The 2015 European Tour is the seventh edition of the
Race to Dubai
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and the 44th season of
golf
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tournaments since the
European Tour
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officially began in 1972.
Northern Ireland's
Rory McIlroy
Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is the current world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in tha ...
defended the Race to Dubai, winning the title for the third time. He was also named Golfer of the Year. South Korea's
An Byeong-hun
An Byeong-hun ( ko, 안병훈; born 17 September 1991), also known as Byeong-Hun An or Ben An, is a professional golfer from Seoul, South Korea. In August 2009, he became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Amateur.
Amateur career
Born in Se ...
was the
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
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.
Changes for 2015
There were many changes from the
previous season. There were six additions to the schedule, made up of four new tournaments: the
True Thailand Classic, the
Shenzhen International, the
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay
The Paul Lawrie Match Play was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played from 2015 to 2017 in Europe. The inaugural tournament was played from 30 July to 2 August 2015 at Murcar Links Golf Club in Aberdeen. The tournament's host was e ...
, and the
AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open; the
Hero Indian Open
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, which was co-sanctioned by the European Tour for the first time; and the return of the
European Open, which was last played in 2009.
Seven events were lost from the schedule: the
Volvo World Match Play Championship
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and
Volvo Golf Champions, as a result of
Volvo
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reducing their sponsorship commitments; the
Nelson Mandela Championship
The Nelson Mandela Championship was a golf tournament, played for the first time in December 2012. It was played in Durban, South Africa and was co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. It was sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Ch ...
; the
NH Collection Open;
The Championship at Laguna National; the
Wales Open
The Wales Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour played at the Celtic Manor Resort. It was played annually from 2000 to 2014, as part of a 15-year deal between the tour and the Celtic Manor Resort, that included staging the ...
, as a 15-year deal with
Celtic Manor Resort
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came to an end; and the
Perth International
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, which wasn't played in 2015 due to rescheduling from October to February.
In March, the tour confirmed that the
British Masters
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, last held in 2008, was also being revived and added to the schedule. Later in the month, the
Madeira Islands Open
The Madeira Islands Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour played from 1993 to 2015 on Madeira, an autonomous region of Portugal.
History
The tournament had one of the smallest prize funds on the tour (€600,000 in 20 ...
was cancelled due to persistent heavy rain; it was later rescheduled to the end of July, opposite the Paul Lawrie Matchplay.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.
Location of tournaments
Race to Dubai
Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the "Race to Dubai", and is based on money earned during the season. In a change for the 2015 season, the system was slightly modified to a full points system, with one
euro
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equal to one point for all events leading up to the Final Series, where additional points were awarded (previously earnings were converted into points at the start of the Final Series); earnings from tournaments that award prize money in other currencies were converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event.
Final standings
Final top 15 players in the Race to Dubai:
• Did not play
Awards
Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month award:
See also
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2014 in golf
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2015 in golf
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2015 Challenge Tour
The 2015 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.
The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and w ...
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2015 European Senior Tour
The 2015 European Senior Tour was the 24th season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.
Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the nu ...
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2015 PGA Tour
Notes
References
External links
2015 season results on the PGA European Tour website
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European Tour seasons
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