jenkins' ranking of world number 69 at the beginning of 2015 meant he needed to enter q school as he was outside the top 64 who remain on tour and he qualified for a two-year tour card on the second day by beating chris dobey 5–3. he was eliminated of the uk open 9–6 by josh payne in the third round. successive wins over dave chisnall and ronnie baxter saw jenkins play in his only quarter-final this year at the 12th players championship where he lost 6–2 to peter wright.