The 2015 Champions Tour was the 36th season for the golf tour now known as
PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season was to have had 26 official money events, including five
majors
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, but the PGA Tour removed two September events during the season, reducing it to 24 events.
Jeff Maggert
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Early life
Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri. He was raised on a golf course in The Woodlands, Texas where ...
won the most tournaments, four, including two majors, while
Bernhard Langer
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led the money list, scoring average list and the Charles Schwab Cup.
It also proved to be the final year for the tour under the "Champions Tour" name; the PGA Tour rebranded the circuit as "PGA Tour Champions" after this season.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2015 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they have on the tour up to and including that event.
Senior majors are shown in bold.
On April 24, the
Quebec Championship, scheduled for September 4–6, was removed for logistical reasons.
On August 25, the PGA Tour removed the
Pacific Links China Championship, scheduled for September 18–20 at the
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after the
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container explosions taking place less than a month from the tournament's date.
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Source:
Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
Source:
Awards
See also
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Champions Tour awards
Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions ...
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Champions Tour records These are achievements of play on PGA Tour Champions.
Individual scoring records
Stroke totals
*72 holes
:257 – Pádraig Harrington, 2022 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
*54 holes
:191 – Bruce Fleisher, 2002 RJR Championship
:191 – Loren Rob ...
References
External links
PGA Tour Champions official site
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PGA Tour Champions seasons
Champions Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...