1986 European Tour

The 1986 European Tour was the fifteenth official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.

The Order of Merit was won by Spain's Seve Ballesteros, who won six tournaments during the season.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1986 European Tour schedule which was made up of 27 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Epson Grand Prix of Europe and the PLM Open, the return of the Scottish Open, and the loss of the Tunisian Open, the Glasgow Open and the GSI L'Equipe Open.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
17–20 Apr	Suze Open	France	John Bland
24–27 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	Howard Clark
1–4 May	Italian Open	Italy	David Feherty
9–11 May	Epson Grand Prix of Europe Match Play Championship	Wales	Ove Sellberg	New tournament
16–18 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	Howard Clark
23–26 May	Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship	England	Rodger Davis
29 May–1 Jun	London Standard Four Stars National Pro-Celebrity	England	Antonio Garrido
5–8 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	Seve Ballesteros
12–15 Jun	Jersey Open	Jersey	John Morgan
19–22 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Seve Ballesteros
25–28 Jun	Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open	Monaco	Seve Ballesteros
3–7 Jul	Peugeot Open de France	France	Seve Ballesteros
9–12 July	Car Care Plan International	England	Mark Mouland
17–20 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	Greg Norman
24–27 Jul	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	Seve Ballesteros
31 Jul–3 Aug	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	Greg Turner
7–10 Aug	PLM Open	Sweden	Peter Senior	New tournament
14–17 Aug	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	Mark James
21–24 Aug	Bell's Scottish Open	England	David Feherty
28–31 Aug	German Open	West Germany	Bernhard Langer
4–7 Sept	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	José María Olazábal
11–14 Sept	Panasonic European Open	England	Greg Norman
18–21 Sept	Lawrence Batley International T.P.C.	England	Ian Woosnam
2–5 Oct	Suntory World Match Play	England	Greg Norman
9–12 Oct	Sanyo Open	Spain	José María Olazábal
16–19 Oct	Lancome Trophy	France	Seve Ballesteros Bernhard Langer	Tie
23–26 Nov	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Mark McNulty

Order of Merit

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling. In 1986 the minimum number of tournaments needed to qualify for the Order of Merit was increased from seven to nine.^[1]

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	242,209
2	José María Olazábal	Spain	136,775
3	Howard Clark	England	121,903
4	Ian Woosnam	Wales	111,799
5	Gordon J. Brand	England	106,314
6	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	101,327
7	Rodger Davis	Australia	95,429
8	Anders Forsbrand	Sweden	84,706
9	Ronan Rafferty	Northern Ireland	80,336
10	Gordon Brand, Jnr	Scotland	78,639

See also

• Golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1986 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1986 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website