2015 Champions Tour Explained

Year:2015
Tour:Champions Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:24
Most Wins: Jeff Maggert (4)
Honor1:Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree1: Bernhard Langer
Honor2:Money list
Honoree2: Bernhard Langer
Honor3:Player of the Year
Honoree3: Bernhard Langer
Honor4:Rookie of the Year
Honoree4: Jerry Smith
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

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.

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 25 Hawaii 1,800,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)
Feb 8 Florida 1,700,000 Paul Goydos (2)
Feb 15 Florida 1,600,000 Lee Janzen (1)
Mar 22 Arizona 1,700,000 Marco Dawson (1) New tournament
Mar 29 Mississippi 1,600,000 David Frost (6)
Apr 19 Georgia 1,800,000 Olin Browne (2)
Apr 26 Missouri 2,800,000 Billy Andrade (1) and
Joe Durant (1)
Team event
May 3 Texas 2,050,000 Ian Woosnam (1)
May 17 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,300,000 Jeff Maggert (2) Champions Tour major championship
May 24 Senior PGA Championship Indiana 2,750,000 Colin Montgomerie (3) Senior major championship
Jun 7 Iowa 1,750,000 Mark Calcavecchia (3)
Jun 14 Constellation Senior Players Championship Massachusetts 2,700,000 Bernhard Langer (24) Champions Tour major championship
Jun 28 U.S. Senior Open California 3,750,000 Jeff Maggert (3) Senior major championship
Jul 12 Illinois 1,900,000 Jerry Smith (1)
Jul 26 The Senior Open Championship England £1,300,000 Marco Dawson (2) Senior major championship
Aug 2 Minnesota 1,750,000 Kenny Perry (8)
Aug 9 Canada 2,350,000 Jeff Maggert (4)
Aug 23 Washington 2,000,000 Billy Andrade (2)
Aug 30 New York 1,900,000 Jeff Maggert (5)
Sep 6 Canada Canceled[3]
Sep 20 China Canceled[4]
Sep 27 California 2,000,000 Esteban Toledo (3)
Oct 11 North Carolina 2,100,000 Tom Lehman (9)
Oct 18 Texas 1,800,000 Bernhard Langer (25)
Nov 1 California 1,800,000 Duffy Waldorf (1)
Nov 8 Arizona 2,500,000 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.

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 3,520
2 3,182
3 3,143
4 1,951
5 1,466

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 2,340,288
2 2,240,836
3 2,069,619
4 1,533,919
5 1,445,956

Awards

AwardWinner
[8]
[9]
[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 25 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Champions Tour announces 2015 schedule . PGA Tour . December 17, 2014 . December 18, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224155859/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/news/2014/12/17/schedule-announcement.html . 24 December 2014.
  3. News: Quebec Championship removed from Champions Tour schedule . USA Today . Associated Press . April 24, 2015 . 25 November 2023.
  4. Web site: 2015 Pacific Links China Championship canceled . PGA Tour . August 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150922071803/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/news/2015/08/25/pacific-links-china-championship-canceled.html . 22 September 2015.
  5. Web site: 2015 Charles Schwab Cup . PGA Tour . 25 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151128180617/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.193.html . 28 November 2015.
  6. News: Billy Andrade wins Champions Tour event, Bernhard Langer takes season title . USA Today . Associated Press . 8 November 2015 . 25 November 2023.
  7. Web site: 2015 Money list . PGA Tour . 25 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113100252/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.html . 13 November 2015.
  8. News: Bernhard Langer wins fifth player title on PGA Champions Tour . Sky Sports . Dev . Trehan . 12 December 2015 . 25 November 2023.
  9. News: Jerry Smith named Champions Tour Rookie of Year . Oskaloosa Herald . Oskaloosa, Iowa . 17 December 2015 . 25 November 2023.
  10. Web site: 2015 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 25 November 2023.