event |
Location of tournaments
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Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[8][9]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs[e] | Flagship event and R2D finals series | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Points and money[f] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | WGC Cad |
WGC MP |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
Tur | Ned | DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Reg. points |
Bon. ($) |
Total points | |||||||||
| 1 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon Hatton | • | • | T5 | T10 | • | • | T23 | T7 | T10 | T25 | 2nd | T8 | T5 | 2nd | 1st | T9 | 23 | 3,233,586 | 500,000 | 3,690,027 | ||||||||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon McIlroy | T10 | CUT | T5 | CUT | T3 | 4th | T4 | • | • | • | T9 | T3 | T6 | 1st | 3rd | 12 | 2,971,988 | 400,000 | 3,337,141 | |||||||||
| 6 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon 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 | Template:Flagicon Oosthuizen | T15 | T23 | CUT | T22 | T14 | 2nd | T45 | • | • | 9th | T46 | T7 | 1st | 16 | 1,938,370 | 250,000 | 2,166,590 | |||||||||||
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Awards
See also
Notes
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- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
- ^ 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.
- ^ The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was not sanctioned by the European Tour due to a scheduling clash with the Open de France.
- ^ 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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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."European Tour's Final Series to have three tournaments from 2016". Sky Sports. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."European Tour won't co-sanction 2016 Bridgestone Invitational due to Open de France clash". ESPN. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maybank going on their own". The Star. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2 August 2015. p. 41. Retrieved 21 June 2020 – via PressReader.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sport: Fiji International joins European Tour". RNZ. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."King's Cup added to the European Tour's 2016 summer schedule". Sky Sports. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Race to Dubai final standings and bonus money: Who won the $1.25 million?". Golf News Net. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stafford, Ali (20 November 2016). "Henrik Stenson tops Race to Dubai standings ahead of Danny Willett". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Henrik Stenson: Open champion named European Golfer of the Year". BBC Sport. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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
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