Tournaments / 2015-2016
Sanderson Farms Championship
2015-11-05 · The Country Club of Jackson
- Winner
- Peter Malnati
- Winning score
- -18
- Field
- 120
- Field strength
- -0.079 SG
The 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship was played at The Country Club of Jackson, starting 5 November 2015. Peter Malnati won at 18 under par (270), 1 stroke ahead of David Toms. The winning card was 69, 66, 68 and 67, and the win paid $738,000. David Toms and William McGirt tied for second. 120 players started the event. The field averaged -0.079 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 62% 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 120. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Peter Malnati
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 270
- David Toms
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 271
- William McGirt
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 271
- Aaron Baddeley
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 272
- Bryce Molder
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Jhonattan Vegas
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Patton Kizzire
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 272
- Roberto Castro
- Pos
- T4
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 272
- Brice Garnett
- Pos
- 9
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 273
- Andrew Loupe
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 274
- D.J. Trahan
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 274
- Jason Kokrak
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 275
- Martin Flores
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Tyler Aldridge
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Brett Stegmaier
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Cameron Percy
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 276
- Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 276
- Johnson Wagner
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 276
- Michael Putnam
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 276
- Andres Romero
- Pos
- T20
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 277
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 69 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.135
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 32.6
Grade is this event’s percentile (11th) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Graham DeLaet | 1st | 33rd |
| Jason Kokrak | 2nd | 12th |
| William McGirt | 3rd | 2nd |
| Jason Bohn | 4th | 39th |
| K.J. Choi | 5th | 50th |
| David Toms | 6th | 2nd |
| Carl Pettersson | 7th | 39th |
| Vaughn Taylor | 8th | 20th |
| Luke Guthrie | 9th | 33rd |
| Boo Weekley | 10th | 39th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Malnati | 61st | 1st(−60) |
| Scott Langley | 11th | 61st(+50) |
| Derek Ernst | 67th | 20th(−47) |
| Bronson Burgoon | 66th | 20th(−46) |
| K.J. Choi | 5th | 50th(+45) |
| D.J. Trahan | 55th | 10th(−45) |
| Billy Hurley III | 19th | 63rd(+44) |
| Robert Garrigus | 29th | 70th(+41) |
| Luke List | 68th | 28th(−40) |
| Tyrone Van Aswegen | 16th | 54th(+38) |
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 The Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2015-2016?
- Peter Malnati won the 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson, finishing 18 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship played?
- The 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship was played at The Country Club of Jackson, starting 5 November 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship?
- The winning score was 18 under par (270 strokes), posted by Peter Malnati.
How many players were in the Sanderson Farms Championship field?
- 120 players started the 2015-2016 Sanderson Farms Championship. 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.