2015 PGA Tour

The 2015 PGA Tour was the 100th season of the PGA Tour, and the 48th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on October 9, 2014.

Changes for 2014–15 season

One new event was added (Barbasol Championship) and the Sanderson Farms Championship makes a return.
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament are given three year exemptions and invitations to the next three Players Championships.
The Frys.com Open and Shriners Hospitals for Children Open increase their fields to 144, up from 132.
The conditional status category (126th to 150th in the FedEx Cup) reshuffles, similar to that of the Web.com Tour Finals graduates and veterans categories.

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Schedule

The McGladrey Classic was moved up two weeks from 2014. The CIMB Classic and WGC-HSBC Champions have each been moved back one week from 2014. The Sanderson Farms Championship is now an alternate event to the WGC-HSBC Champions, instead of being an alternate to The Open Championship as in recent years. The new Barbasol Championship was an alternate event to The Open Championship. It also marked the first time the PGA Tour hosted an event in Alabama in 25 years, when the state hosted the PGA Championship. The WGC-Cadillac Match Play was moved back two and a half months to May, and has relocated back to California, its primary home from 1999 to 2006.

The following table lists the events for 2014–15.^[2]

The 2014–15 schedule includes 47 official money tournaments, and runs from October 9, 2014 to October 11, 2015.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	OWGR	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)	Notes
Oct 12	Frys.com Open	California	Bae Sang-moon (2)	36	6,000,000	1,080,000
Oct 19	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Nevada	Ben Martin (1)	36	6,200,000	1,116,000
Oct 26	McGladrey Classic	Georgia	Robert Streb (1)	32	5,600,000	1,008,000
Nov 2	CIMB Classic	Malaysia	Ryan Moore (4)	42	7,000,000	1,260,000	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Nov 9	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	Bubba Watson (7)	68	8,500,000	1,400,000	World Golf Championships
Nov 9	Sanderson Farms Championship	Mississippi	Nick Taylor (1)	24	4,000,000	720,000	Alternate event
Nov 16	OHL Classic at Mayakoba	Mexico	Charley Hoffman (3)	24	6,100,000	1,098,000
Dec 7	Hero World Challenge	Florida	Jordan Spieth (n/a)	46	3,500,000	1,000,000	Unofficial event
Jan 12	Hyundai Tournament of Champions	Hawaii	Patrick Reed (4)	46	5,700,000	1,140,000	Unique
Jan 18	Sony Open in Hawaii	Hawaii	Jimmy Walker (4)	46	5,600,000	1,008,000
Jan 25	Humana Challenge	California	Bill Haas (6)	46	5,700,000	1,026,000	Celebrity pro-am
Feb 1	Waste Management Phoenix Open	Arizona	Brooks Koepka (1)	54	6,300,000	1,134,000
Feb 8	Farmers Insurance Open	California	Jason Day (3)	52	6,300,000	1,134,000
Feb 15	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	Brandt Snedeker (7)	46	6,800,000	1,224,000	Celebrity pro-am
Feb 22	Northern Trust Open	California	James Hahn (1)	54	6,700,000	1,206,000
Mar 1	The Honda Classic	Florida	Pádraig Harrington (6)	60	6,100,000	1,098,000
Mar 8	WGC-Cadillac Championship	Florida	Dustin Johnson (9)	76	9,250,000	1,570,000	World Golf Championships
Mar 8	Puerto Rico Open	Puerto Rico	Alex Čejka (1)	24	3,000,000	540,000	Alternate event
Mar 15	Valspar Championship	Florida	Jordan Spieth (2)	52	5,900,000	1,062,000
Mar 22	Arnold Palmer Invitational	Florida	Matt Every (2)	60	6,300,000	1,134,000	Invitational
Mar 29	Valero Texas Open	Texas	Jimmy Walker (5)	52	6,200,000	1,116,000
Apr 5	Shell Houston Open	Texas	J. B. Holmes (4)	54	6,600,000	1,188,000
Apr 12	Masters Tournament	Georgia	Jordan Spieth (3)	100	10,000,000	1,800,000	Major championship
Apr 19	RBC Heritage	South Carolina	Jim Furyk (17)	52	5,900,000	1,062,000	Invitational
