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The 1990 European Tour, titled as the 1990 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Duration | 15 February 1990 – 28 October 1990 |
---|---|
Number of official events | 37[lower-alpha 1] |
Most wins | ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 1989 1991 → |
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987.[1]
The season was made up of 37 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and seven non-counting "Approved Special Events".[2]
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Atlantic Open, the Amex Med Open and the Austrian Open; and the promotion of the Murphy's Cup to full Order of Merit status.
Before the official schedule was announced the Tenerife Open was dropped,[3] but later returned in place of the cancelled Catalan Open.[4] In late February the Jersey Open was cancelled and replaced by a new tournament in Spain, the El Bosque Open.[5]
The following table lists official events during the 1990 season.[6]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[lower-alpha 2] | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 Feb | Vinho Verde Atlantic Open | Portugal | 200,000 | ![]() |
16 | New tournament |
25 Feb | Emirates Airlines Desert Classic | UAE | US$450,000 | ![]() |
40 | |
4 Mar | Amex Med Open | Spain | 400,000 | ![]() |
30 | New tournament |
11 Mar | Open Renault de Baleares | Spain | 275,000 | ![]() |
30 | |
Catalan Open | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | ||
18 Mar | Tenerife Open | Spain | 200,000 | ![]() |
18 | |
25 Mar | Volvo Open di Firenze | Italy | 200,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
1 Apr | AGF Open | France | 200,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
Jersey Open | Jersey | – | Cancelled | – | ||
8 Apr | El Bosque Open | Spain | 200,000 | ![]() |
16 | New tournament |
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$1,250,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[lower-alpha 3] |
16 Apr | Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open | France | 300,000 | ![]() |
28 | |
22 Apr | Cepsa Madrid Open | Spain | 275,000 | ![]() |
40 | |
29 Apr | Peugeot Spanish Open | Spain | 300,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
7 May | Benson & Hedges International Open | England | 350,000 | ![]() |
48 | |
13 May | Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open | Belgium | 250,000 | ![]() |
26 | |
20 May | Lancia Martini Italian Open | Italy | 300,000 | ![]() |
36 | |
28 May | Volvo PGA Championship | England | 400,000 | ![]() |
64 | Flagship event[lower-alpha 4] |
3 Jun | Dunhill British Masters | England | 300,000 | ![]() |
40 | |
10 Jun | Scandinavian Enterprise Open | Sweden | 400,000 | ![]() |
30 | |
17 Jun | Wang Four Stars | England | 225,000 | ![]() |
16 | Pro-Am |
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$1,200,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[lower-alpha 3] |
24 Jun | Carroll's Irish Open | Ireland | 350,000 | ![]() |
40 | |
1 Jul | Peugeot Open de France | France | 350,000 | ![]() |
36 | |
7 Jul | Torras Monte Carlo Open | France | 350,000 | ![]() |
34 | |
14 Jul | Bell's Scottish Open | Scotland | 400,000 | ![]() |
56 | |
22 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 500,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
29 Jul | KLM Dutch Open | Netherlands | 350,000 | ![]() |
32 | |
5 Aug | PLM Open | Sweden | 350,000 | ![]() |
22 | |
12 Aug | Murphy's Cup | England | 250,000 | ![]() |
16 | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$1,350,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[lower-alpha 3] |
19 Aug | NM English Open | England | 400,000 | ![]() |
34 | |
26 Aug | Volvo German Open | West Germany | 450,000 | ![]() |
26 | |
2 Sep | Ebel European Masters Swiss Open | Switzerland | 450,000 | ![]() |
34 | |
9 Sep | Panasonic European Open | England | 400,000 | ![]() |
48 | |
16 Sep | Trophée Lancôme | France | 425,000 | ![]() |
50 | Limited-field event |
23 Sep | BMW International Open | West Germany | 400,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
30 Sep | Epson Grand Prix of Europe | Wales | 400,000 | ![]() |
46 | Limited-field event |
7 Oct | Mercedes German Masters | Germany | 450,000 | ![]() |
46 | |
14 Oct | Austrian Open | Austria | 250,000 | ![]() |
16 | New tournament |
21 Oct | Portuguese Open TPC | Portugal | 275,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
28 Oct | Volvo Masters | Spain | 450,000 | ![]() |
44 | Tour Championship |
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 Jul | J. P. McManus Pro-Am | Ireland | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Pro-Am |
16 Sep | Motorola Classic | England | 60,000 | ![]() |
4 | |
23 Sep | Suntory World Match Play Championship | England | 350,000 | ![]() |
48 | Limited-field event |
25 Sep | Equity & Law Challenge | England | 120,000 | ![]() |
n/a | |
30 Sep | UAP European Under-25 Championship | England | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | |
14 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | US$1,000,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
4 Nov | Benson & Hedges Trophy | Spain | 200,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
4 Nov | Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship | Japan | US$1,150,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
24 Nov | World Cup | United States | US$1,100,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
World Cup Individual Trophy | ![]() |
n/a |
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[8][9]
Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 574,166 |
2 | ![]() | 507,541 |
3 | ![]() | 434,766 |
4 | ![]() | 320,450 |
5 | ![]() | 309,851 |
6 | ![]() | 280,084 |
7 | ![]() | 248,203 |
8 | ![]() | 237,830 |
9 | ![]() | 233,841 |
10 | ![]() | 229,742 |
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