2015 PGA EuroPro Tour

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, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.

2015 PGA EuroPro Tour season
Duration13 May 2015 (2015-05-13) – 30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
Number of official events16
Most wins2:
Marcus Armitage
Sam Connor
Gary King
Jordan Smith
Order of Merit Jordan Smith
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2016 →

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 a winner of a 54-hole event and 6 points for a winner of a 72-hole event.[1]

The schedule consisted of sixteen events, each having a minimum prize fund of £46,735, which increased depending on how many players made the cut; any unused prize money from the £50,000 maximum was added to the prize fund for the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship.[2] The Clipper Logistics Players Championship, the only 72-hole tournament, had a maximum of £60,000. The Matchroom Sport Tour Championship's prize fund began at £60,000 and topped out at £87,550.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[3]

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

Order of Merit

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. The top five players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

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

Notes
  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
  1. "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
  2. "EuroPro Prize Funds Increased To £50,000". PGA EuroPro Tour. 23 December 2014.
  3. "2015 HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour Schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. "Race to Desert Springs". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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