Tournaments / 2014-2015
John Deere Classic
2015-07-09 · TPC Deere Run
- Winner
- Jordan Spieth
- Winning score
- -20
- Field
- 147
- Field strength
- -0.042 SG
The 2014-2015 John Deere Classic was played at TPC Deere Run, starting 9 July 2015. Jordan Spieth won at 20 under par (264). The winning card was 71, 64, 61 and 68, and the win paid $846,000. Tom Gillis finished second, and Danny Lee and Zach Johnson tied for third. 147 players started the event. The field averaged -0.042 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 78% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 147. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- P1
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 61
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 264
- Tom Gillis
- Pos
- P2
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 264
- Danny Lee
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 62
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 265
- Zach Johnson
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 265
- Chris Stroud
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 266
- Johnson Wagner
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 266
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 266
- Daniel Summerhays
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 268
- Kevin Chappell
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Steve Wheatcroft
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 268
- Will Wilcox
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 268
- Carl Pettersson
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 269
- Jason Bohn
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 269
- Luke Guthrie
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 270
- Robert Streb
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Scott Piercy
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 270
- Jerry Kelly
- Pos
- 17
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 271
- Adam Hadwin
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 272
- Brian Stuard
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 272
- Kyle Stanley
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 272
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 72 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.246
- Top-20 hit rate
- 45%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 22.3
Grade is this event’s percentile (37th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Stricker | 1st | 35th |
| Zach Johnson | 2nd | 3rd |
| Jordan Spieth | 3rd | 1st |
| Ryan Moore | 4th | 24th |
| Jerry Kelly | 5th | 17th |
| Harris English | 6th | 72nd |
| Kevin Chappell | 7th | 8th |
| David Hearn | 8th | 67th |
| Brian Harman | 9th | 24th |
| Will Wilcox | 10th | 8th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Harris English | 6th | 72nd(+66) |
| David Hearn | 8th | 67th(+59) |
| Johnson Wagner | 60th | 5th(−55) |
| Roger Sloan | 71st | 18th(−53) |
| Steve Wheatcroft | 57th | 8th(−49) |
| Tom Gillis | 48th | 2nd(−46) |
| Charles Howell III | 15th | 60th(+45) |
| Chez Reavie | 25th | 65th(+40) |
| Boo Weekley | 29th | 69th(+40) |
| Adam Hadwin | 58th | 18th(−40) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the John Deere Classic in 2014-2015?
- Jordan Spieth won the 2014-2015 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run, finishing 20 under par.
Where was the 2014-2015 John Deere Classic played?
- The 2014-2015 John Deere Classic was played at TPC Deere Run, starting 9 July 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2014-2015 John Deere Classic?
- The winning score was 20 under par (264 strokes), posted by Jordan Spieth.
How many players were in the John Deere Classic field?
- 147 players started the 2014-2015 John Deere Classic. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.