1994 European Tour
Duration | 13 January 1994 | – 30 October 1994
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Number of official events | 38[a] |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 1993 1995 → |
The 1994 European Tour, titled as the 1994 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
It was the seventh season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987.[1]
Changes for 1994
The season was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[2]
Aside from scheduling, initially there was just one change from the previous season, with the addition of the Extremadura Open. This created a sequence of five consecutive tournaments in Spain through February and March, and a total of nine events in the country although the Madrid Open would later be cancelled.
Shortly after the start of the season, the Roma Masters was cancelled and replaced by the Tournoi Perrier de Paris, a team event with prize money not counting towards the Order of Merit.[3] In late January, a further tournament was added to the schedule with the inaugural Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, opposite the Toyota World Match Play Championship in mid-October.[4] The Madrid Open, originally scheduled for 20–23 October, was cancelled with the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open taking the dates.[5] In addition, the Kronenbourg Open was not held.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.[6]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 Jan | Madeira Island Open | Portugal | 250,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
23 Jan | Moroccan Open | Morocco | 350,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
30 Jan | Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$700,000 | ![]() |
46 | |
6 Feb | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | 600,000 | ![]() |
54 | |
13 Feb | Turespaña Open De Tenerife | Spain | 250,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
20 Feb | Extremadura Open | Spain | 250,000 | ![]() |
20 | New tournament |
27 Feb | Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía | Spain | 300,000 | ![]() |
24 | |
6 Mar | Turespaña Open Mediterrania | Spain | 300,000 | ![]() |
26 | |
13 Mar | Turespaña Open de Baleares | Spain | 250,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
20 Mar | Portuguese Open | Portugal | 300,000 | ![]() |
22 | |
Kronenbourg Open | Italy | – | Cancelled | – | ||
4 Apr | Open V33 Grand Lyon | France | 225,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$2,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[c] |
Roma Masters | Italy | – | Cancelled | – | ||
24 Apr | Heineken Open Catalonia | Spain | 300,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
1 May | Air France Cannes Open | France | 300,000 | ![]() |
38 | |
8 May | Benson & Hedges International Open | England | 650,000 | ![]() |
48 | |
15 May | Peugeot Spanish Open | Spain | 500,000 | ![]() |
42 | |
22 May | Tisettanta Italian Open | Italy | 450,000 | ![]() |
28 | |
30 May | Volvo PGA Championship | England | 800,000 | ![]() |
64 | Flagship event |
5 Jun | Alfred Dunhill Open | Belgium | 600,000 | ![]() |
46 | |
12 Jun | Honda Open | Germany | 500,000 | ![]() |
38 | |
19 Jun | Jersey European Airways Open | Jersey | 350,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$1,700,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[c] |
26 Jun | Peugeot Open de France | France | 550,000 | ![]() |
36 | |
3 Jul | Murphy's Irish Open | Ireland | 600,000 | ![]() |
48 | |
9 Jul | Bell's Scottish Open | Scotland | 600,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
17 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship |
24 Jul | Heineken Dutch Open | Netherlands | 650,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
31 Jul | Scandinavian Masters | Sweden | 650,000 | ![]() |
40 | |
7 Aug | BMW International Open | Germany | 525,000 | ![]() |
36 | |
14 Aug | Hohe Brücke Open | Austria | 250,000 | ![]() |
20 | |
14 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$1,750,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship[c] |
21 Aug | Murphy's English Open | England | 600,000 | ![]() |
38 | |
28 Aug | Volvo German Open | Germany | 650,000 | ![]() |
38 | |
4 Sep | Canon European Masters | Switzerland | 675,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
11 Sep | European Open | England | 600,000 | ![]() |
44 | |
18 Sep | Dunhill British Masters | England | 650,000 | ![]() |
50 | |
25 Sep | Trophée Lancôme | France | 600,000 | ![]() |
50 | Limited-field event |
3 Oct | Mercedes German Masters | Germany | 625,000 | ![]() |
48 | |
Madrid Open | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | ||
23 Oct | Chemapol Trophy Czech Open | Czech Republic | 500,000 | ![]() |
36 | New to European Tour |
30 Oct | Volvo Masters | Spain | 750,000 | ![]() |
50 | Tour Championship |
Unofficial events
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 Apr | Tournoi Perrier de Paris | France | n/a | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | New tournament Team event |
9 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | US$1,500,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
16 Oct | Toyota World Match Play Championship | England | 600,000 | ![]() |
46 | Limited-field event |
6 Nov | Sarazen World Open | United States | US$1,900,000 | ![]() |
36 | New tournament |
13 Nov | World Cup of Golf | Puerto Rico | US$1,200,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy | ![]() |
n/a | ||||
18 Dec | Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship | Jamaica | US$2,500,000 | ![]() |
60 | Limited-field event |
Order of Merit
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.[7]
Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
762,719 |
2 | ![]() |
635,483 |
3 | ![]() |
590,101 |
4 | ![]() |
516,107 |
5 | ![]() |
437,403 |
6 | ![]() |
364,313 |
7 | ![]() |
326,629 |
8 | ![]() |
321,256 |
9 | ![]() |
312,539 |
10 | ![]() |
311,849 |
Awards
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
[8] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
[9] |
See also
Notes
- ^ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
- ^ a b c Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
References
- ^ White, Graeme (26 May 1987). "Volvo boost for Euro golf". Black Country Evening Mail. West Bromwich, United Kingdom. p. 33. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Times calendar of sport 1994 | Golf". The Times. 31 December 1993. p. 38. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. 19 January 1994. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Fast lane | Czech it out!". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 24 January 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. 21 June 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1994 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Hopkins, John (31 October 1994). "Ballesteros denied home rule". The Times. p. 23. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Els walks off with new prize". Reading Evening Post. Reading, United Kingdom. 22 December 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lomas joins the golfing greats with rookie win". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, United Kingdom. 16 November 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.