2016–17 PGA Tour

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.

2016–17 PGA Tour season

Duration	October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) – September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24)
Number of official events	47
Most wins	Justin Thomas (5)
FedEx Cup	Justin Thomas
Money list	Justin Thomas
PGA Tour Player of the Year	Justin Thomas
PGA Player of the Year	Justin Thomas
Rookie of the Year	Xander Schauffele
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Schedule

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

Unofficial events

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	Søren Kjeldsen and Thorbjørn Olesen	n/a	Team event
Dec 4	Hero World Challenge	Bahamas	3,500,000	Hideki Matsuyama	46	Limited-field event
Dec 10	Franklin Templeton Shootout	Florida	3,100,000	Harris English and Matt Kuchar	n/a	Team event
Jun 19	CVS Health Charity Classic	Rhode Island	1,500,000	Billy Andrade, Keegan Bradley and Brooke Henderson	n/a	Team event
Oct 1	Presidents Cup	New Jersey	n/a	Team USA	n/a	Team event

Location of tournaments

Location of official tournaments of the 2016–17 PGA Tour in the continental United States and Canada. 600-point event (Players & Majors) 550-point event (World Golf Championships) 500-point event (Regular events) Official team event 300-point event (Alternate events) FedEx Cup playoff event

Location of official tournaments of the 2016–17 PGA Tour outside the continental United States and Canada. 600-point event (Players & Majors) 550-point event (World Golf Championships) 500-point event (Regular events) 300-point event (Alternate events)

FedEx Cup

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

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

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

Money list

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

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

Awards

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

See also

• 2016 in golf
• 2017 in golf
• 2017 PGA Tour Champions season
• 2017 Web.com Tour

Notes

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

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. "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.

External links

• Official website