1994 European Tour

The 1994 European Tour, titled as the 1994 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]

1994 European Tour season
Duration13 January 1994 (1994-01-13) – 30 October 1994 (1994-10-30)
Number of official events38[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins3:
Colin Montgomerie
José María Olazábal
Volvo Order of Merit Colin Montgomerie
Golfer of the Year Ernie Els
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Jonathan Lomas
← 1993
1995 →

The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie for the second time, defending the title he won in 1993.

Changes for 1994

Aside from scheduling, initially there was just one change from the previous season, with the addition of the Extremadura Open. This created a sequence of five consecutive tournaments in Spain through February and March, and a total of nine events in the country although the Madrid Open would later be cancelled.

Shortly after the start of the season, the Roma Masters was cancelled and replaced by the Tournoi Perrier de Paris, a team event with prize money not counting towards the Order of Merit.[2] In late January, a further tournament was added to the schedule with the inaugural Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, opposite the Toyota World Match Play Championship in mid-October.[3] The Madrid Open, originally scheduled for 20–23 October, was cancelled with the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open taking the dates.[4] In addition, the Kronenbourg Open was not held.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1994 season. The season was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[5]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Notes
16 Jan Madeira Island Open Portugal 250,000 Mats Lanner (2) 20
23 Jan Moroccan Open Morocco 350,000 Anders Forsbrand (5) 20
30 Jan Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$700,000 Ernie Els (1) 46
6 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand 600,000 Greg Norman (14) 54
13 Feb Turespaña Open De Tenerife Spain 250,000 David Gilford (5) 20
20 Feb Extremadura Open Spain 250,000 Paul Eales (1) 20 New tournament
27 Feb Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía Spain 300,000 Carl Mason (1) 24
6 Mar Turespaña Open Mediterrania Spain 300,000 José María Olazábal (14) 26
13 Mar Turespaña Open de Baleares Spain 250,000 Barry Lane (4) 20
20 Mar Portuguese Open Portugal 300,000 Phillip Price (1) 22
27 Mar Kronenbourg Open Italy – Cancelled –
4 Apr Open V33 Grand Lyon France 225,000 Stephen Ames (1) 20
10 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$2,000,000 José María Olazábal (15) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
17 Apr Roma Masters Italy – Cancelled –
24 Apr Heineken Open Catalonia Spain 300,000 José Cóceres (1) 20
1 May Air France Cannes Open France 300,000 Ian Woosnam (23) 38
8 May Benson & Hedges International Open England 650,000 Seve Ballesteros (48) 48
15 May Peugeot Spanish Open Spain 500,000 Colin Montgomerie (5) 42
22 May Tisettanta Italian Open Italy 450,000 Eduardo Romero (5) 28
30 May Volvo PGA Championship England 800,000 José María Olazábal (16) 64 Flagship event
5 Jun Alfred Dunhill Open Belgium 600,000 Nick Faldo (29) 46
12 Jun Honda Open Germany 500,000 Robert Allenby (1) 38
19 Jun Jersey European Airways Open Jersey 350,000 Paul Curry (1) 20
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$1,700,000 Ernie Els (2) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
26 Jun Peugeot Open de France France 550,000 Mark Roe (3) 36
3 Jul Murphy's Irish Open Ireland 600,000 Bernhard Langer (31) 48
9 Jul Bell's Scottish Open Scotland 600,000 Carl Mason (2) 44
17 Jul The Open Championship Scotland 1,000,000 Nick Price (4) 100 Major championship
24 Jul Heineken Dutch Open Netherlands 650,000 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2) 44
31 Jul Scandinavian Masters Sweden 650,000 Vijay Singh (5) 40
7 Aug BMW International Open Germany 525,000 Mark McNulty (12) 36
14 Aug Hohe Brücke Open Austria 250,000 Mark Davis (2) 20
14 Aug PGA Championship United States US$1,750,000 Nick Price (5) 100 Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
21 Aug Murphy's English Open England 600,000 Colin Montgomerie (6) 38
28 Aug Volvo German Open Germany 650,000 Colin Montgomerie (7) 38
4 Sep Canon European Masters Switzerland 675,000 Eduardo Romero (6) 44
11 Sep European Open England 600,000 David Gilford (6) 44
18 Sep Dunhill British Masters England 650,000 Ian Woosnam (24) 50
25 Sep Trophée Lancôme France 600,000 Vijay Singh (6) 50
3 Oct Mercedes German Masters Germany 625,000 Seve Ballesteros (49) 48
23 Oct Madrid Open Spain – Cancelled –
23 Oct Chemapol Trophy Czech Open Czech Republic 500,000 Per-Ulrik Johansson (2) 36 New to European Tour
30 Oct Volvo Masters Spain 750,000 Bernhard Langer (32) 50

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
17 Apr Tournoi Perrier de Paris France n/a Peter Baker and
David J. Russell		 n/a New tournament
Team event
9 Oct Dunhill Cup Scotland US$1,500,000 Team Canada n/a Team event
16 Oct Toyota World Match Play Championship England 600,000 Ernie Els 46 12-player field
6 Nov Sarazen World Open United States US$1,900,000 Ernie Els 36 New tournament
13 Nov World Cup of Golf Puerto Rico US$1,200,000 Fred Couples and
Davis Love III		 n/a Team event
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy Fred Couples n/a
18 Dec Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship Jamaica US$2,500,000 Ernie Els 60 24-player field

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][6]

PositionPlayerPrize money
(£)
1 Colin Montgomerie762,719
2 Bernhard Langer635,483
3 Seve Ballesteros590,101
4 José María Olazábal516,107
5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez437,403
6 Vijay Singh364,313
7 David Gilford326,629
8 Nick Faldo321,256
9 Mark Roe312,539
10 Ernie Els311,849

Awards
AwardWinner
European Tour Golfer of the Year Ernie Els
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Jonathan Lomas

See also

Notes
  1. A further three 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.

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. 19 January 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. "Fast lane | Czech it out!". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 24 January 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 21 June 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The Times calendar of sport 1994 | Golf". The Times. 31 December 1993. p. 38 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. Hopkins, John (31 October 1994). "Ballesteros denied home rule". The Times. p. 23. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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