2016–17 PGA Tour

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2016–17 PGA Tour season
DurationOctober 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) – September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)
Number of official events47
Most winsUnited States Justin Thomas (5)
FedEx CupUnited States Justin Thomas
Money listUnited States Justin Thomas
PGA Tour Player of the YearUnited States Justin Thomas
PGA Player of the YearUnited States Justin Thomas
Rookie of the YearUnited States Xander Schauffele

The 2016–17 PGA Tour was the 102nd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 49th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 11th edition of the FedEx Cup.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2016–17 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner(s)[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
Oct 16 Safeway Open California 6,000,000 United States Brendan Steele (2) 38
Oct 23 CIMB Classic Malaysia 7,000,000 United States Justin Thomas (2) 50 ASA Limited-field event
Oct 30 WGC-HSBC Champions China 9,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (3) 70 World Golf Championship
Oct 30 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 4,200,000 United States Cody Gribble (1) 24 Alternate event
Nov 6 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada 6,600,000 Australia Rod Pampling (3) 36
Nov 13 OHL Classic at Mayakoba Mexico 7,000,000 United States Pat Perez (2) 30
Nov 21 RSM Classic Georgia 6,000,000 Canada Mackenzie Hughes (1) 32
Jan 8 SBS Tournament of Champions Hawaii 6,100,000 United States Justin Thomas (3) 50 Winners-only event
Jan 15 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 6,000,000 United States Justin Thomas (4) 50
Jan 22 CareerBuilder Challenge California 5,800,000 United States Hudson Swafford (1) 42 Pro-Am
Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open California 6,700,000 Spain Jon Rahm (1) 54
Feb 5 Waste Management Phoenix Open Arizona 6,700,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (4) 56
Feb 12 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 7,200,000 United States Jordan Spieth (9) 52 Pro-Am
Feb 19 Genesis Open California 7,000,000 United States Dustin Johnson (13) 66
Feb 26 The Honda Classic Florida 6,400,000 United States Rickie Fowler (4) 54
Mar 5 WGC-Mexico Championship Mexico 9,750,000 United States Dustin Johnson (14) 76 World Golf Championship
Mar 12 Valspar Championship Florida 6,300,000 Canada Adam Hadwin (1) 48
Mar 19 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 8,700,000 Australia Marc Leishman (2) 62 Invitational
Mar 26 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 9,750,000 United States Dustin Johnson (15) 74 World Golf Championship
Mar 26 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico 3,000,000 United States D. A. Points (3) 24 Alternate event
Apr 2 Shell Houston Open Texas 7,000,000 United States Russell Henley (3) 50
Apr 9 Masters Tournament Georgia 11,000,000 Spain Sergio García (10) 100 Major championship
Apr 16 RBC Heritage South Carolina 6,500,000 United States Wesley Bryan (1) 48 Invitational
Apr 23 Valero Texas Open Texas 6,200,000 United States Kevin Chappell (1) 38
May 1 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 7,100,000 Sweden Jonas Blixt (3) and
Australia Cameron Smith (1)
n/a Team event
May 7 Wells Fargo Championship North Carolina 7,500,000 United States Brian Harman (2) 50
May 14 The Players Championship Florida 10,500,000 South Korea Kim Si-woo (2) 80 Flagship event
May 21 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 7,500,000 United States Billy Horschel (4) 50
May 28 Dean & DeLuca Invitational Texas 6,900,000 United States Kevin Kisner (2) 50 Invitational
Jun 4 Memorial Tournament Ohio 8,700,000 United States Jason Dufner (5) 66 Invitational
Jun 11 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 6,400,000 United States Daniel Berger (2) 38
Jun 18 U.S. Open Wisconsin 12,000,000 United States Brooks Koepka (2) 100 Major championship
Jun 25 Travelers Championship Connecticut 6,800,000 United States Jordan Spieth (10) 52
Jul 2 Quicken Loans National Maryland 7,100,000 United States Kyle Stanley (2) 42 Invitational
Jul 9 Greenbrier Classic West Virginia 7,100,000 United States Xander Schauffele (1) 34
Jul 16 John Deere Classic Illinois 5,600,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (1) 30
Jul 23 The Open Championship England 10,250,000 United States Jordan Spieth (11) 100 Major championship
Jul 23 Barbasol Championship Alabama 3,500,000 United States Grayson Murray (1) 24 Alternate event
Jul 30 RBC Canadian Open Canada 6,000,000 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas (3) 38
Aug 6 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Ohio 9,750,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (5) 76 World Golf Championship
Aug 6 Barracuda Championship Nevada 3,300,000 United States Chris Stroud (1) 24 Alternate event
Aug 13 PGA Championship North Carolina 10,500,000 United States Justin Thomas (5) 100 Major championship
Aug 20 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 5,800,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (6) 34
Aug 27 The Northern Trust New York 8,750,000 United States Dustin Johnson (16) 74 FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 4 Dell Technologies Championship Massachusetts 8,750,000 United States Justin Thomas (6) 74 FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 17 BMW Championship Illinois 8,750,000 Australia Marc Leishman (3) 72 FedEx Cup playoff event
Sep 24 Tour Championship Georgia 8,750,000 United States Xander Schauffele (2) 60 FedEx Cup playoff event

