2015 Professional Golf Tour of India

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2015 Professional Golf Tour of India season
Duration3 February 2015 (2015-02-03) – 27 December 2015 (2015-12-27)
Number of official events15
Most wins Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa (3)
Order of Merit Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa
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The 2015 Professional Golf Tour of India was the ninth season of the Professional Golf Tour of India, the main professional golf tour in India since it was formed in 2006.

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Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
()
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours [lower-alpha 2]
6 FebPGTI Players Championship (Panchkula)Haryana3,000,000 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Nadaraja Thangaraja (2)n/a
13 FebHemisphere PGTI MastersUttar Pradesh3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Shamim Khan (9)n/a
1 MarGolconda MastersTelangana4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Harendra Gupta (4)n/a
7 MarCochin MastersKerala5,500,000 Flag of India.svg Mukesh Kumar (16)n/a
3 AprAhmedabad MastersGujarat4,000,000 Flag of India.svg Khalin Joshi (2)n/a
10 AprPGTI Players Championship (Kensville)Gujarat3,000,000 Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa (6)n/a
2 OctPGTI Players Championship (Rambagh)Rajasthan3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Udayan Mane (1)n/a
9 OctBILT OpenHaryana10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Abhijit Singh Chadha (2)n/a
23 OctWestern India Oxford Golf MastersMaharashtra3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Udayan Mane (2)n/a
31 Oct TAKE Solutions India Masters KarnatakaUS$120,000 Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa (7)6 ADT
8 Nov Panasonic Open India DelhiUS$400,000 Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar (5)14 ASA
21 NovIndianOil Servo Masters GolfAssam3,000,000 Flag of India.svg Shankar Das (6)n/a
5 DecCG OpenMaharashtra10,000,000 Flag of India.svg Ashok Kumar (12)n/a
20 DecTata OpenJharkhand7,500,000 Flag of India.svg Mukesh Kumar (17)n/a
27 DecMcLeod Russel Tour ChampionshipWest Bengal15,000,000 Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa (8)n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Rolex Rankings and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Indian rupees. [2] [3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ()
1 Flag of India.svg S. Chikkarangappa 4,887,440
2 Flag of India.svg Mukesh Kumar 3,941,710
3 Flag of India.svg Abhijit Singh Chadha 2,682,203
4 Flag of India.svg Khalin Joshi 2,639,763
5 Flag of India.svg Udayan Mane 2,221,507

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Professional Golf Tour of India events they had won up to and including that tournament.
  2. ADT − Asian Development Tour; ASA − Asian Tour.

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References

  1. "2009 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. "2015 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. "Chikka signs off in style". Deccan Herald. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2023. Chikka's brilliant win at RCGC took his season's earnings to an outstanding Rs 48,87,440 as he climbed from second place to top the Order of Merit.