Tournaments / 2015-2016
The Honda Classic
2016-02-25 · PGA National Resort (The Champion)
- Winner
- Adam Scott
- Winning score
- -9
- Field
- 146
- Field strength
- +0.139 SG
The 2015-2016 The Honda Classic was played at PGA National Resort (The Champion), starting 25 February 2016. Adam Scott won at 9 under par (271), 1 stroke ahead of Sergio Garcia. The winning card was 70, 65, 66 and 70, and the win paid $1,098,000. Sergio Garcia finished second, and Blayne Barber and Justin Thomas tied for third. 146 players started the event. The field averaged +0.139 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 86% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 146. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 271
- Sergio Garcia
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 272
- Blayne Barber
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 275
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Graeme McDowell
- Pos
- 5
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 277
- Vijay Singh
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 277
- Billy Horschel
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 278
- William McGirt
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 278
- John Senden
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 279
- Luke List
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 279
- Scott Brown
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 279
- Sung Kang
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 279
- Andrew Loupe
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 280
- Brendan Steele
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 280
- Bronson Burgoon
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Camilo Villegas
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- John Huh
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 280
- Sam Saunders
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Sean O'Hair
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 77 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.138
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 21.6
Grade is this event’s percentile (12th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Rickie Fowler | 1st | 6th |
| Ryan Palmer | 2nd | 26th |
| Justin Thomas | 3rd | 3rd |
| Paul Casey | 4th | 43rd |
| Sergio Garcia | 5th | 2nd |
| Brooks Koepka | 6th | 26th |
| Robert Streb | 7th | 26th |
| Russell Knox | 8th | 26th |
| Luke Donald | 9th | 61st |
| Brendan Steele | 10th | 14th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Luke List | 77th | 10th(−67) |
| Sung Kang | 74th | 10th(−64) |
| Kevin Kisner | 15th | 70th(+55) |
| Bronson Burgoon | 68th | 14th(−54) |
| Luke Donald | 9th | 61st(+52) |
| Sam Saunders | 65th | 14th(−51) |
| Blayne Barber | 53rd | 3rd(−50) |
| Brett Stegmaier | 71st | 21st(−50) |
| Andy Sullivan | 76th | 26th(−50) |
| Chesson Hadley | 69th | 21st(−48) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at PGA National Resort (The Champion) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the The Honda Classic in 2015-2016?
- Adam Scott won the 2015-2016 The Honda Classic at PGA National Resort (The Champion), finishing 9 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 The Honda Classic played?
- The 2015-2016 The Honda Classic was played at PGA National Resort (The Champion), starting 25 February 2016.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 The Honda Classic?
- The winning score was 9 under par (271 strokes), posted by Adam Scott.
How many players were in the The Honda Classic field?
- 146 players started the 2015-2016 The Honda Classic. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.