1991 European Tour

The 1991 European Tour was the 20th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.^[1]

The Order of Merit was won by Spain's Seve Ballesteros.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1991 European Tour schedule which was made up of 35 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the return of both the Catalan Open and the Jersey Open, the addition of the Girona Open, the loss of the Atlantic Open, the Dubai Desert Classic (due to the Gulf War), the Tenerife Open, the AGF Open, the El Bosque Open, and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open and the PLM Open merging to create the Scandinavian Masters.

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
21–24 Feb	Girona Open	Spain	Steven Richardson (1)	New Tournament
28 Feb–3 Mar	Fujitsu Mediterranean Open	Spain	Ian Woosnam (17)
7–10 Mar	Open de Baleares	Spain	Gavan Levenson (2)
14–17 Mar	Open Catalonia	Spain	José María Olazábal (10)
21–24 Mar	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Steven Richardson (2)
28–31 Mar	Volvo Open di Firenze	Italy	Anders Forsbrand (2)
11–14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Ian Woosnam (18)	Unofficial money
11–14 Apr	Jersey European Airways Open	Jersey	Sam Torrance (14)
18–21 Apr	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	Bernhard Langer (24)
25–28 Apr	Madrid Open	Spain	Andrew Sherborne (1)
2–5 May	Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open	France	David Feherty (4)
9–12 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	Eduardo Romero (3)
16–19 May	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Italy	Craig Parry (3)
24–27 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	Seve Ballesteros (44)
30 May–2 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	Seve Ballesteros (45)
6–9 Jun	Murphy's Cup	England	Tony Johnstone (3)
13–16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	Payne Stewart (n/a)	Unofficial money
13–16 Jun	Renault Belgian Open	Belgium	Per-Ulrik Johansson (1)
20–23 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Nick Faldo (22)
27–30 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	Eduardo Romero (4)
3–6 Jul	Torras Monte Carlo Open	Monaco	Ian Woosnam (19)
10–13 July	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	Craig Parry (4)
18–21 Jul	The Open Championship	England	Ian Baker-Finch (2)
25–28 Jul	Heineken Dutch Open	Netherlands	Payne Stewart (n/a)
1–4 Aug	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	Colin Montgomerie (2)	New tournament
8–11 Aug	U.S. PGA Championship	United States	John Daly (1)	Unofficial money
8–11 Aug	European Pro-Celebrity	England	Paul Broadhurst (2)
15–18 Aug	NM English Open	England	David Gilford (1)
22–25 Aug	Volvo German Open	Germany	Mark McNulty (11)
29 Aug–1 Sept	GA European Open	England	Mike Harwood (5)
5–8 Sept	Canon European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	Jeff Hawkes (1)
12–15 Sept	Lancome Trophy	France	Frank Nobilo (2)
19–22 Sept	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	Wales	José María Olazábal (11)
26–29 Sept	Mitsubishi Austrian Open	Austria	Mark Davis (1)
2–6 Oct	Mercedes German Masters	Germany	Bernhard Langer (25)
10–13 Oct	BMW International Open	Germany	Sandy Lyle (16)
17–20 Oct	Toyota World Match Play Championship	England	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)	Unofficial money
24–27 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	Rodger Davis (6)

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	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	545,354
2	Steven Richardson	England	393,155
3	Bernhard Langer	Germany	372,703
4	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	343,576
5	Craig Parry	Australia	328,116
6	Rodger Davis	Australia	317,442
7	José María Olazábal	Spain	302,270
8	Ian Woosnam	Wales	257,434
9	David Gilford	England	249,241
10	Nick Faldo	England	245,892

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1991 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1991 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website