The 2015 Legends Tour is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.
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The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2015 Legends Tour season. [1] The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner(s) |
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Mar 8 | Walgreens Charity Classic | Arizona | |
Apr 19 | Chico's Patty Berg Memorial | Florida | |
Aug 30 | The Legends Championship | Indiana | |
Sep 16 | BJ's Charity Pro-Am Unofficial | Massachusetts | |
Nov 7 | Walgreens Charity Championship | Florida | |
Nov 14 | ISPS Handa Cup | Florida |
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