Tournaments / 2015-2016
CIMB Classic
2015-10-29 · TPC Kuala Lumpur
- Winner
- Justin Thomas
- Winning score
- -26
- Field
- 74
- Field strength
- +0.185 SG
The 2015-2016 CIMB Classic was played at TPC Kuala Lumpur, starting 29 October 2015. Justin Thomas won at 26 under par (262), 1 stroke ahead of Adam Scott. The winning card was 68, 61, 67 and 66, and the win paid $1,260,000. Adam Scott finished second, and Brendan Steele and Kevin Na tied for third. 74 players started the event. The field averaged +0.185 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 84% 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 74. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Justin Thomas
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 61
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 262
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 63
- Total
- 263
- Brendan Steele
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 264
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 264
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- 5
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 266
- James Hahn
- Pos
- 6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 267
- Brian Harman
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 269
- Scott Piercy
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 269
- Tony Finau
- Pos
- 9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 270
- Charles Howell III
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 271
- Jim Herman
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 271
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 271
- Ryan Moore
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 271
- Cameron Tringale
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 272
- Daniel Summerhays
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 272
- David Lingmerth
- Pos
- T14
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 272
- Alex Cejka
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 273
- Branden Grace
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 273
- Spencer Levin
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 273
- Stewart Cink
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 273
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 73 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.330
- Top-20 hit rate
- 35%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 22.8
Grade is this event’s percentile (64th) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sergio Garcia | 1st | 24th |
| Adam Scott | 2nd | 2nd |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 3rd | 5th |
| Kevin Na | 4th | 3rd |
| Keegan Bradley | 5th | 47th |
| Ryan Moore | 6th | 10th |
| Henrik Stenson | 7th | 47th |
| Russell Knox | 8th | 21st |
| Kevin Chappell | 9th | 29th |
| Paul Casey | 10th | 24th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| James Hahn | 65th | 6th(−59) |
| Jerry Kelly | 12th | 68th(+56) |
| Luke Donald | 13th | 64th(+51) |
| Jim Herman | 54th | 10th(−44) |
| Keegan Bradley | 5th | 47th(+42) |
| Alex Cejka | 59th | 17th(−42) |
| Henrik Stenson | 7th | 47th(+40) |
| Troy Merritt | 58th | 21st(−37) |
| John Peterson | 41st | 77th(+36) |
| Anirban Lahiri | 56th | 21st(−35) |
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 Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, MAS. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the CIMB Classic in 2015-2016?
- Justin Thomas won the 2015-2016 CIMB Classic at TPC Kuala Lumpur, finishing 26 under par.
Where was the 2015-2016 CIMB Classic played?
- The 2015-2016 CIMB Classic was played at TPC Kuala Lumpur, starting 29 October 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2015-2016 CIMB Classic?
- The winning score was 26 under par (262 strokes), posted by Justin Thomas.
How many players were in the CIMB Classic field?
- 74 players started the 2015-2016 CIMB 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.