1990 European Tour

The 1990 European Tour was the 19th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.^[1]

The Order of Merit was won by Wales' Ian Woosnam.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1990 European Tour schedule which was made up of 38 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Atlantic Open, the Amex Med Open, the El Bosque Open and the Austrian Open, and the loss of the Catalan Open and the Jersey Open.

The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the European Tour.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
15–18 Feb	Atlantic Open	Portugal	Stephen McAllister (1)	New Tournament
22–25 Feb	Emirates Airlines Desert Classic	United Arab Emirates	Eamonn Darcy (4)
1–4 Mar	Amex Med Open	Spain	Ian Woosnam (13)	New Tournament
8–11 Mar	Open Renault de Baleares	Spain	Seve Ballesteros (43)
15–18 Mar	Tenerife Open	Spain	Vicente Fernandez (3)
22–25 Mar	Volvo Open di Firenze	Italy	Eduardo Romero (2)
29 Mar–1 Apr	AGF Open	France	Brett Ogle (1)
5–8 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Nick Faldo (20)	Unofficial money
5–8 Apr	El Bosque Open	Spain	Vijay Singh (2)	New Tournament
13–16 Apr	Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open	France	Mark McNulty (9)
19–22 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	Bernhard Langer (22)
26–29 Apr	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	Rodger Davis (4)
4–7 May	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	José María Olazábal (7)
10–13 May	Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open	Belgium	Ove Sellberg (3)
17–20 May	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Italy	Richard Boxall (3)
25–28 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	Mike Harwood (3)
31 May–3 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	Mark James (13)
7–10 Jun	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	Craig Stadler (n/a)
14–17 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	Hale Irwin (n/a)	Unofficial money
14–17 Jun	Wang Four Stars	England	Rodger Davis (5)
21–24 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	José María Olazábal (8)
28 Jun–1 Jul	Peugeot Open de France	France	Philip Walton (1)
4–7 Jul	Torras Monte Carlo Open	Monaco	Ian Woosnam (14)
11–14 July	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	Ian Woosnam (15)
19–22 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	Nick Faldo (21)
26–29 Jul	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	Stephen McAllister (2)
2–5 Aug	PLM Open	Sweden	Ronan Rafferty (4)
9–12 Aug	U.S. PGA Championship	United States	Wayne Grady (2)	Unofficial money
9–12 Aug	Murphy's Cup	England	Tony Johnstone (2)
16–19 Aug	NM English Open	England	Mark James (14)
23–26 Aug	Volvo German Open	West Germany	Mark McNulty (10)
30 Aug–2 Sept	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	Ronan Rafferty (5)
6–9 Sept	Panasonic European Open	England	Peter Senior (3)
13–16 Sept	Lancome Trophy	France	José María Olazábal (9)
20–23 Sept	BMW International Open	West Germany	Paul Azinger (n/a)
20–23 Sept	Suntory World Match Play	England	Ian Woosnam (n/a)	Unofficial money
27–30 Sept	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	Wales	Ian Woosnam (16)
4–7 Oct	German Masters	Germany	Sam Torrance (13)
11–14 Oct	Austrian Open	Austria	Bernhard Langer (23)	New tournament
18–21 Oct	Portuguese Open TPC	Portugal	Michael McLean (1)
25–28 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	Mike Harwood (4)

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	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Ian Woosnam	Wales	574,166
2	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	507,541
3	José María Olazábal	Spain	434,766
4	Bernhard Langer	Germany	320,450
5	Ronan Rafferty	Northern Ireland	309,851
6	Mike Harwood	Australia	280,084
7	Sam Torrance	Scotland	248,203
8	David Feherty	Northern Ireland	237,830
9	Rodger Davis	Australia	233,842
10	Mark James	England	229,742

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1990 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1990 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website