1983 European Tour

The 1983 European Tour was the twelfth 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 England's Nick Faldo, who won five tournaments during the season.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1983 European Tour schedule which was made up of 28 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. The other tournaments were mostly held in England, Wales and Scotland. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Timex Open and the Glasgow Golf Classic, and the loss of the Welsh Golf Classic.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
14–17 Apr	Tunisian Open	Tunisia	Mark James
21–24 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	Sandy Lyle
28 Apr–1 May	Italian Open	Italy	Bernhard Langer
5–8 May	Paco Rabanne Open de France	France	Nick Faldo
12–15 May	Martini International	England	Nick Faldo
19–22 May	Car Care Plan International	England	Nick Faldo
27–30 May	Sun Alliance PGA Championship	England	Seve Ballesteros
2–5 Jun	Silk Cut Masters	Wales	Ian Woosnam
8–12 Jun	Jersey Open	Jersey	Jeff Hall
16–19 Jun	Timex Open	France	Manuel Ballesteros	New tournament
23–26 Jun	Glasgow Golf Classic	Scotland	Bernhard Langer	New tournament
30 Jun–3 Jul	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	Sam Torrance
6–9 Jul	State Express Classic	England	Hugh Baiocchi
14–17 Jul	The Open Championship	England	Tom Watson
21–24 Jul	Lawrence Batley International	England	Nick Faldo
28–31 Jul	Lufthansa German Open	West Germany	Corey Pavin
4–6 Aug	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	Ken Brown
11–14 Aug	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Seve Ballesteros
18–21 Aug	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	John Bland
1–4 Sept	Panasonic European Open	England	Isao Aoki
8–11 Sept	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	Nick Faldo
15–18 Sept	St. Mellion Timeshare TPC	England	Bernhard Langer
22–25 Sept	Bob Hope British Classic	England	José Maria Cañizares
29 Sept–2 Oct	Lancome Trophy	France	Seve Ballesteros
6–8 Oct	Suntory World Match Play	England	Greg Norman
20–23 Oct	Benson and Hedges Spanish Open	Spain	Eamonn Darcy
27–30 Oct	Sanyo Open	Spain	Des Smyth
3–6 Nov	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Sam Torrance

Official Money List

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Official Money List". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Nick Faldo	England	119,416
2	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	99,502
3	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	73,734
4	José Maria Cañizares	Spain	68,345
5	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	54,218
6	Sam Torrance	Scotland	50,381
7	Ken Brown	Scotland	44,350
8	Eamonn Darcy	Ireland	43,299
9	Ian Woosnam	Wales	43,000
10	Brian Waites	England	42,826

See also

• Golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1983 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1983 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website