1998 European Tour

The 1998 European Tour was the 27th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.^[1]

The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1998 European Tour schedule which was made up of 39 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship being included on the schedule for the first time although winnings did not count towards the Order of Merit, the addition of the Qatar Masters and the Open Novotel Perrier, the return of the Belgian Open, and the loss of the Dimension Data Pro-Am, the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open and the Oki Pro-Am.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
22–25 Jan	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	Tiger Woods
29 Jan–1 Feb	Heineken Classic	Australia	Thomas Bjørn
5–8 Feb	South African Open	South Africa	Ernie Els
12–15 Feb	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	South Africa	Tony Johnstone
26 Feb–1 Mar	Dubai Desert Classic	United Arab Emirates	José María Olazábal
5–8 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	Andrew Coltart
12–15 Mar	Moroccan Open	Morocco	Stephen Leaney
19–22 Mar	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Peter Mitchell
9–12 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Mark O'Meara	Unofficial money
16–19 Apr	Cannes Open	France	Thomas Levet
23–26 Apr	Peugeot Open de Espana	Spain	Thomas Bjørn
30 Apr–3 May	Italian Open	Italy	Patrik Sjöland
7–10 May	Turespana Masters Open Baleares	Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
14–17 May	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	Darren Clarke
22–25 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	Colin Montgomerie
29 Jun–1 Jul	Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe	Germany	Lee Westwood
4–7 Jun	National Car Rental English Open	England	Lee Westwood
5–8 Jun	Compaq European Grand Prix	England	N/A	Tournament abandoned
18–21 Jun	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	Mats Lanner
18–21 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	Lee Janzen	Unofficial money
25–28 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	Sam Torrance
2–5 Jul	Murphy's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	David Carter
8–11 Jul	The Standard Life Loch Lomond	Scotland	Lee Westwood
16–19 Jul	The Open Championship	England	Mark O'Meara
23–26 Jul	TNT Dutch Open	Netherlands	Stephen Leaney
30 Jul–2 Aug	Volvo Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	Jesper Parnevik
6–9 Aug	German Open	Germany	Stephen Allan
13–16 Aug	U.S. PGA Championship	United States	Vijay Singh	Unofficial money
20–23 Aug	Smurfit European Open	Republic of Ireland	Mathias Grönberg
27–30 Aug	BMW International Open	Germany	Russell Claydon
3–6 Sept	Canon European Masters	Switzerland	Sven Strüver
10–13 Sept	One 2 One British Masters	England	Colin Montgomerie
17–20 Sept	Trophée Lancôme	France	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
24–27 Sept	Linde German Masters	Germany	Colin Montgomerie
1–4 Oct	Belgacom Open	Belgium	Lee Westwood
8–11 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Cup	Scotland	South Africa	Team event. Unofficial money
15–18 Oct	Cisco World Match Play Championship	England	Mark O'Meara	Unofficial money
15–18 Oct	Open Novotel Perrier	France	Jarmo Sandelin Olle Karlsson	Team event. Unofficial money. Alternate to World Match Play
29 Oct–1 Nov	Volvo Masters	Spain	Darren Clarke

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	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	993,077
2	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	902,867
3	Lee Westwood	England	814,387
4	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	518,820
5	Patrik Sjöland	Sweden	500,137
6	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	470,798
7	José María Olazábal	Spain	449,133
8	Ernie Els	South Africa	433,884
9	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	388,816
10	Mathias Grönberg	Sweden	358,779

See also

• Golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• 1998 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1998 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website