The 2014–15 PGA Tour was the 100th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 47th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the ninth edition of the FedEx Cup.
Changes for 2014–15 One new event was added (Barbasol Championship) and the Sanderson Farms Championship made a return. Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament were for the first time given three-year exemptions and invitations to the next three Players Championships. For the first time, the conditional status category (126th to 150th in the FedEx Cup) was regularly reshuffled, like the Web.com Tour graduate and past champion categories.
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 became an alternate event to the WGC-HSBC Champions, instead of being an alternate to The Open Championship as in years previous. 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 1990 PGA Championship. The WGC-Cadillac Match Play was moved back two and a half months to May, and relocated back to California, its primary home from 1999 to 2006.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2014–15 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotesOct 12Frys.com OpenCalifornia6,000,000 Bae Sang-moon (2)36Oct 19Shriners Hospitals for Children OpenNevada6,200,000 Ben Martin (1) 36Oct 26McGladrey ClassicGeorgia5,600,000 Robert Streb (1) 32Nov 2CIMB ClassicMalaysia7,000,000 Ryan Moore (4) 42ASALimited-field eventNov 9WGC-HSBC ChampionsChina8,500,000 Bubba Watson (7) 68World Golf ChampionshipNov 9Sanderson Farms ChampionshipMississippi4,000,000 Nick Taylor (1) 24Alternate eventNov 16OHL Classic at MayakobaMexico6,100,000 Charley Hoffman (3) 24Jan 12Hyundai Tournament of ChampionsHawaii5,700,000 Patrick Reed (4) 46Winners-only eventJan 18Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii5,600,000 Jimmy Walker (4) 46Jan 25Humana ChallengeCalifornia5,700,000 Bill Haas (6) 46Pro-AmFeb 1Waste Management Phoenix OpenArizona6,300,000 Brooks Koepka (1) 54Feb 8Farmers Insurance OpenCalifornia6,300,000 Jason Day (3) 52Feb 15AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia6,800,000 Brandt Snedeker (7)46Pro-AmFeb 22Northern Trust OpenCalifornia6,700,000 James Hahn (1) 54Mar 2The Honda ClassicFlorida6,100,000 Pádraig Harrington (6) 60Mar 8WGC-Cadillac ChampionshipFlorida9,250,000 Dustin Johnson (9) 76World Golf ChampionshipMar 8Puerto Rico OpenPuerto Rico3,000,000 Alex Čejka (1)24Alternate eventMar 15Valspar ChampionshipFlorida5,900,000 Jordan Spieth (2) 52Mar 22Arnold Palmer InvitationalFlorida6,300,000 Matt Every (2)60InvitationalMar 29Valero Texas OpenTexas6,200,000 Jimmy Walker (5) 52Apr 5Shell Houston OpenTexas6,600,000 J. B. Holmes (4) 54Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia10,000,000 Jordan Spieth (3) 100Major championshipApr 19RBC HeritageSouth Carolina5,900,000 Jim Furyk (17)52InvitationalApr 26Zurich Classic of New OrleansLouisiana6,900,000 Justin Rose (7) 40May 3WGC-Cadillac Match PlayCalifornia9,250,000 Rory McIlroy (10) 76World Golf ChampionshipMay 10The Players ChampionshipFlorida10,000,000 Rickie Fowler (2)80Flagship eventMay 17Wells Fargo ChampionshipNorth Carolina7,100,000 Rory McIlroy (11) 52May 24Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialTexas6,500,000 Chris Kirk (4) 48InvitationalMay 31AT&T Byron NelsonTexas7,100,000 Steven Bowditch (2) 46Jun 7Memorial TournamentOhio6,200,000 David Lingmerth (1)60InvitationalJun 14FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee6,000,000 Fabián Gómez (1) 34Jun 21U.S. OpenWashington10,000,000 Jordan Spieth (4) 100Major championshipJun 28Travelers ChampionshipConnecticut6,400,000 Bubba Watson (8)46Jul 5Greenbrier ClassicWest Virginia6,700,000 Danny Lee (1) 40Jul 12John Deere ClassicIllinois4,700,000 Jordan Spieth (5) 30Jul 19Barbasol ChampionshipAlabama3,500,000 Scott Piercy (3)24New tournamentAlternate eventJul 20The Open Championship Scotland£6,300,000 Zach Johnson (12) 100Major championshipJul 26RBC Canadian OpenCanada5,800,000 Jason Day (4) 40Aug 2Quicken Loans NationalVirginia6,700,000 Troy Merritt (1) 34InvitationalAug 9WGC-Bridgestone InvitationalOhio9,250,000 Shane Lowry (1) 74World Golf ChampionshipAug 9Barracuda ChampionshipNevada3,100,000 J. J. Henry (3)24Alternate eventAug 16PGA ChampionshipWisconsin10,000,000 Jason Day (5) 100Major championshipAug 23Wyndham ChampionshipNorth Carolina5,400,000 Davis Love III (21) 40Aug 30The BarclaysNew Jersey8,250,000 Jason Day (6)72FedEx Cup playoff eventSep 7Deutsche Bank ChampionshipMassachusetts8,250,000 Rickie Fowler (3) 72FedEx Cup playoff eventSep 20BMW ChampionshipIllinois8,250,000 Jason Day (7)72FedEx Cup playoff eventSep 27Tour ChampionshipGeorgia8,250,000 Jordan Spieth (6)58FedEx Cup playoff event
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesOct 15PGA Grand Slam of GolfBermuda1,350,000 Martin Kaymern/aLimited-field eventDec 7Hero World ChallengeFlorida3,500,000 Jordan Spieth46Limited-field eventDec 13Franklin Templeton ShootoutFlorida3,100,000 Jason Day and Cameron Tringalen/aTeam eventJun 30CVS Health Charity ClassicRhode Island1,500,000 Keegan Bradley and Jon Currann/aTeam eventOct 11Presidents CupSouth Korean/a Team USAn/aTeam event
Location of tournaments
FedEx Cup Final standings For full rankings, see 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:
PositionPlayerPointsBonus money ($)1 Jordan Spieth 3,800 10,000,0002 Henrik Stenson 2,307 3,000,0003 Jason Day 2,290 2,000,0004 Rickie Fowler 1,838 1,500,0005 Bubba Watson 1,680 1,000,0006 Zach Johnson 1,450 800,0007 Dustin Johnson 1,360 700,0008 Justin Rose 1,235 600,0009 Danny Lee 1,123 550,00010 Charley Hoffman 992 500,000
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Jordan Spieth 12,030,4652 Jason Day 9,403,3303 Bubba Watson 6,876,7974 Rickie Fowler 5,773,4305 Dustin Johnson 5,509,4676 Justin Rose 5,462,6777 Rory McIlroy 4,863,3128 Zach Johnson 4,801,4879 Henrik Stenson 4,755,07010 Jimmy Walker 4,521,350
Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Jordan Spieth PGA Player of the Year Jordan Spieth Rookie of the Year Daniel Berger Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Jordan Spieth Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Jordan Spieth PGA Tour Courage Award Jarrod Lyle
See also 2014 in golf 2015 in golf 2015 Champions Tour 2015 Web.com Tour
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