2015 Pro Golf Tour

The 2015 Pro Golf Tour was the 19th season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. In July, it was announced that all Pro Golf Tour events, beginning with the Lotos Polish Open, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event.[1]

2015 Pro Golf Tour season
Duration12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) – 29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)
Number of official events22
Most wins3:
Martin Keskari
Benjamin Rusch
Order of Merit Philipp Mejow
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2016 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points
14 Jan Red Sea Egyptian Classic Egypt 30,000 Reinier Saxton (4) n/a
20 Jan Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic Egypt 30,000 Philipp Mejow (2) n/a
2 Feb Open Samanah Morocco 30,000 Martin Keskari (1) n/a
6 Feb Open Al Maaden Morocco 30,000 Alexandre Kaleka (1) n/a
12 Feb Open Mogador Morocco 30,000 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (1) n/a
2 Mar Open Dar Es Salam (Blue Course) Morocco 30,000 David Heinzinger (1) n/a
6 Mar Open Dar Es Salam (Red Course) Morocco 30,000 Benjamin Rusch (1) n/a
15 Apr Open Casa Green Golf Morocco 30,000 Nicolas Meitinger (10) n/a
21 Apr Open Royal Golf Anfa Mohammedia Morocco 30,000 Ben Parker (3) n/a
27 Apr Open Madaef Morocco 30,000 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (2) n/a
28 May Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria 30,000 Benjamin Rusch (2) n/a
2 Jun Adamstal Open Austria 30,000 Olivier Rozner (1) n/a
7 Jun St. Pölten Pro Golf Tour Austria 30,000 Reinier Saxton (5) n/a
15 Jun Ceevee Leather Open Germany 30,000 Antoine Schwartz (2) n/a
11 Jul Praforst Pro Golf Tour Germany 30,000 Martin Keskari (2) n/a
17 Jul Gut Bissenmoor Classic Germany 30,000 Philipp Mejow (3) n/a
28 Jul Lotos Polish Open Poland 30,000 Martin Keskari (3) 4
4 Aug Kosaido Düsseldorf Open Germany 30,000 Maximilian Röhrig (1) 4
11 Aug Sparkassen Open Germany 30,000 Robin Kind (2) 4
18 Aug Augsburg Classic Germany 30,000 Romain Bechu (1) 4
31 Aug Preis de Hardenborg GolfResorts Germany 30,000 Maximilian Laier (1) 4
29 Sep Castanea Resort Pro Golf Tour Championship Germany 50,000 Benjamin Rusch (3) 4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top five players on the tour (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

Rank Player Points Status earned
1 Philipp Mejow 35,311 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Benjamin Rusch 32,537
3 Reinier Saxton 27,349 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4 Martin Keskari 27,024 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 Teemu Bakker 21,009
6 Robin Kind 19,671
7 David Antonelli 18,089
8 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon 17,641
9 Maximilian Laier 17,377
10 Chris Robb 16,904

Notes
  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Pro Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Pro Golf 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. "Schedule at a glance". PGA of Germany. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. "Events - ProGolf Tour - 2015". OWGR. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. "Order of Merit 2015". PGA of Germany. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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