2015 MENA Golf Tour

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2015 MENA Golf Tour season
Duration4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) – 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11)
Number of official events11
Order of Merit Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence
2014
2016

The 2015 MENA Golf Tour was the fifth season of the MENA Golf Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)
Winner [lower-alpha 1]
6 AprRoyal Golf Dar Es Salam OpenMorocco50,000 Flag of England.svg Ross McGowan (2)
11 AprRoyal Golf D'Anfa OpenMorocco50,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Doherty (1)
16 SepDubai Creek OpenUAE50,000 Flag of England.svg Jake Shepherd (2)
23 SepAscorp Golf Citizen Abu Dhabi OpenUAE50,000 Flag of England.svg Gary King (1)
30 SepShaikh Maktoum Dubai OpenUAE50,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Barth (1)
7 OctAmerican Express Dirab Golf ChampionshipSaudi Arabia50,000 Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Cañizares (1)
14 OctGolf Citizen ClassicUAE30,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Clarke Lutton (1)
21 OctMuscat Hills Golf Citizen ChampionshipOman30,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christofer Blomstrand (1)
28 OctGhala OpenOman50,000 Flag of England.svg Lee Corfield (4)
4 NovRas Al Khaimah ClassicUAE50,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence (1)
11 NovMENA Golf Tour ChampionshipUAE75,000 Flag of England.svg Scott Campbell (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [2]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence 27,679
2 Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Cañizares 20,379
3 Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Doherty 19,135
4 Flag of England.svg Lee Corfield 19,079
5 Flag of England.svg Stuart Archibald 19,038

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of MENA Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament.

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References

  1. "2015 Tournament schedule". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. Varma, Viren (11 November 2015). "England's Campbell defies winds to win MENA Tour Championship". MENA Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2023. South Africa's Lawrence carded a 70 to finish in a tie for sixth on six-under which was good enough for him to win the Order of Merit title with $27,679 (over Dh100,000) in earnings during the season, ahead of Spain's Gabriel Canizares of Spain ($20,379).