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{{short description|Golf tour season}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2016
| tour = Professional Golf Tour of India
| regular_season = {{Start date|2016|2|10|df=y}} – {{end date|2016|12|25|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 21
| most_wins = {{flagicon|IND}} [[S. Chikkarangappa]] (3)<br>{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhankar Sharma]] (3)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rashid Khan (golfer)|Rashid Khan]]
| honor2 =
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| prevseason = [[2015 Professional Golf Tour of India|2015]]
| nextseason = [[2017 Professional Golf Tour of India|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pgtofindia.com/tournaments/0A |title=2016 Tournament schedule |publisher=Professional Golf Tour of India |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse<br>([[Indian rupee|₹]]) !! Winner{{efn|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.}} !! [[Official World Golf Ranking|OWGR]]<br>points !! Other<br>tours{{efn|ASA − [[Asian Tour]].}}
|-
| 13 Feb || CIAL Cochin Masters || Kerala || align=right|6,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Feroz Ali Mollah]] (2) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 19 Feb || PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) || Karnataka || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhankar Sharma]] (2) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 28 Feb || Golconda Masters || Telangana || align=right|4,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ajeetesh Sandhu]] (2) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 25 Mar || Kolkata Classic || West Bengal || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhankar Sharma]] (3) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 2 Apr || BTI Open || Bangladesh || align=right|3,500,000 || {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Siddikur Rahman]] (5) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 8 Apr || Pune Open || Maharashtra || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Harendra Gupta]] (5) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 4 Jun || Louis Philippe Cup || Karnataka || align=right|12,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[S. Chikkarangappa]] (9) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 6 Aug || TAKE Solutions Classic || Uttar Pradesh || align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rashid Khan (golfer)|Rashid Khan]] (7) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 12 Aug || PGTI Players Championship (Classic) || Haryana || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Khalin Joshi]] (3) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 9 Sep || Eagleburg Masters || Karnataka || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[S. Chikkarangappa]] (10) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 16 Sep || Ahmedabad Masters || Gujarat || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rashid Khan (golfer)|Rashid Khan]] (8) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 7 Oct || PGTI Masters || Haryana || align=right|5,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Kumar (golfer)|Ashok Kumar]] (13) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 14 Oct || Chennai Open Golf Championship || Tamil Nadu || align=right|4,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (18) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 22 Oct || TAKE Open Golf Championship || Karnataka || align=right|10,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[S. Chikkarangappa]] (11) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 4 Nov || PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) || West Bengal || align=right|3,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Karandeep Kochhar]] (1) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 13 Nov || Chief Ministers Meghalaya Open Golf || Meghalaya || align=right|4,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Honey Baisoya]] (1) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 19 Nov || IndianOil Servo Masters Golf || Assam || align=right|3,500,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Honey Baisoya]] (2) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 26 Nov || CG Open || Maharashtra || align=right|10,000,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shamim Khan]] (10) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 4 Dec || [[Panasonic Open India]] || Delhi || align=right|US$400,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mukesh Kumar (golfer)|Mukesh Kumar]] (19) || align=center|14 || [[2016 Asian Tour|ASA]]
|-
| 18 Dec || Tata Open || Jharkhand || align=right|7,500,000 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhankar Sharma]] (4) || align=center|n/a ||
|-
| 25 Dec || McLeod Russel Tour Championship || West Bengal || align=right|15,000,000 || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pariya Junhasavasdikul]] (n/a) || align=center|n/a ||
|}

==Order of Merit==
The [[Professional Golf Tour of India#Order of Merit winners|Order of Merit]] was titled as the '''Rolex Rankings''' and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in [[Indian rupee]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pgtofindia.com/ |title=2016 Rolex Rankings |publisher=Professional Golf Tour of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229102928/http://www.pgtofindia.com/ |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/rashid-khan-wins-pgti-order-of-merit-in-a-fateful-year-1327538.html |title=Rashid Khan Wins PGTI Order of Merit in a Fateful Year |work=News18 |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=10 October 2023 |quote=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.}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
! Position !! Player !! Prize money ([[Indian rupee|₹]])
|-
| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rashid Khan (golfer)|Rashid Khan]] || align=center|4,479,880
|-
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shamim Khan]] || align=center|4,116,458
|-
| align=center|3 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shubhankar Sharma]] || align=center|3,921,598
|-
| align=center|4 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Khalin Joshi]] || align=center|3,578,965
|-
| align=center|5 || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Honey Baisoya]] || align=center|2,733,720
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official site|https://www.pgtofindia.com/}}

{{PGTI seasons}}

[[Category:Professional Golf Tour of India seasons]]
[[Category:2016 in golf|India, Professional Golf Tour of]]
[[Category:2016 in Indian sport|Professional Golf Tour of India]]

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