As we continue to wrap up another thoroughly entertaining campaign on the European Senior Tour, europeantour.com takes a numerical look back at all the records, stats and more from the 2015 season.
679,147 – Euros earned in 2015 by European Senior Tour Number One Colin Montgomerie, beating his own record for most money earned in an individual season
456,805– Gap between the Scot and his nearest challenger – Peter Fowler
3 – wins this year by Montgomerie (US Senior PGA Championship, Travis Perkins Masters, MCB Tour Championship)
2 –John Jacobs Trophies now for Montgomerie to go with his eight European Tour Order of Merit titles
4 – Montgomerie became the fourth player top the Senior Tour Order of Merit on multiple occasions, joining Tommy Horton (5), Carl Mason and Sam Torrance (3 each)
4 – Largest winning margin of the 2015 season set by Monty in defending his US Senior PGA Championship
18 – Senior Tour rounds for Montgomerie in 2015, of which 16 were under par and 13 were in the 60s. The Scot was a combined 49 under par in his five starts.
37,730 – Euros earned per round from Monty on the Senior Tour this year
0 – Come from behind wins. Every player who won in the 2015 season was either leading or tied for the lead going into the final round
3 – Finishes in the top ten in four starts for Rookie of the Year Paul Broadhurst, including a win on his debut in Scotland
2 – Multiple winners (Montgomerie’s three plus Fowler’s two (Acorn Jersey Open, ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship)
5 – First-time winners (Jeff Maggert – US Senior Open, Gordon Manson – Swiss Seniors Open, Pedro Linhart (WINSTONgolf Senior Open, Marco Dawson – Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex, Paul Broadhurst – Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open)
3 – Course records (Andre Bossert – 61 (-9) – Swiss Seniors Open; Liang Wei-zhang – 67 (-5) Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open; Colin Montgomerie – 64 (-8) – MCB Tour Championship)
61 – The lowest score of the season, a nine under par effort set by Andre Bossert at the Swiss Seniors Open
62 – The lowest score of the season to par, a ten under par round shot by Barry Lane at the WINSTONgolf Senior Open
2 – Play-offs (Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open, Travis Perkins Masters)
3 – Holes-in-one (Mike Keymont – US Senior Open, Neal Lancaster – US Senior Open, Colin Montgomerie – MCB Tour Championship)
2 – Albatrosses (Barry Lane – Senior Open Championship, Steve Jones – Senior Open Championship)
3 – Wire-to-wire winners (Peter Fowler – ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship, Marco Dawson – Senior Open Championship, Simon Brown – French Riviera Masters)
6 – Top ten finishes for Peter Fowler in 2015 – more than any other player
4 – Top five finishes for Colin Montgomerie in 2015 – no one had more
