1990 European Tour

The 1990 European Tour, titled as the 1990 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]

1990 European Tour season
Duration15 February 1990 (1990-02-15) – 28 October 1990 (1990-10-28)
Number of official events37[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins4:
Ian Woosnam
Volvo Order of Merit Ian Woosnam
Golfer of the Year Nick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Russell Claydon
← 1989
1991 →

The Order of Merit was won by Wales' Ian Woosnam for the second time, having previously won in 1987.[2]

Changes for 1990

There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Atlantic Open, the Amex Med Open and the Austrian Open; and the promotion of the Murphy's Cup to full Order of Merit status.

Before the official schedule was announced the Tenerife Open was dropped,[3] but later returned in place of the cancelled Catalan Open.[4] In late February the Jersey Open was cancelled and replaced by a new tournament in Spain, the El Bosque Open.[5]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1990 season. The season was made up of 37 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and seven non-counting "Approved Special Events".[6]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Notes
18 Feb Vinho Verde Atlantic Open Portugal 200,000 Stephen McAllister (1) 16 New tournament
25 Feb Emirates Airlines Desert Classic UAE US$450,000 Eamonn Darcy (4) 40
4 Mar Amex Med Open Spain 400,000 Ian Woosnam (13) 30 New tournament
11 Mar Open Renault de Baleares Spain 275,000 Seve Ballesteros (43) 30
18 Mar Catalan Open Spain – Cancelled –
18 Mar Tenerife Open Spain 200,000 Vicente Fernández (3) 18
25 Mar Volvo Open di Firenze Italy 200,000 Eduardo Romero (2) 16
1 Apr AGF Open France 200,000 Brett Ogle (1) 16
8 Apr Jersey Open Jersey – Cancelled –
8 Apr El Bosque Open Spain 200,000 Vijay Singh (2) 16 New tournament
8 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$1,250,000 Nick Faldo (20) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
16 Apr Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open France 300,000 Mark McNulty (9) 28
22 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain 275,000 Bernhard Langer (22) 40
29 Apr Peugeot Spanish Open Spain 300,000 Rodger Davis (4) 44
7 May Benson & Hedges International Open England 350,000 José María Olazábal (7) 48
13 May Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open Belgium 250,000 Ove Sellberg (3) 26
20 May Lancia Martini Italian Open Italy 300,000 Richard Boxall (1) 36
28 May Volvo PGA Championship England 400,000 Mike Harwood (3) 64 Flagship event[lower-alpha 4]
3 Jun Dunhill British Masters England 300,000 Mark James (13) 40
10 Jun Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden 400,000 Craig Stadler (n/a) 30
17 Jun Wang Four Stars England 225,000 Rodger Davis (5) 16
17 Jun U.S. Open United States US$1,200,000 Hale Irwin (n/a) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
24 Jun Carroll's Irish Open Ireland 350,000 José María Olazábal (8) 40
1 Jul Peugeot Open de France France 350,000 Philip Walton (1) 36
7 Jul Torras Monte Carlo Open France 350,000 Ian Woosnam (14) 34
14 Jul Bell's Scottish Open Scotland 400,000 Ian Woosnam (15) 56
22 Jul The Open Championship Scotland 500,000 Nick Faldo (21) 100 Major championship
29 Jul KLM Dutch Open Netherlands 350,000 Stephen McAllister (2) 32
5 Aug PLM Open Sweden 350,000 Ronan Rafferty (4) 22
12 Aug Murphy's Cup England 250,000 Tony Johnstone (2) 16
12 Aug PGA Championship United States US$1,350,000 Wayne Grady (2) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
19 Aug NM English Open England 400,000 Mark James (14) 34
26 Aug Volvo German Open West Germany 450,000 Mark McNulty (10) 26
2 Sep Ebel European Masters Swiss Open Switzerland 450,000 Ronan Rafferty (5) 34
9 Sep Panasonic European Open England 400,000 Peter Senior (3) 48
16 Sep Trophée Lancôme France 425,000 José María Olazábal (9) 50
23 Sep BMW International Open West Germany 400,000 Paul Azinger (n/a) 44
30 Sep Epson Grand Prix of Europe Wales 400,000 Ian Woosnam (16) 46
7 Oct Mercedes German Masters Germany 450,000 Sam Torrance (13) 46
14 Oct Austrian Open Austria 250,000 Bernhard Langer (23) 16 New tournament
21 Oct Portuguese Open TPC Portugal 275,000 Michael McLean (1) 20
28 Oct Volvo Masters Spain 450,000 Mike Harwood (4) 44

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
16 Sep Motorola Classic England 60,000 Paul Broadhurst 4
23 Sep Suntory World Match Play Championship England 350,000 Ian Woosnam 48 12-player field
25 Sep Equity & Law Challenge England 120,000 Brian Marchbank n/a
30 Sep UAP European Under-25 Championship England n/a Peter Baker n/a
14 Oct Dunhill Cup Scotland US$1,000,000 Team Ireland n/a Team event
4 Nov Benson & Hedges Trophy Spain 200,000 Tania Abitbol and
José María Cañizares		 n/a Team event
4 Nov Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship Japan US$1,150,000 Team Australasia n/a Team event
24 Nov World Cup United States US$1,100,000 Torsten Giedeon and
Bernhard Langer		 n/a Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy Payne Stewart n/a

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]

PositionPlayerPrize money
(£)
1 Ian Woosnam574,166
2 Mark McNulty507,541
3 José María Olazábal434,766
4 Bernhard Langer320,450
5 Ronan Rafferty309,851
6 Mike Harwood280,084
7 Sam Torrance248,203
8 David Feherty237,830
9 Rodger Davis233,841
10 Mark James229,742

Sources:[2][8]

Awards
AwardWinner
European Tour Golfer of the Year Nick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Russell Claydon

See also

Notes
  1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. 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 which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
  3. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
  4. Official World Golf Ranking "flagship" event status was granted to the European Tour for the first time in 1990, with the Volvo PGA Championship designated as the tour's flagship event.[7]

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. Platts, Mitchell (29 October 1990). "Order restored for Woosnam". The Times. p. 32. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. "European Tour prize money climbs to £16 million". The Guardian. London, England. 22 December 1989. p. 21. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Sport in brief | Catalán off". The Times. 6 February 1990. p. 40. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "La Moye pensioned off". The Times. 27 February 1990. p. 36. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "Euro golf dates". Aberdeen Evening Express. 21 December 1989. p. 21. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. "1990 European Tour". The Observer. London, England. 4 November 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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