Apr 26	Zurich Classic of New Orleans	Louisiana	Justin Rose (7)	40	6,900,000	1,242,000
May 3	WGC-Cadillac Match Play	California	Rory McIlroy (10)	76	9,250,000	1,570,000	World Golf Championships
May 10	The Players Championship	Florida	Rickie Fowler (2)	80	10,000,000	1,800,000	Flagship event
May 17	Wells Fargo Championship	North Carolina	Rory McIlroy (11)	52	7,100,000	1,278,000
May 24	Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial	Texas	Chris Kirk (4)	48	6,500,000	1,170,000	Invitational
May 31	AT&T Byron Nelson	Texas	Steven Bowditch (2)	46	7,100,000	1,278,000
Jun 7	The Memorial Tournament	Ohio	David Lingmerth (1)	60	6,200,000	1,116,000	Invitational
Jun 14	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Tennessee	Fabián Gómez (1)	34	6,000,000	1,080,000
Jun 21	U.S. Open	Washington	Jordan Spieth (4)	100	10,000,000	1,800,000	Major championship
Jun 28	Travelers Championship	Connecticut	Bubba Watson (8)	46	6,400,000	1,152,000
Jul 5	Greenbrier Classic	West Virginia	Danny Lee (1)	40	6,700,000	1,206,000
Jul 12	John Deere Classic	Illinois	Jordan Spieth (5)	30	4,700,000	846,000
Jul 19	Barbasol Championship	Alabama	Scott Piercy (3)	24	3,500,000	630,000	New tournament Alternate event
Jul 20	The Open Championship (British Open)	Scotland	Zach Johnson (12)	100	£6,300,000^[3] $9,831,780	£1,150,000^[3] $1,794,690	Major championship
Jul 26	RBC Canadian Open	Ontario, Canada	Jason Day (4)	40	5,800,000	1,044,000
Aug 2	Quicken Loans National	Virginia	Troy Merritt (1)	34	6,700,000	1,206,000	Invitational
Aug 9	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	Ohio	Shane Lowry (1)	74	9,250,000	1,570,000	World Golf Championships
Aug 9	Barracuda Championship	Nevada	J. J. Henry (3)	24	3,100,000	558,000	Alternate event
Aug 16	PGA Championship	Wisconsin	Jason Day (5)	100	10,000,000	1,800,000	Major championship
Aug 23	Wyndham Championship	North Carolina	Davis Love III (21)	40	5,400,000	972,000
Aug 30	The Barclays	New Jersey	Jason Day (6)	72	8,250,000	1,485,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 7	Deutsche Bank Championship	Massachusetts	Rickie Fowler (3)	72	8,250,000	1,485,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 20	BMW Championship	Illinois	Jason Day (7)	72	8,250,000	1,485,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Sep 27	Tour Championship	Georgia	Jordan Spieth (6)	58	8,250,000	1,485,000	FedEx Cup Playoffs
Oct 11	Presidents Cup	South Korea	U.S. Team	n/a			Team event

Money leaders

This section shows the final money leaders table.

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money ($)
1	Jordan Spieth	United States	25	12,030,465
2	Jason Day	Australia	20	9,403,330
3	Bubba Watson	United States	19	6,876,797
4	Rickie Fowler	United States	21	5,773,430
5	Dustin Johnson	United States	21	5,509,467
6	Justin Rose	England	20	5,462,677
7	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	12	4,863,312
8	Zach Johnson	United States	25	4,801,487
9	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	16	4,755,070
10	Jimmy Walker	United States	24	4,521,350

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here.

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Jordan Spieth	United States
PGA Player of the Year	Jordan Spieth	United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Jordan Spieth	United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)	Jordan Spieth	United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)	Jordan Spieth	United States
Rookie of the Year	Daniel Berger	United States
FedEx Cup	Jordan Spieth	United States

References

↑ Bolton, Rob (October 1, 2014). "Power Rankings: 2014–15 full-membership players". PGA Tour.
↑ "2014–15 schedule". PGA Tour. August 13, 2014.
1 2 "The Champion Golfer of the Year will win more than £1 million at The Open". The Open Championship. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

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