2015 PGA EuroPro Tour

2015 PGA EuroPro Tour season

Duration	13 May 2015 (2015-05-13) – 30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Marcus Armitage (2) Sam Connor (2) Gary King (2) Jordan Smith (2)
Order of Merit	Jordan Smith
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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

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

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	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.[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	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". 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.

External links

• Official website