2015 Pro Golf Tour

The 2015 Pro Golf Tour was the 19th season of the Pro Golf Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. In July, it was announced that all Pro Golf Tour events, beginning with the Lotos Polish Open, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for a winner of a 54-hole event.[1]

Schedule

The season consisted of 22 events in five countries.[2][3] All tournaments had prize funds of €30,000 except the Castanea Resort Pro Golf Tour Championship, which had a prize fund of €50,000.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerOWGR
15 Jan Red Sea Egyptian Classic Egypt Reinier Saxton
21 Jan Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic Egypt Philipp Mejow
3 Feb Open Samanah Morocco Martin Keskari
7 Feb Open Al Maaden Morocco Alexandre Kaleka
13 Feb Open Mogador Morocco Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon
3 Mar Open Dar Es Salam – Blue Course Morocco David Heinzinger
7 Mar Open Dar Es Salam – Red Course Morocco Benjamin Rusch
16 Apr Open Casa Green Golf Morocco Nicolas Meitinger
22 Apr Open Royal Golf Anfa Mohammedia Morocco Ben Parker
28 Apr Open Madaef Morocco Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon
29 May Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria Benjamin Rusch
3 Jun Adamstal Open Austria Olivier Rozner
8 Jun St. Pölten Pro Golf Tour Austria Reinier Saxton
16 Jun Ceevee Leather Open Germany Antoine Schwartz
12 Jul Praforst Pro Golf Tour Germany Martin Keskari
18 Jul Gut Bissenmoor Classic Germany Philipp Mejow
29 Jul Lotos Polish Open Poland Martin Keskari 4
5 Aug Kosaido Düsseldorf Open Germany Maximilian Röhrig 4
12 Aug Sparkassen Open Germany Robin Kind 4
19 Aug Augsburg Classic Germany Romain Bechu 4
1 Sep Preis de Hardenborg GolfResorts Germany Maximilian Laier 4
30 Sep Castanea Resort Pro Golf Tour Championship Germany Benjamin Rusch 4

Graduates

The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2016.[4] Since the third-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.

Rank Player Country Earnings (€) Status earned
1 Philipp Mejow  Germany 35,311 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Benjamin Rusch   Switzerland 32,537
3 Reinier Saxton  Netherlands 27,349 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4 Martin Keskari  Germany 27,024 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 Teemu Bakker  Finland 21,009
6 Robin Kind  Netherlands 19,671
7 David Antonelli  France 18,089
8 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon  France 17,641
9 Maximilian Laier  Germany 17,377
10 Chris Robb  Scotland 16,904

References
  1. "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
  2. "Schedule at a glance". PGA of Germany. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. "Events - ProGolf Tour - 2015". OWGR. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. "Order of Merit 2015". PGA of Germany. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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