The 2016 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from February through October 2016 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour. In 2016, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $3,200,000, up from $2,420,000 in 2015.
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2017 season.[1]
Rank | Player | Country | Events | Prize money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | 167,064 | |||
2 | 18 | 110,359 | |||
3 | 20 | 97,886 | |||
4 | 19 | 86,217 | |||
5 | 20 | 77,997 | |||
6 | 19 | 77,555 | |||
7 | 19 | 76,314 | |||
8 | 20 | 72,496 | |||
9 | 19 | 70,129 | |||
10 | 21 | 67,577 |
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event:[3]
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse | Note | |
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Feb 21 | California | Erynne Lee (1) | $100,000 | |||
Apr 10 | Florida | Samantha Richdale (4) | $175,000 | |||
Apr 17 | Florida | Madelene Sagström (1) | $200,000 | Joint event with the Legends Tour | ||
Apr 24 | Florida | Brittany Altomare (1) | $110,000 | |||
May 8 | South Carolina | Madelene Sagström (2) | $250,000 | Joint event with the Legends Tour | ||
May 15 | North Carolina | Erica Popson (1) | $150,000 | |||
May 21 | Georgia | Laura Wearn (1) | $100,000 | |||
May 29 | Massachusetts | Natalie Sheary (1) | $125,000 | |||
Jun 5 | New York | Jackie Stoelting (3) | $125,000 | |||
Jun 19 | Indiana | Jackie Stoelting (4) | $150,000 | |||
Jun 26 | Michigan | Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (2) | $125,000 | |||
Jul 3 | Michigan | Paola Moreno (3) | $100,000 | |||
Jul 17 | New York | Clariss Guce (1) | $200,000 | |||
Jul 24 | Michigan | Laura Gonzalez Escallon (1) | $100,000 | |||
Jul 31 | Missouri | Peiyun Chien (1) | $100,000 | |||
Aug 14 | Illinois | Clariss Guce (2) | $130,000 | |||
Aug 21 | Wisconsin | Laura Gonzalez Escallon (2) | $100,000 | |||
Sep 4 | South Dakota | Nelly Korda (1) | $210,000 | |||
Sep 11 | Kansas | Dana Finkelstein (1) | $150,000 | |||
Sep 18 | Kansas | Christine Song (5) | $100,000 | |||
Oct 2 | Arkansas | Madelene Sagström (3) | $100,000 | Earned promotion to LPGA Tour | ||
Oct 9 | Florida | Canceled due to Hurricane Matthew | $100,000 | |||
Oct 16 | Florida | Nicole Broch Larsen (1) | $200,000 |