The 2016 Australian PGA Championship was won by Harold Varner III, who took the title at RACV Royal Pines Resort on the nation's Gold Coast. Varner's 19-under 269 total beat Andrew Dodt by two shots.
Adam Scott finished alone in third at 15 under par, four shots behind the East Carolina University product.
Varner III won the €175,631 winner's share of the AUS$1.5 million purse.
2016 Australian PGA Championship leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
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| 1 | Harold Varner III | -19 | 65 | 72 | 67 | 65 | 269 | €175,631 |
| 2 | Andrew Dodt | -17 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 271 | €117,083 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | -15 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 273 | €65,967 |
| 4 | Ashley Hall | -14 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 274 | €52,689 |
| 5 | Brett Rumford | -10 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 278 | €44,680 |
| T6 | Brett Coletta | -8 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 280 | €0 |
| T6 | John Senden | -8 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 280 | €34,248 |
| T6 | Darius van Driel (a) | -8 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 67 | 280 | €34,248 |
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| 9 | Ryan Fox | -7 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 281 | €26,345 |
| T10 | Stephen Gallacher | -6 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 282 | €19,832 |
| T10 | Scott Hend | -6 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 72 | 282 | €19,832 |
| T10 | Romain Langasque | -6 | 74 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 282 | €19,832 |
| T10 | Tom Lewis | -6 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 282 | €19,832 |
| T10 | Prom Meesawat | -6 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 282 | €19,832 |
| T15 | Sam Brazel | -5 | 75 | 71 | 65 | 72 | 283 | €14,560 |
| T15 | Thitiphun Chuayprakong | -5 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 283 | €14,560 |
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| T15 | Rhein Gibson | -5 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 283 | €14,560 |
| T15 | Rod Pampling | -5 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 283 | €14,560 |
| T15 | Cameron Smith | -5 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 283 | €14,560 |
| T15 | Julian Suri | -5 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 283 | €14,560 |
| T21 | Oliver Farr | -4 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 284 | €12,092 |
| T21 | Marc Leishman | -4 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 284 | €12,092 |
| T21 | Ian Poulter | -4 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 284 | €12,092 |
| T21 | Michael Sim | -4 | 69 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 284 | €12,092 |
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| T25 | Ben Evans | -3 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T25 | Danny Lee | -3 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T25 | Jake McLeod | -3 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T25 | Todd Sinnott | -3 | 68 | 76 | 67 | 74 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T25 | Natipong Srithong | -3 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T25 | Jaco Van Zyl | -3 | 74 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 285 | €10,485 |
| T31 | Robert Allenby | -2 | 70 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Nick Cullen | -2 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 286 | €8,231 |
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| T31 | Matt Ford | -2 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Ryan Haller | -2 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Brad Kennedy | -2 | 71 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Stephen Leaney | -2 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Bradley Neil | -2 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 67 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Jason Norris | -2 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T31 | Panuphol Pittayarat | -2 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 286 | €8,231 |
| T40 | Jarryd Felton | -1 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 66 | 287 | €6,639 |
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| T40 | Richard Green | -1 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 287 | €6,639 |
| T40 | Matthew Griffin | -1 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 287 | €6,639 |
| T40 | Peter Lonard | -1 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 74 | 287 | €6,639 |
| T40 | Steve Webster | -1 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 77 | 287 | €6,639 |
| T45 | Greg Chalmers | E | 70 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Cameron Davis | E | 74 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Brett Drewitt | E | 73 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Simon Dyson | E | 71 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Ben Eccles | E | 73 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | James Gibellini | E | 74 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Mathew Goggin | E | 72 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Ross Kellett | E | 71 | 73 | 69 | 75 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Gary King | E | 74 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Mikael Lundberg | E | 78 | 68 | 76 | 66 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Ryan McCarthy | E | 72 | 70 | 70 | 76 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | James Nitties | E | 74 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Daniel Popovic | E | 70 | 70 | 76 | 72 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Aaron Rai | E | 72 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Adam Stephens | E | 70 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Paul Waring | E | 68 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T45 | Jordan Zunic | E | 73 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 288 | €4,358 |
| T62 | Geoff Drakeford | 1 | 68 | 72 | 77 | 72 | 289 | €2,582 |
| T62 | Ryan Evans | 1 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 289 | €2,582 |
| T62 | Michael Jonzon | 1 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 289 | €2,582 |
| T62 | Stuart Manley | 1 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 69 | 289 | €2,582 |
| T62 | Daniel Nisbet | 1 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 289 | €2,582 |
| T62 | Jason Scrivener | 1 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 289 | €2,582 |
| 68 | Aaron Pike | 2 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 290 | €2,213 |
| T69 | Scott Arnold | 3 | 75 | 68 | 77 | 71 | 291 | €2,012 |
| T69 | Rohan Blizard | 3 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 291 | €2,012 |
| T69 | Scott Strange | 3 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 291 | €2,012 |
| T72 | Matthew Millar | 4 | 73 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 292 | €1,580 |
| T72 | Y.E. Yang | 4 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 292 | €1,580 |
| T74 | Anthony Brown | 5 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 293 | €1,574 |
| T74 | Jarrod Lyle | 5 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 293 | €1,574 |
| T76 | Niclas Johansson | 6 | 69 | 76 | 72 | 77 | 294 | €1,566 |
| T76 | David Klein | 6 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 294 | €1,566 |
| T76 | Max McCardle | 6 | 75 | 68 | 81 | 70 | 294 | €1,566 |
| 79 | Kurt Barnes | 7 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 295 | €1,560 |
| 80 | Peter O'Malley | 8 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 296 | €1,557 |
