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.
| Duration | 3 February 2015 – 27 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Most wins |  S. Chikkarangappa (3) |
| Order of Merit | S. Chikkarangappa |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (₹) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Feb | PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | Haryana | 3,000,000 |  Nadaraja Thangaraja (2) |
n/a | |
| 13 Feb | Hemisphere PGTI Masters | Uttar Pradesh | 3,000,000 | Shamim Khan (9) |
n/a | |
| 1 Mar | Golconda Masters | Telangana | 4,000,000 | Harendra Gupta (4) |
n/a | |
| 7 Mar | Cochin Masters | Kerala | 5,500,000 | Mukesh Kumar (16) |
n/a | |
| 3 Apr | Ahmedabad Masters | Gujarat | 4,000,000 | Khalin Joshi (2) |
n/a | |
| 10 Apr | PGTI Players Championship (Kensville) | Gujarat | 3,000,000 | S. Chikkarangappa (6) |
n/a | |
| 2 Oct | PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) | Rajasthan | 3,000,000 | Udayan Mane (1) |
n/a | |
| 9 Oct | BILT Open | Haryana | 10,000,000 | Abhijit Singh Chadha (2) |
n/a | |
| 23 Oct | Western India Oxford Golf Masters | Maharashtra | 3,000,000 | Udayan Mane (2) |
n/a | |
| 31 Oct | TAKE Solutions India Masters | Karnataka | US$120,000 | S. Chikkarangappa (7) |
6 | ADT |
| 8 Nov | Panasonic Open India | Delhi | US$400,000 | Chiragh Kumar (5) |
14 | ASA |
| 21 Nov | IndianOil Servo Masters Golf | Assam | 3,000,000 | Shankar Das (6) |
n/a | |
| 5 Dec | CG Open | Maharashtra | 10,000,000 | Ashok Kumar (12) |
n/a | |
| 20 Dec | Tata Open | Jharkhand | 7,500,000 | Mukesh Kumar (17) |
n/a | |
| 27 Dec | McLeod Russel Tour Championship | West Bengal | 15,000,000 | S. Chikkarangappa (8) |
n/a |
Order of Merit
editThe 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]
| Position | Player | Prize money (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Chikkarangappa |
4,887,440 |
| 2 | Mukesh Kumar |
3,941,710 |
| 3 | Abhijit Singh Chadha |
2,682,203 |
| 4 | Khalin Joshi |
2,639,763 |
| 5 | Udayan Mane |
2,221,507 |
Notes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ ADT − Asian Development Tour; ASA − Asian Tour.
References
edit- ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "2015 Rolex Rankings". Professional Golf Tour of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "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.