2016 Professional Golf Tour of India
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| Duration | 10 February 2016 – 25 December 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 21 |
| Most wins | India S. Chikkarangappa (3) India Shubhankar Sharma (3) |
| Order of Merit | India Rashid Khan |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb | CIAL Cochin Masters | Kerala | 6,000,000 | India Feroz Ali Mollah (2) | n/a | |
| 19 Feb | PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) | Karnataka | 3,000,000 | India Shubhankar Sharma (2) | n/a | |
| 28 Feb | Golconda Masters | Telangana | 4,000,000 | India Ajeetesh Sandhu (2) | n/a | |
| 25 Mar | Kolkata Classic | West Bengal | 3,000,000 | India Shubhankar Sharma (3) | n/a | |
| 2 Apr | BTI Open | Bangladesh | 3,500,000 | Bangladesh Siddikur Rahman (5) | n/a | |
| 8 Apr | Pune Open | Maharashtra | 3,000,000 | India Harendra Gupta (5) | n/a | |
| 4 Jun | Louis Philippe Cup | Karnataka | 12,000,000 | India S. Chikkarangappa (9) | n/a | |
| 6 Aug | TAKE Solutions Classic | Uttar Pradesh | 5,000,000 | India Rashid Khan (7) | n/a | |
| 12 Aug | PGTI Players Championship (Classic) | Haryana | 3,000,000 | India Khalin Joshi (3) | n/a | |
| 9 Sep | Eagleburg Masters | Karnataka | 3,000,000 | India S. Chikkarangappa (10) | n/a | |
| 16 Sep | Ahmedabad Masters | Gujarat | 3,000,000 | India Rashid Khan (8) | n/a | |
| 7 Oct | PGTI Masters | Haryana | 5,000,000 | India Ashok Kumar (13) | n/a | |
| 14 Oct | Chennai Open Golf Championship | Tamil Nadu | 4,000,000 | India Mukesh Kumar (18) | n/a | |
| 22 Oct | TAKE Open Golf Championship | Karnataka | 10,000,000 | India S. Chikkarangappa (11) | n/a | |
| 4 Nov | PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | West Bengal | 3,000,000 | India Karandeep Kochhar (1) | n/a | |
| 13 Nov | Chief Ministers Meghalaya Open Golf | Meghalaya | 4,000,000 | India Honey Baisoya (1) | n/a | |
| 19 Nov | IndianOil Servo Masters Golf | Assam | 3,500,000 | India Honey Baisoya (2) | n/a | |
| 26 Nov | CG Open | Maharashtra | 10,000,000 | India Shamim Khan (10) | n/a | |
| 4 Dec | Panasonic Open India | Delhi | US$400,000 | India Mukesh Kumar (19) | 14 | ASA |
| 18 Dec | Tata Open | Jharkhand | 7,500,000 | India Shubhankar Sharma (4) | n/a | |
| 25 Dec | McLeod Russel Tour Championship | West Bengal | 15,000,000 | Thailand 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 | India Rashid Khan | 4,479,880 |
| 2 | India Shamim Khan | 4,116,458 |
| 3 | India Shubhankar Sharma | 3,921,598 |
| 4 | India Khalin Joshi | 3,578,965 |
| 5 | India Honey Baisoya | 2,733,720 |
Notes
- ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.
- ↑ ASA − Asian Tour.
References
- ↑ "2016 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ "2016 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ "Rashid Khan Wins PGTI Order of Merit in a Fateful Year". News18. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 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.