1991 European Tour

The 1991 European Tour was the twentieth 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, 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.

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

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

• 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