1987 European Tour
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Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Infobox golf season The 1987 European Tour, titled as the 1987 PGA European Tour,[1] was the 16th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 1987
The season was made up of 27 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[2][3]
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Moroccan Open[4] and the German Masters,[3] the return of the Volvo Belgian Open and the loss of the Car Care Plan International.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1987 season.[5]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep | Vernons Open | England | 60,000 | Template:Flagicon David Llewellyn | 12 | |
| 27 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | Template:Flagdeco Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 4 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | US$1,000,000 | Template:Flagdeco Team England | n/a | Team event |
| 13 Oct | Equity & Law Challenge | England | 120,000 | Template:Flagicon Barry Lane | n/a | New tournament |
| 18 Oct | Suntory World Match Play Championship | England | 275,000 | Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | 32 | Limited-field event |
| 8 Nov | Kirin Cup | Japan | US$950,000 | Template:Flagdeco Team USA | n/a | Team event |
| Kirin Cup Individual Trophy | n/a | Template:Flagicon Tom Kite | n/a | |||
| 21 Nov | World Cup | United States | US$750,000 | Template:Flagdeco David Llewellyn and Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam |
n/a | Team event |
| World Cup Individual Trophy | Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | n/a |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Epson Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[8]
| Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | 253,717 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty | 189,304 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo | 181,833 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Gordon Brand Jnr | 147,787 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer | 141,394 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros | 138,843 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Peter Senior | 126,091 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Rodger Davis | 122,754 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Sam Torrance | 122,556 |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Howard Clark | 122,535 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Template:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | [9] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Template:Flagicon Peter Baker | [10] |
Notes
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Tournament initially postponed and then later cancelled due to bad weather rendering the course unplayable.[6][7]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tour History". European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Davies, David (28 October 1986). "Money for European Tour raised to £6.5m". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. p. 31. Retrieved 7 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."German event lifts tour pool to record". The Times. London, United Kingdom. 18 February 1987. p. 38. Retrieved 7 June 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PGA's road to Morocco". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. 16 December 1986. p. 27. Retrieved 27 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1987 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. 15 October 1987. p. 30. Retrieved 7 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miller, David (20 October 1987). "Threat to the welfare of golf". The Times. London, United Kingdom. p. 48. Retrieved 7 June 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Final statistics from European and US Tours | Top European earners". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. 17 November 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moseley, Ron (15 December 1987). "Ian is Ritz golfer of year". Reading Evening Post. Reading, United Kingdom. p. 18. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rookie prize pays for tour". Evening Post. Nottingham, United Kingdom. 9 December 1987. p. 18. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
