2015 Champions Tour

The 2015 Champions Tour was the 36th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

2015 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 2015 (2015-01-23) – November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08)
Number of official events24[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins Jeff Maggert (4)
Charles Schwab Cup Bernhard Langer
Money list Bernhard Langer
Player of the Year Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the Year Jerry Smith
2014
2016

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 25Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)
Feb 8Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,700,000 Paul Goydos (2)
Feb 15ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Lee Janzen (1)
Mar 22Tucson Conquistadores ClassicArizona1,700,000 Marco Dawson (1)New tournament
Mar 29Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000 David Frost (6)
Apr 19Greater Gwinnett ChampionshipGeorgia1,800,000 Olin Browne (2)
Apr 26Bass Pro Shops Legends of GolfMissouri2,800,000 Billy Andrade (1) and
Joe Durant (1)
Team event
May 3Insperity InvitationalTexas2,050,000 Ian Woosnam (1)
May 17Regions TraditionAlabama2,300,000 Jeff Maggert (2)Champions Tour major championship
May 24Senior PGA ChampionshipIndiana2,750,000 Colin Montgomerie (3)Senior major championship
Jun 7Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000 Mark Calcavecchia (3)
Jun 14Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipMassachusetts2,700,000 Bernhard Langer (24)Champions Tour major championship
Jun 28U.S. Senior OpenCalifornia3,750,000 Jeff Maggert (3)Senior major championship
Jul 12Encompass ChampionshipIllinois1,900,000 Jerry Smith (1)
Jul 26The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland£1,300,000 Marco Dawson (2)Senior major championship
Aug 23M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Kenny Perry (8)
Aug 9Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,350,000 Jeff Maggert (4)
Aug 23Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000 Billy Andrade (2)
Aug 30Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,900,000 Jeff Maggert (5)
Sep 6Quebec ChampionshipCanadaCanceled[3]
Sep 20Pacific Links China ChampionshipChinaCanceled[4]
Sep 27Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia2,000,000 Esteban Toledo (3)
Oct 11SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000 Tom Lehman (9)
Oct 18San Antonio ChampionshipTexas1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (25)
Nov 1Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,800,000 Duffy Waldorf (1)
Nov 8Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000 Billy Andrade (3)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)
WinnersNotes
Dec 13PNC Father-Son ChallengeFlorida1,085,000 Lanny Wadkins and
son Tucker Wadkins
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[5][6]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Bernhard Langer3,520
2 Colin Montgomerie3,182
3 Jeff Maggert3,143
4 Billy Andrade1,951
5 Joe Durant1,466

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[7]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bernhard Langer2,340,288
2 Jeff Maggert2,240,836
3 Colin Montgomerie2,069,619
4 Billy Andrade1,533,919
5 Joe Durant1,445,956

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Bernhard Langer[8]
Rookie of the Year Jerry Smith[9]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bernhard Langer[10]

Notes

  1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were canceled.
  2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

  1. "2015 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. "Champions Tour announces 2015 schedule". PGA Tour. December 17, 2014. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  3. "Quebec Championship removed from Champions Tour schedule". USA Today. Associated Press. April 24, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. "2015 Pacific Links China Championship canceled". PGA Tour. August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015.
  5. "2015 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. "Billy Andrade wins Champions Tour event, Bernhard Langer takes season title". USA Today. Associated Press. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  7. "2015 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 13, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  8. Trehan, Dev (December 12, 2015). "Bernhard Langer wins fifth player title on PGA Champions Tour". Sky Sports. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  9. "Jerry Smith named Champions Tour Rookie of Year". Oskaloosa Herald. Oskaloosa, Iowa. December 17, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  10. "2015 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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