2016 Professional Golf Tour of India explained

Year:2016
Tour:Professional Golf Tour of India
Regular Season:
No Of Events:21
Most Wins: S. Chikkarangappa (3)
Shubhankar Sharma (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Rashid Khan
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

The 2016 Professional Golf Tour of India was the 10th season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
()
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
13 Feb CIAL Cochin Masters Kerala 6,000,000 Feroz Ali Mollah (2) n/a
19 Feb PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) Karnataka 3,000,000 Shubhankar Sharma (2) n/a
28 Feb Golconda Masters Telangana 4,000,000 Ajeetesh Sandhu (2) n/a
25 Mar Kolkata Classic West Bengal 3,000,000 Shubhankar Sharma (3) n/a
2 Apr BTI Open Bangladesh 3,500,000 Siddikur Rahman (5) n/a
8 Apr Pune Open Maharashtra 3,000,000 Harendra Gupta (5) n/a
4 Jun Louis Philippe Cup Karnataka 12,000,000 S. Chikkarangappa (9) n/a
6 Aug TAKE Solutions Classic Uttar Pradesh 5,000,000 Rashid Khan (7) n/a
12 Aug PGTI Players Championship (Classic) Haryana 3,000,000 Khalin Joshi (3) n/a
9 Sep Eagleburg Masters Karnataka 3,000,000 S. Chikkarangappa (10) n/a
16 Sep Ahmedabad Masters Gujarat 3,000,000 Rashid Khan (8) n/a
7 Oct PGTI Masters Haryana 5,000,000 Ashok Kumar (13) n/a
14 Oct Chennai Open Golf Championship Tamil Nadu 4,000,000 Mukesh Kumar (18) n/a
22 Oct TAKE Open Golf Championship Karnataka 10,000,000 S. Chikkarangappa (11) n/a
4 Nov PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) West Bengal 3,000,000 Karandeep Kochhar (1) n/a
13 Nov Chief Ministers Meghalaya Open Golf Meghalaya 4,000,000 Honey Baisoya (1) n/a
19 Nov IndianOil Servo Masters Golf Assam 3,500,000 Honey Baisoya (2) n/a
26 Nov CG Open Maharashtra 10,000,000 Shamim Khan (10) n/a
4 Dec Delhi US$400,000 Mukesh Kumar (19) 14 ASA
18 Dec Tata Open Jharkhand 7,500,000 Shubhankar Sharma (4) n/a
25 Dec McLeod Russel Tour Championship West Bengal 15,000,000 Pariya Junhasavasdikul (n/a) n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Rolex Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees.[2] [3]

Position Player Prize money ()
1 4,479,880
2 4,116,458
3 3,921,598
4 3,578,965
5 2,733,720

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Tournament schedule . Professional Golf Tour of India . 1 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2016 Rolex Rankings . Professional Golf Tour of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229102928/http://www.pgtofindia.com/ . 29 December 2016 . 2 January 2023.
  3. News: Rashid Khan Wins PGTI Order of Merit in a Fateful Year . News18 . 26 December 2016 . 10 October 2023 . Khan slipped one position to second after mixing four birdies with two bogeys yesterday before finishing with a final round of 72 to win the Order of Merit with season's earnings of Rs 44,79,880..