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2015 PGA EuroPro Tour

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2015 PGA EuroPro Tour season
Duration13 May 2015 (2015-05-13) – 30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
Number of official events16
Most winsEngland Marcus Armitage (2)
England Sam Connor (2)
England Gary King (2)
England Jordan Smith (2)
Order of MeritEngland Jordan Smith
2014
2016

The 2015 PGA EuroPro Tour, titled as the 2015 HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

OWGR inclusion

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In July, it was announced that all PGA EuroPro Tour events, beginning with the Wealth Design Invitational, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for the winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
15 May World Snooker Open Gwent 49,210 England Gary King (1) n/a
22 May Buildbase Open Oxfordshire 47,320 England Gary King (2) n/a
30 May Kerry London Championship Surrey 47,885 England Darren Wright (1) n/a
6 Jun Dawson and Sanderson Forex Classic Northumberland 48,160 England Sam Connor (1) n/a
19 Jun Grenke Championship Wiltshire 48,955 England Marcus Armitage (2) n/a
26 Jun Paul Lawrie Foundation Granite City Classic Aberdeenshire 46,735 England Paul Howard (1) n/a
2 Jul Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters Angus 48,695 England James Wilkinson (1) n/a
17 Jul Glenfarclas Open Renfrewshire 49,945 England Aaron Rai (1) n/a
24 Jul Wealth Design Invitational Shropshire 47,605 England Andrew Marshall (2) 4
31 Jul PDC Open Kent 49,460 England Jordan Smith (1) 4
7 Aug Cobra Puma Golf Open Dunbartonshire 46,735 England Sam Connor (2) 4
13 Aug Break90 Championship Northumberland 47,320 England Jamie Rutherford (1) 4
21 Aug Tree of Life Championship Tyne and Wear 47,605 England Marcus Armitage (3) 4
29 Aug Clipper Logistics Players Championship West Yorkshire 56,437 Wales Mark Laskey (2) 6
4 Sep HotelPlanner.com Championship Kent 49,460 England Haydn McCullen (1) 4
30 Oct Matchroom Sport Tour Championship Spain 87,250 England Jordan Smith (2) 4

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was titled as the Race to Desert Springs and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (£) Status earned
1 England Jordan Smith 32,984 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 England Darren Wright 29,670
3 England Sam Connor 27,296
4 England Marcus Armitage 26,593
5 England Aaron Rai 25,644
6 England Gary King 23,396 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
7 England Daniel Gavins 19,622 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
8 England Paul Howard 19,542 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
9 Wales Mark Laskey 18,556
10 Scotland Neil Fenwick 16,313

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA EuroPro Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA EuroPro Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2023. Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Tournament Schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 Race to Desert Springs". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Smith wins Tour Championship". Professional Golfers' Association. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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