1988 European Tour
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox golf season The 1988 European Tour, titled as the 1988 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Volvo title sponsorship
In May 1987, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, being renamed as the Volvo Tour.[1] The agreement was reported to be worth Template:Currency over five years.[2]
Changes for 1988
The season was made up of 30 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[3]
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Open de Baleares, the Biarritz Open, the English Open and the Volvo Masters; the return of the Torras Hostench Barcelona Open, which had been cancelled due to bad weather in 1987; and the loss of the Lawrence Batley International.[4][5] The Moroccan Open, originally scheduled to open the season, was initially postponed until October but ultimately cancelled.[6]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[7]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct | Suntory World Match Play Championship | England | 275,000 | Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle | 32 | Limited-field event |
| 16 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | US$1,000,000 | Template:Flagdeco Team England | n/a | Team event |
| 18 Oct | Equity & Law Challenge | England | 125,000 | Template:Flagicon Ronan Rafferty | n/a | |
| 27 Oct | UAP European Under-25 Championship | France | n/a | Template:Flagicon Jean van de Velde | n/a | |
| 6 Nov | Europcar Cup | France | n/a | Template:Flagdeco Team Sweden | n/a | Team event |
| 13 Nov | Benson & Hedges Trophy | Spain | 200,000 | Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty and Template:Flagicon Marie-Laure Taya |
n/a | Team event |
| 11 Dec | World Cup | Australia | US$750,000 | Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw and Template:Flagicon Mark McCumber |
n/a | Team event |
| World Cup Individual Trophy | Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw | n/a | ||||
| 18 Dec | Kirin Cup | United States | US$1,000,000 | Template:Flagdeco Team USA | n/a | Team event |
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.[8][9]
| Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | 451,560 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo | 347,971 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon José María Olazábal | 285,964 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | 234,991 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Sandy Lyle | 186,018 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty | 180,992 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Des Smyth | 171,951 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Mark James | 152,900 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Ronan Rafferty | 132,395 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon José Rivero | 131,079 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | [10] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie | [11] |
Notes
References
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