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2015 European Senior Tour

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2015 European Senior Tour season
Duration21 May 2015 (2015-05-21) – 13 December 2015 (2015-12-13)
Number of official events12
Most winsScotland Colin Montgomerie (3)
Order of MeritScotland Colin Montgomerie
Rookie of the YearEngland Paul Broadhurst
2014
2016

The 2015 European Senior Tour was the 24th season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] Notes
24 May Senior PGA Championship United States US$2,750,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (6) Senior major championship
31 May SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open Wales £250,000 England Paul Wesselingh (8)
6 Jun Acorn Jersey Open Jersey £200,000 Australia Peter Fowler (4)
14 Jun ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship England £260,000 Australia Peter Fowler (5)
28 Jun U.S. Senior Open United States US$3,500,000 United States Jeff Maggert (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
5 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland 300,000 Austria Gordon Manson (1)
12 Jul WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany 300,000 Spain Pedro Linhart (1)
26 Jul The Senior Open Championship England £1,300,000 United States Marco Dawson (n/a) Senior major championship
29 Aug Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open Scotland £250,000 England Paul Broadhurst (1)
6 Sep Travis Perkins Masters England £320,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (7)
4 Oct French Riviera Masters France 400,000 England Simon P. Brown (3)
13 Dec MCB Tour Championship Mauritius 420,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (8) Tour Championship

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money ()
1 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 679,147
2 Australia Peter Fowler 222,342
3 England Barry Lane 171,191
4 Austria Gordon Manson 143,699
5 England Philip Golding 108,127

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year England Paul Broadhurst [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members.
  2. ^ Official win; unofficial money.

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2015 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ Stafford, Ali (14 December 2015). "Colin Montgomerie targets major success after record-breaking 2015". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2023. A three-shot win over David Frost not only extended Montgomerie's unassailable lead at the top of the money list and made him the first player to retain the title since Sam Torrance in 2006, but also secured the former Ryder Cup-winning captain record winnings of 679,147 euros (£492,679).
  4. ^ "Brilliant Broadhurst crowned Rookie of the Year". European Tour. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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