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This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2015. ==Men's professional golf== Major championships *9–12 April: The Masters – Jordan Spieth won by four strokes over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. It was his first major victory. He also tied the Tiger Woods' tournament record of 270 (−18) *18–21 June: U.S. Open – Jordan Spieth won by one stroke when Dustin Johnson failed to make birdie at the 18th hole. He became the sixth player ever to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. *16–19 July: The Open Championship – Zach Johnson won in a 4-hole aggregate playoff, when Louis Oosthuizen failed to make his putt on the 4th and final hole of the playoff. It was Johnson's first Open Championship victory, and his second major victory. *13–16 August: PGA Championship – Jason Day won his first major by three strokes over Jordan Spieth. Day played consistently during the final round, never allowing Spieth an opportunity to get closer than 3 strokes, while setting a record for a major at 20 under par, besting Tiger Woods' previous record of 19 under at the 2000 British Open. World Golf Championships *5–8 March WGC-Cadillac Championship – Dustin Johnson won by one stroke over J. B. Holmes *29 April – 3 May: WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship – Rory McIlroy defeated Gary Woodland, 4 & 2, in the championship match. It was McIlroy's first WGC-Match Play championship, and his second WGC championship overall. *6–9 August: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Shane Lowry won by two strokes over Bubba Watson. It was his first WGC victory. *5–8 November: WGC-HSBC Champions – Russell Knox won by two strokes over Kevin Kisner. It was his first World Golf Championship victory, and also his first PGA Tour and European Tour victory. FedEx Cup playoff events - see 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs *27–30 August: The Barclays – Jason Day tied the tournament record and won by six strokes over Henrik Stenson. *4–7 September: Deutsche Bank Championship – Rickie Fowler won by one stroke over Henrik Stenson. *17–20 September: BMW Championship – Jason Day wins his second FedEx Cup event of the season and moves to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. *24–27 September: Tour Championship – Jordan Spieth won by three strokes over Danny Lee, Justin Rose, and Henrik Stenson. The victory for him also won his first FedEx Cup. Other leading PGA Tour events *7–10 May: The Players Championship – Rickie Fowler defeated Kevin Kisner and Sergio García in a three-hole aggregate playoff, eliminating García after the third hole, and eliminating Kisner on a sudden-death fourth hole. It was Fowler's first Players title. ''For a complete list of PGA Tour results see 2015 PGA Tour.'' Leading European Tour events *21–24 May: BMW PGA Championship – An Byeong-hun won by six strokes over Thongchai Jaidee and Miguel Ángel Jiménez. It was his first European Tour victory. *29 October – 1 November: Turkish Airlines Open – Victor Dubuisson won by one stroke over Jaco van Zyl. *12–15 November: BMW Masters – Kristoffer Broberg won in a playoff over Patrick Reed, with a birdie on the first extra hole. It was his first European Tour victory. *19–22 November: DP World Tour Championship, Dubai – Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Andy Sullivan, clinching the Race to Dubai title. It was his second Tour Championship victory, and his third Race to Dubai title. ''For a complete list of European Tour results see 2015 European Tour.'' Team events *8–11 October: Presidents Cup – The U.S. team won, 15½–14½, for the sixth straight time. Tour leaders *PGA Tour – Jordan Spieth (US$12,030,465) * * This total does not include FedEx Cup bonuses. *European Tour – Rory McIlroy (4,727,253 points) * *This total does not include the US$1.875 million bonus for winning the Race to Dubai. *Japan Golf Tour – *Asian Tour – *PGA Tour of Australasia – *Sunshine Tour – Awards *PGA Tour – * *FedEx Cup – Jordan Spieth * *PGA Player of the Year – Jordan Spieth * *Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) – Jordan Spieth * *Leading money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) – Jordan Spieth * *Vardon Trophy – Jordan Spieth * *Byron Nelson Award – Jordan Spieth * *Rookie of the Year – Daniel Berger * *Payne Stewart Award – Ernie Els *European Tour * *Golfer of the Year – * *Rookie of the Year – *Web.com Tour * *Player of the Year – Patton Kizzire Results from other tours *2015 Asian Development Tour *2015 Asian Tour *2015 PGA Tour of Australasia *2015 Challenge Tour *2015 Japan Golf Tour *2015 Korean Tour *2015 OneAsia Tour *2015 PGA Tour Canada *2015 PGA Tour China *2015 PGA Tour Latinoamérica *2015 Sunshine Tour *2015 Web.com Tour Other happenings *15 July: The board of the Official World Golf Ranking approved the addition of the PGA EuroPro Tour, Pro Golf Tour, Alps Tour, and Nordic Golf League into the world rankings. The new scoring begins after the 2015 Open Championship and brings the number of tours that receive ranking points to 18. *16 August: Jordan Spieth becomes the number one golfer in the world. *30 August: Rory McIlroy regains the world number one ranking. *8 September: Spieth regains the world number one ranking. *14 September: McIlroy regains the world number one ranking. *21 September: Jason Day gains the world number one ranking for the first time, resulting from his victory at the BMW Championship. *28 September: Spieth regains the world number one ranking. *18 October: Day regains the world number one ranking. *8 November: Spieth regains the world number one ranking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 in golf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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