1996 European Tour

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1996 European Tour season
Duration25 January 1996 (1996-01-25) – 5 January 1997 (1997-01-05)
Number of official events38
Most wins3 – Robert Allenby, Colin Montgomerie, Ian Woosnam
Order of MeritColin Montgomerie
Golfer of the YearColin Montgomerie
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearThomas Bjørn
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 European Tour was the 25th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]

The 1996 season saw co-sanctioning arrangements expand, with the PGA Tour of Australasia's Heineken Classic joining three Southern Africa Tour events on the schedule.

The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie for the fourth consecutive year.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 1996 European Tour schedule which was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[2][3][4] There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Heineken Classic, the Dimension Data Pro-Am and the Loch Lomond World Invitational; and the loss of the Turespaña Open De Canaria and the Open de Baleares. Soon after the schedule was announced, a third Southern Africa Tour event was added, the FNB Players Championship.[5]

In January, the Jersey Open was moved onto the European Senior Tour schedule and the Open Mediterrania was replaced by the Catalan Open.[6] In February, a new tournament in Spain, the Oki Pro-Am was added opposite the Dunhill Cup.[7] In March, the Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge was added to the schedule, taking the dates vacated by the Jersey Open, opposite the U.S. Open.[8]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[a] OWGR
points[9] 		Notes
25–28 Jan Johnnie Walker Classic Singapore Wales Ian Woosnam (25) 42 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
1–4 Feb Heineken Classic Australia Wales Ian Woosnam (26) 34 New tournament; co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
8–11 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am South Africa Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (13) 30 New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Southern Africa Tour
15–18 Feb Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship South Africa Germany Sven Strüver (1) 22 Co-sanctioned with the Southern Africa Tour
22–25 Feb FNB Players Championship South Africa South Africa Wayne Westner (2) 28 New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Southern Africa Tour
29 Feb – 3 Mar Turespaña Open Mediterrania Spain Cancelled
29 Feb – 3 Mar Catalan Open Spain Scotland Paul Lawrie (1) 20
7–10 Mar Moroccan Open Morocco Sweden Peter Hedblom (1) 26
14–17 Mar Dubai Desert Classic United Arab Emirates Scotland Colin Montgomerie (10) 36
21–24 Mar Portuguese Open Portugal Australia Wayne Riley (2) 20
28–31 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Sweden Jarmo Sandelin (2) 20
11–14 Apr Masters Tournament United States England Nick Faldo (30) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
18–21 Apr Air France Cannes Open France Scotland Raymond Russell (1) 20
25–28 Apr Turespaña Masters Spain Spain Diego Borrego (1) 26
2–5 May Conte of Florence Italian Open Italy England Jim Payne (2) 24
9–12 May Peugeot Spanish Open Spain Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (1) 32
16–19 May Benson and Hedges International Open England Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames (2) 44
24–27 May Volvo PGA Championship England Italy Costantino Rocca (3) 64 Flagship event
30 May – 2 Jun Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe Germany New Zealand Frank Nobilo (5) 38
6–9 Jun Alamo English Open England Australia Robert Allenby (2) 30
13–16 Jun U.S. Open United States United States Steve Jones (n/a) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
13–16 Jun Jersey Open Jersey Cancelled Opposite the U.S. Open
13–16 Jun Slaley Hall Northumberland Challenge England South Africa Retief Goosen (1) 20 New tournament; opposite the U.S. Open
20–23 Jun BMW International Open Germany France Marc Farry (1) 20
27–30 Jun Peugeot Open de France France Australia Robert Allenby (3) 40
4–7 Jul Murphy's Irish Open Republic of Ireland Scotland Colin Montgomerie (11) 40
10–13 Jul Scottish Open Scotland Wales Ian Woosnam (27) 42
18–21 Jul The Open Championship England United States Tom Lehman (n/a) 100 Major championship
25–28 Jul Sun Microsystems Dutch Open Netherlands Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (14) 28
1–4 Aug Volvo Scandinavian Masters Sweden England Lee Westwood (1) 32
8–11 Aug PGA Championship United States United States Mark Brooks (n/a) 100 Major championship; non-tour event[a]
8–11 Aug Hohe Brucke Open Austria Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley (1) 20 Opposite the PGA Championship
15–18 Aug Chemapol Trophy Czech Open Czech Republic England Jonathan Lomas (1) 20
22–25 Aug Volvo German Open Germany Wales Ian Woosnam (28) 20
28–31 Aug One 2 One British Masters England Australia Robert Allenby (4) 36
5–8 Sep Canon European Masters Switzerland Scotland Colin Montgomerie (12) 32
12–15 Sep Trophée Lancôme France Sweden Jesper Parnevik (3) 38
19–22 Sep Loch Lomond World Invitational Scotland Denmark Thomas Bjørn (1) 40 New tournament
26–29 Sep Smurfit European Open Republic of Ireland Sweden Per-Ulrik Johansson (3) 38
3–6 Oct Linde German Masters Germany Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (2) 40
10–13 Oct Dunhill Cup Scotland United States United States n/a Approved special event; team event
10–13 Oct Oki Pro-Am Spain United States Tom Kite (n/a) 20 New tournament; opposite the Dunhill Cup
17–20 Oct Toyota World Match Play Championship England South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 42 Approved special event[a]
17–20 Oct Open Novotel Perrier France England Steven Bottomley (n/a) &
England Jonathan Lomas (n/a) 		n/a Approved special event; pairs event;
opposite the Toyota World Match Play Championship
24–27 Oct Volvo Masters Spain Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (15) 40
31 Oct – 3 Nov Sarazen World Open United States New Zealand Frank Nobilo (n/a) 40 Approved special event[a]
21–24 Nov World Cup of Golf South Africa South Africa South Africa n/a Approved special event; team event
World Cup of Golf International Trophy South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) n/a Approved special event; individual prize
19–22 Dec Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship Jamaica Cancelled Approved special event[a]
4–5 Jan Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf United States Australia Greg Norman (n/a) 58 Approved special event[a]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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 retrospectively. 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][10]

Position Player Country Prize money (£)
1 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 875,146
2 Ian Woosnam  Wales 650,423
3 Robert Allenby  Australia 532,143
4 Costantino Rocca  Italy 482,585
5 Mark McNulty  Ireland 463,847
6 Lee Westwood  England 428,693
7 Andrew Coltart  Scotland 345,936
8 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 329,795
9 Paul Broadhurst  England 300,364
10 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 292,023

Awards[]

Award Winner Country
European Tour Golfer of the Year Colin Montgomerie  Scotland
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Thomas Bjørn  Denmark

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. ^ "1996 PGA European Tour". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 2 December 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "The Guardian sports | Highlights of the year | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 30 December 1995. p. 15. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hopkins, John (25 January 1996). "Business trip east marks start of European venture". The Times. London, England. p. 42. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "An event in a world of trouble". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 25 December 1995. p. 58. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jersey tourney goes senior". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 25 January 1996. p. 27. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "New Madrid Pro-Am added to schedule". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. 29 February 1996. p. 1D. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Top six stars boost world match-play | Northumberland". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 6 March 1996. p. 26. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Events | European Tour | 1996". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Results | Golf | European Tour final Order of Merit". The Guardian. London, England. 29 October 1996. p. 24. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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