Unofficial events[edit]

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) OWGR
points
Notes
Nov 27 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Australia 8,000,000 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen and
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen
n/a Team event
Dec 4 Hero World Challenge Bahamas 3,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 46 Limited-field event
Dec 10 Franklin Templeton Shootout Florida 3,100,000 United States Harris English and
United States Matt Kuchar
n/a Team event
Jun 19 CVS Health Charity Classic Rhode Island 1,500,000 United States Billy Andrade,
United States Keegan Bradley and
Canada Brooke Henderson
n/a Team event
Oct 1 Presidents Cup New Jersey n/a Team USA n/a Team event

Location of tournaments[edit]

FedEx Cup[edit]

Final standings[edit]

For full rankings, see 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:[3][4]

Position Player Points Bonus money ($)
1 United States Justin Thomas 3,000 10,000,000
2 United States Jordan Spieth 2,340 3,000,000
3 United States Xander Schauffele 2,151 2,000,000
4 United States Dustin Johnson 1,720 1,500,000
5 Spain Jon Rahm 1,620 1,000,000
6 Australia Marc Leishman 1,441 800,000
7 United States Rickie Fowler 1,253 700,000
8 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 1,093 600,000
9 England Justin Rose 1,080 550,000
10 United States Brooks Koepka 1,040 500,000

Money list[edit]

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5][6]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Justin Thomas 9,921,560
2 United States Jordan Spieth 9,433,033
3 United States Dustin Johnson 8,732,193
4 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 8,380,570
5 Spain Jon Rahm 6,123,248
6 United States Rickie Fowler 6,083,197
7 Australia Marc Leishman 5,866,390
8 United States Brooks Koepka 5,612,397
9 United States Kevin Kisner 4,766,936
10 United States Brian Harman 4,396,470

Awards[edit]

Award Winner Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Justin Thomas [7]
PGA Player of the Year United States Justin Thomas [8]
Rookie of the Year United States Xander Schauffele [9]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) United States Jordan Spieth [10]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) United States Jordan Spieth [8]
PGA Tour Courage Award United States Gene Sauers [11]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian Tour.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016–17 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour releases schedule for 2016-17 season". PGA Tour. June 27, 2016. Archived from the original on June 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 FedEx Cup". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ^ Murray, Ewan (September 24, 2017). "Justin Thomas completes remarkable season with $10m FedEx Cup win". The Guardian. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "2016–17 Official money". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "2016-17 PGA Tour Official money won Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Thomas named PGA Tour Player of the Year". Reuters. October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Justin Thomas completes banner season as PGA of America Player of the Year". PGA of America. September 25, 2017. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2023. Open Champion Jordan Spieth, who finished runner-up to Thomas, won his second Vardon Trophy in three years.
  9. ^ Porter, Kyle (October 3, 2017). "Xander Schauffele wins 2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  10. ^ "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Casey, Kevin (November 9, 2017). "Gene Sauers receives PGA Tour Courage Award". Golfweek. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

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