1983 European Tour

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1983 European Tour season
Duration14 April 1983 (1983-04-14) – 6 November 1983 (1983-11-06)
Number of official events27
Most wins5 – Nick Faldo
Order of MeritNick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the year
← 1982
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The 1983 European Tour was the 12th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and organised by the Professional Golfers' Association.

The Order of Merit was won by England's Nick Faldo, who won five tournaments during the season.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 1983 European Tour schedule which was made up of 27 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and some non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Timex Open and the Glasgow Golf Classic,[1] and the loss of the Welsh Golf Classic.[2] A new Welsh Open was scheduled, to replace the classic, but cancelled prior to the start of the season.[3]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[a] Notes
7–11 Apr Masters Tournament United States Spain Seve Ballesteros (19) Major championship; non-tour event[a]
14–17 Apr Tunisian Open Tunisia England Mark James (6)
21–24 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain Scotland Sandy Lyle (8)
28 Apr – 1 May Italian Open Italy West Germany Bernhard Langer (5)
5–8 May Paco Rabanne Open de France France England Nick Faldo (6)
12–15 May Martini International England England Nick Faldo (7)
19–22 May Car Care Plan International England England Nick Faldo (8)
27–30 May Sun Alliance PGA Championship England Spain Seve Ballesteros (20)
2–5 Jun Silk Cut Masters Wales Wales Ian Woosnam (2)
8–12 Jun Jersey Open Jersey England Jeff Hall (1)
16–19 Jun U.S. Open United States United States Larry Nelson (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[a]
16–19 Jun Timex Open France Spain Manuel Ballesteros (1) New tournament
23–26 Jun Glasgow Golf Classic Scotland West Germany Bernhard Langer (6) New tournament
30 Jun – 3 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden Scotland Sam Torrance (6)
6–9 Jul State Express Classic England South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (6)
14–17 Jul The Open Championship England United States Tom Watson (n/a) Major championship
21–24 Jul Lawrence Batley International England England Nick Faldo (9)
28–31 Jul Lufthansa German Open West Germany United States Corey Pavin (1)
4–7 Aug PGA Championship United States United States Hal Sutton (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[a]
4–7 Aug KLM Dutch Open Netherlands Scotland Ken Brown (2)
11–14 Aug Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland Spain Seve Ballesteros (21)
18–21 Aug Benson and Hedges International Open England South Africa John Bland (1)
25–28 Aug Welsh Open Wales Cancelled
1–4 Sep Panasonic European Open England Japan Isao Aoki (1)
8–11 Sep Ebel European Masters Swiss Open Switzerland England Nick Faldo (10)
15–18 Sep St. Mellion Timeshare TPC England West Germany Bernhard Langer (7)
22–25 Sep Bob Hope British Classic England Spain José María Cañizares (5)
29 Sep – 2 Oct Lancome Trophy France Spain Seve Ballesteros (22)
6–9 Oct Suntory World Match Play England Australia Greg Norman (n/a) Approved special event
13–16 Oct Cacharel World Under-25 Championship France England Michael McLean Approved special event
14–16 Oct Ryder Cup United States United States United States Approved special event; team event
20–23 Oct Benson and Hedges Spanish Open Spain Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy (2)
27–30 Oct Sanyo Open Spain Republic of Ireland Des Smyth (5)
3–6 Nov Portuguese Open Portugal Scotland Sam Torrance (7)
  1. ^ a b c d The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships since, although not official tour events at the time, they have been recognised as such retrospecively. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.

Official Money List[]

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Official Money List". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.

Position Player Country Prize money (£)
1 Nick Faldo  England 119,416
2 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 99,502
3 Bernhard Langer  West Germany 73,734
4 José María Cañizares  Spain 68,345
5 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 54,218
6 Sam Torrance  Scotland 50,381
7 Ken Brown  Scotland 44,350
8 Eamonn Darcy  Ireland 43,299
9 Ian Woosnam  Wales 43,000
10 Brian Waites  England 42,826

Awards[]

Award Winner Country
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year  England

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1983 "Euro" tour the richest ever". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 19 October 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Euro stake is £2.5m". The Guardian. London, England. 19 October 1982. p. 20. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Open is closed". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 5 February 1983. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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