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1989 European Tour season
Duration23 February 1989 (1989-02-23) – 29 October 1989 (1989-10-29)
Number of official events33 [a]
Most wins England Nick Faldo (4)
Order of Merit Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty
Golfer of the Year England Nick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year England Paul Broadhurst
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The 1989 European Tour, titled as the 1989 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

It was the second season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987. [1]

Changes for 1989

The season was made up of 33 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and ten non-counting "Approved Special Events". [2] [3]

There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Tenerife Open, the Dubai Desert Classic, the Volvo Open Championship, the Murphy's Cup (an approved special event), the BMW International Open and the Catalan Open, which replaced the cancelled Barcelona Open. A renewal of the Europcar Cup, a team event which debuted in 1988, was planned but was ultimately cancelled.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season. [4]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
( £) 		Winner [b] OWGR
points 		Notes
26 Feb Tenerife Open Spain 200,000 Spain José María Olazábal (5) 18 New tournament
5 Mar Karl Litten Desert Classic UAE US$450,000 England Mark James (10) 18 New tournament
13 Mar Open Renault de Baleares Spain 225,000 Sweden Ove Sellberg (2) 26
19 Mar Barcelona Open Spain – Cancelled –
19 Mar Massimo Dutti Catalan Open Spain 200,000 England Mark Roe (1) 18 New tournament
27 Mar AGF Open France 150,000 England Mark James (11) 16
2 Apr Volvo Open Championship Italy 200,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (1) 16 New tournament
9 Apr Jersey European Airways Open Jersey 150,000 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (3) 16
9 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$1,000,000 England Nick Faldo (16) 100 Major championship [c]
16 Apr Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open France 200,000 England Paul Broadhurst (1) 14
23 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain 225,000 Spain Seve Ballesteros (40) 26
30 Apr Peugeot Spanish Open Spain 250,000 West Germany Bernhard Langer (20) 40
7 May Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship Wales 300,000 Spain Seve Ballesteros (41) 40 Limited-field event
14 May Volvo Belgian Open Belgium 200,000 England Gordon J. Brand (1) 18
21 May Lancia Italian Open Italy 225,000 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (1) 36
30 May Volvo PGA Championship England 350,000 England Nick Faldo (17) 64
4 Jun Dunhill British Masters England 300,000 England Nick Faldo (18) 42
11 Jun Wang Four Stars England 200,000 Australia Craig Parry (1) 18 Pro-Am
18 Jun NM English Open England 250,000 England Mark James (12) 16
18 Jun U.S. Open United States US$1,000,000 United States Curtis Strange (n/a) 100 Major championship [c]
25 Jun Carroll's Irish Open Ireland 250,000 Wales Ian Woosnam (12) 38
2 Jul Peugeot Open de France France 325,000 England Nick Faldo (19) 46
8 Jul Torras Monte Carlo Open France 300,000 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty (8) 24
15 Jul Bell's Scottish Open Scotland 300,000 United States Michael Allen (1) 46
23 Jul The Open Championship Scotland 725,000 United States Mark Calcavecchia (n/a) 100 Major championship
30 Jul KLM Dutch Open Netherlands 275,000 Spain José María Olazábal (6) 40
6 Aug Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden 325,000 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (2) 32
13 Aug Benson & Hedges International Open England 300,000 Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr (7) 34
13 Aug PGA Championship United States US$1,200,000 United States Payne Stewart (n/a) 100 Major championship [c]
20 Aug PLM Open Sweden 300,000 Australia Mike Harwood (2) 24
27 Aug German Open West Germany 325,000 Australia Craig Parry (2) 38
3 Sep Ebel European Masters Swiss Open Switzerland 425,000 Spain Seve Ballesteros (42) 40
10 Sep Panasonic European Open England 350,000 England Andrew Murray (1) 64
17 Sep Trophée Lancôme France 400,000 Argentina Eduardo Romero (1) 64 Limited-field event
8 Oct German Masters West Germany 325,000 West Germany Bernhard Langer (21) 48
15 Oct BMW International Open West Germany 275,000 Northern Ireland David Feherty (3) 22 New tournament
22 Oct Portuguese Open TPC Portugal 275,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (1) 18
29 Oct Volvo Masters Spain 400,000 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (3) 40 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
( £) 		Winner(s) OWGR
points 		Notes
19 Aug Murphy's Cup Wales 160,000 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi n/a New tournament
24 Sep Ryder Cup England n/a Tie ( Team Europe retain) n/a Team event
26 Sep Equity & Law Challenge England 135,000 Australia Brett Ogle n/a
30 Sep Motorola Classic England 60,000 Wales David Llewellyn 4
1 Oct Dunhill Cup Scotland US$1,200,000 Team USA n/a Team event
1 Oct UAP European Under-25 Championship France n/a Northern Ireland Stephen Hamill n/a
15 Oct Suntory World Match Play Championship England 325,000 England Nick Faldo 36 Limited-field event
5 Nov Europcar Cup France – Cancelled – Team event
5 Nov Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship Japan US$1,030,000 Team USA n/a Team event
12 Nov Benson & Hedges Trophy Spain 200,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and
Spain Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz 		n/a Team event
19 Nov World Cup Spain US$1,000,000 Australia Peter Fowler and
Australia Wayne Grady 		n/a Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy Australia Peter Fowler n/a

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. [5]

Position Player Prize money ( £)
1 Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty 400,311
2 Spain José María Olazábal 336,239
3 Australia Craig Parry 277,322
4 England Nick Faldo 261,553
5 England Mark James 245,917
6 Wales Ian Woosnam 210,101
7 West Germany Bernhard Langer 205,195
8 Spain Seve Ballesteros 202,763
9 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 179,694
10 Northern Ireland David Feherty 178,167

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Golfer of the Year England Nick Faldo [6]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year England Paul Broadhurst [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
  3. ^ a b c Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ^ White, Graeme (26 May 1987). "Volvo boost for Euro golf". Black Country Evening Mail. West Bromwich, United Kingdom. p. 33. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Rich pickings on the European Tour". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 18 October 1988. p. 14. Retrieved 28 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Sport in short | Fixtures | Golf". Sandwell Evening Mail. Sandwell, United Kingdom. 1 February 1989. p. 39. Retrieved 28 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "1989 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ Williams, Michael (30 October 1989). "Rafferty hits heights to overshadow Faldo". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. p. 38. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Laidlaw, Renton (19 December 1989). "Now Faldo is putting on the Ritz". Evening Standard. London, United Kingdom. p. 40. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Broadhurst picked for Cotton award". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. 28 November 1989. p. 40. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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