1991 European Tour

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1991 European Tour season
Duration7 February 1991 (1991-02-07) – 22 December 1991 (1991-12-22)
Number of official events34
Most wins2 – Seve Ballesteros, José María Olazábal, Craig Parry, Steven Richardson, Ian Woosnam
Order of MeritSeve Ballesteros
Golfer of the YearSeve Ballesteros
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearPer-Ulrik Johansson
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The 1991 European Tour was the 20th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]

The Order of Merit was won by Spain's Seve Ballesteros for the sixth time, having previously won in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986 and 1988.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 1991 European Tour schedule which was originally made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and eight non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the return of both the Catalan Open and the Jersey Open; the addition of the Girona Open; the loss of the Tenerife Open; and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open and the PLM Open were merged to create the Scandinavian Masters.[2]

After provisionally being scheduled for 14–17 October, the Portuguese Open was moved to 21–24 March, taking the venue and dates of the Atlantic Open, which was lost from the calendar.[3] Also before the season started, three more tournaments were removed from the schedule; the Dubai Desert Classic was cancelled due to the Gulf War, the El Bosque Open was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship, and the AGF Open was cancelled as sponsors sought to replace the event's promotion company.[4] These changes resulted in a reduction to 34 counting tournaments for the Order of Merit.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[a] OWGR
points[5] 		Notes
7–10 Feb Dubai Desert Classic United Arab Emirates Cancelled
14–17 Feb El Bosque Open Spain Cancelled
21–24 Feb Girona Open Spain England Steven Richardson (1) 24 New Tournament
28 Feb – 3 Mar Fujitsu Mediterranean Open France Wales Ian Woosnam (17) 38
7–10 Mar Open de Baleares Spain South Africa Gavan Levenson (2) 30
14–17 Mar Open Catalonia Spain Spain José María Olazábal (10) 32
21–24 Mar Vinho Verde Atlantic Open Portugal Cancelled
21–24 Mar Portuguese Open Portugal England Steven Richardson (2) 16
28–31 Mar Volvo Open di Firenze Italy Sweden Anders Forsbrand (2) 16
4–7 Apr AGF Open France Cancelled
11–14 Apr Masters Tournament United States Wales Ian Woosnam (18) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
11–14 Apr Jersey European Airways Open Jersey Scotland Sam Torrance (14) 16 Opposite the Masters Tournament
18–21 Apr Benson and Hedges International Open England Germany Bernhard Langer (24) 52
25–28 Apr Madrid Open Spain England Andrew Sherborne (1) 20
2–5 May Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open France Northern Ireland David Feherty (4) 24
9–12 May Peugeot Spanish Open Spain Argentina Eduardo Romero (3) 48
16–19 May Lancia Martini Italian Open Italy Australia Craig Parry (3) 42
24–27 May Volvo PGA Championship England Spain Seve Ballesteros (44) 64 Flagship event
30 May – 2 Jun Dunhill British Masters England Spain Seve Ballesteros (45) 42
6–9 Jun Murphy's Cup England Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (3) 34
13–16 Jun U.S. Open United States United States Payne Stewart (n/a) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
13–16 Jun Renault Belgian Open Belgium Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson (1) 16 Opposite the U.S. Open
20–23 Jun Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland England Nick Faldo (22) 48
27–30 Jun Peugeot Open de France France Argentina Eduardo Romero (4) 42
3–6 Jul Torras Monte Carlo Open Monaco Wales Ian Woosnam (19) 44
10–13 Jul Bell's Scottish Open Scotland Australia Craig Parry (4) 56
18–21 Jul The Open Championship England Australia Ian Baker-Finch (2) 100 Major championship
25–28 Jul Heineken Dutch Open Netherlands United States Payne Stewart (n/a) 44
1–4 Aug Scandinavian Masters Sweden Scotland Colin Montgomerie (2) 48 New tournament
8–11 Aug PGA Championship United States United States John Daly (1) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
8–11 Aug European Pro-Celebrity England England Paul Broadhurst (2) 16 Opposite the PGA Championship
15–18 Aug NM English Open England England David Gilford (1) 30
22–25 Aug Volvo German Open Germany Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (11) 30
29 Aug – 1 Sep GA European Open England Australia Mike Harwood (5) 52
5–8 Sep Canon European Masters Swiss Open Switzerland South Africa Jeff Hawkes (1) 36
12–15 Sep Lancome Trophy France New Zealand Frank Nobilo (2) 56
16–17 Sep Equity & Law Challenge England Scotland Brian Marchbank (n/a) n/a Approved Special Event
19–22 Sep Epson Grand Prix of Europe Wales Spain José María Olazábal (11) 38
26–29 Sep Mitsubishi Austrian Open Austria England Mark Davis (1) 16
27–29 Sep Ryder Cup United States United States United States n/a Approved Special Event; team event
2–6 Oct Mercedes German Masters Germany Germany Bernhard Langer (25) 50
10–13 Oct BMW International Open Germany Scotland Sandy Lyle (16) 38
10–13 Oct Dunhill Cup Scotland Sweden Sweden n/a Approved Special Event; team event
17–20 Oct Toyota World Match Play Championship England Spain Seve Ballesteros (n/a) 48 Approved Special Event
24–27 Oct Volvo Masters Spain Australia Rodger Davis (6) 52
31 Oct – 3 Nov World Cup Italy Sweden Sweden n/a Approved Special Event; team event
World Cup International Trophy Wales Ian Woosnam (n/a) n/a Approved Special Event; individual prize
7–10 Nov Benson & Hedges Trophy Spain Sweden Anders Forsbrand & Helen Alfredsson n/a Approved Special Event; mixed pairs event
7–10 Nov Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship Australia Europe n/a Approved Special Event; team event
19–22 Dec Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship Jamaica United States Fred Couples (n/a) 64 Approved Special Event
  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.

Order of Merit[]

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Volvo Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.[1]

Position Player[6][7] Country Prize money (£)
1 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 545,353
2 Steven Richardson  England 393,155
3 Bernhard Langer  Germany 372,703
4 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 343,575
5 Craig Parry  Australia 328,116
6 Rodger Davis  Australia 317,441
7 José María Olazábal  Spain 302,270
8 Ian Woosnam  Wales 257,433
9 David Gilford  England 249,240
10 Nick Faldo  England 245,892

Awards[]

Award Winner Country
European Tour Golfer of the Year Seve Ballesteros  Spain
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Per-Ulrik Johansson  Sweden

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ Platts, Mitchell (13 October 1990). "Tour offers £20m pickings". The Times. p. 30. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ "European Tour itinerary". The Observer. London, England. 24 February 1991. p. 46. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 16 January 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Events | European Tour | 1991". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Weekend results | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 28 October 1991. p. 19. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Final Scores from Valderrama". The Times. 28 October 1991. p. 40. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.

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