| Year: | 2016 |
| Tour: | PGA Tour Champions |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 26 |
| Most Wins: |  Bernhard Langer (4) |
| Honor1: | Charles Schwab Cup |
| Honoree1: | Bernhard Langer |
| Honor2: | Money list |
| Honoree2: | Bernhard Langer |
| Honor3: | Player of the Year |
| Honoree3: | Bernhard Langer |
| Honor4: | Rookie of the Year |
| Honoree4: | Paul Broadhurst |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 PGA Tour Champions season was the 37th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The 2016 season saw the introduction of a playoff system to determine the winner of the Charles Schwab Cup, with the tour being rebranded as PGA Tour Champions. The playoffs, similar to that used by the regular PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup, consisted of three events and ended with the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.[1]
The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[2] [1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (US$) | Winner | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23 | Hawaii | 1,800,000 |  Duffy Waldorf (2) | |||
| Feb 7 | Florida | 1,750,000 |  Esteban Toledo (4) | |||
| Feb 14 | Florida | 1,600,000 | Bernhard Langer (26) | |||
| Mar 20 | Arizona | 1,700,000 | Woody Austin (1) | |||
| Apr 3 | Mississippi | 1,600,000 |  Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3) | |||
| Apr 17 | Georgia | 1,800,000 | Woody Austin (2) | |||
| Apr 24 | Missouri | 2,400,000 | Michael Allen (8) and Woody Austin (3) | Team event | ||
| May 8 | Texas | 2,100,000 |  Jesper Parnevik (1) | |||
| May 22 | Regions Tradition | Alabama | 2,300,000 | Bernhard Langer (27) | PGA Tour Champions major championship | |
| May 29 | Senior PGA Championship | Michigan | 2,800,000 | Rocco Mediate (3) | Senior major championship | |
| Jun 5 | Iowa | 1,750,000 | Scott McCarron (1) | |||
| Jun 12 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | Pennsylvania | 2,800,000 | Bernhard Langer (28) | PGA Tour Champions major championship | |
| Jun 26 | Wisconsin | 2,000,000 | Kirk Triplett (5) | New tournament | ||
| Jul 10 | New York | 2,000,000 | Paul Goydos (3) | |||
| Jul 24 | The Senior Open Championship | Scotland | £1,350,000 | Paul Broadhurst (1) | Senior major championship | |
| Aug 7 | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | Joe Durant (2) | |||
| Aug 14 | U.S. Senior Open | Ohio | 3,750,000 | Gene Sauers (1) | Senior major championship | |
| Aug 28 | Washington | 2,000,000 | Bernhard Langer (29) | |||
| Sep 4 | Canada | 2,350,000 |  Carlos Franco (1) | |||
| Sep 18 | California | 2,000,000 | Paul Broadhurst (2) | |||
| Sep 25 | Canada | 2,500,000 | Colin Montgomerie (4) | |||
| Oct 9 | California | 1,800,000 | Jay Haas (18) | |||
| Oct 16 | North Carolina | 2,100,000 | Doug Garwood (1) | |||
| Oct 30 | California | 2,000,000 | Tom Pernice Jr. (5) | New tournament Charles Schwab Cup playoff event | ||
| Nov 6 | Virginia | 2,000,000 | Scott McCarron (2) | New tournament Charles Schwab Cup playoff event | ||
| Nov 13 | Arizona | 2,000,000 | Paul Goydos (4) | Charles Schwab Cup playoff event |
The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3] [4]
| Position | Player | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,200 | ||
| 2 | 2,400 | ||
| 3 | 2,216 | ||
| 4 | 2,004 | ||
| 5 | 1,658 |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,016,959 | ||
| 2 | 1,723,318 | ||
| 3 | 1,635,147 | ||
| 4 | 1,613,820 | ||
| 5 | 1,562,802 |
| Award | Winner | ||
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