1975 European Tour

The 1975 European Tour was the fourth official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and organised by the Professional Golfers' Association.

The Order of Merit was won by South Africa's Dale Hayes.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1975 European Tour schedule which was made up of 19 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. The other tournaments were mostly held in England and Scotland. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Carroll's Irish Open, replacing the Carroll's International, and the Kerrygold International Classic, and the loss of the Penfold Tournament, the W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament and the El Paraiso Open.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
8–11 Apr	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Hal Underwood
16–19 Apr	Spanish Open	Spain	Arnold Palmer
23–26 Apr	Madrid Open	Spain	Bob Shearer
1–4 May	French Open	France	Brian Barnes
7 10 May	Piccadilly Medal	England	Bob Shearer
23–26 May	Penfold PGA Championship	England	Arnold Palmer
11–14 Jun	Martini International	England	Christy O'Connor Jnr Ian Stanley	Tie
9–12 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	Tom Watson
17–20 Jul	Swiss Open	Switzerland	Dale Hayes
24–27 Jul	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	George Burns
31 Jul–3 Aug	German Open	West Germany	Maurice Bembridge
7–10 Aug	Dutch Open	Netherlands	Hugh Baiocchi
13–16 Aug	Benson & Hedges Festival	England	Vicente Fernandez
28–31 Aug	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Christy O'Connor Jnr	New tournament
3–6 Sept	Sun Alliance Match Play Championship	England	Eddie Polland
11–14 Sept	Kerrygold International Classic	Republic of Ireland	George Burns	New tournament
23–24 Sept	Double Diamond Strokeplay	Scotland	Peter Dawson
1–4 Oct	Dunlop Masters	England	Bernard Gallacher
16–19 Oct	Italian Open	Italy	Billy Casper

Order of Merit

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was based on a points system, which meant that some players could finish lower than others despite accumulating more prize money.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Dale Hayes	South Africa	20,508
2	Bob Shearer	Australia	16,040
3	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	14,846
4	Brian Barnes	Scotland	13,492
5	Bernard Gallacher	Scotland	12,040
6	Hugh Baiocchi	South Africa	9,631
7	Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	11,979
8	Jack Newton	Australia	16,394
9	Vicente Fernández	Argentina	10,109
10	Neil Coles	England	11,770

See also

• Golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1975 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1975 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website