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1974 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1974
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	21
most_wins	ENG Maurice Bembridge (3)
ENG Peter Oosterhuis (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	ENG Peter Oosterhuis
honor2	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree2	ENG Carl Mason
prevseason	1973
nextseason	1975

ENG Peter Oosterhuis (3) The 1974 European Tour, titled as the 1974 PGA European Tour, was the third season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 1974

There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Double Diamond Strokeplay, the El Paraiso Open and the non-counting Ibergolf Trophy to conclude the season; The John Player Classic was scheduled for late September, but ultimately cancelled due to a clash of dates with the PGA Tour's Kaiser International Open Invitational.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1974 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	Notes
13 Apr	Portuguese Open	Portugal	15,000	WAL Brian Huggett (1)
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$229,549	ZAF Gary Player (n/a)	Major championship
20 Apr	Spanish Open	Spain	26,590	USA Jerry Heard (1)
27 Apr	Madrid Open	Spain	15,000	ESP Manuel Piñero (1)
5 May	French Open	France	15,650	ENG Peter Oosterhuis (5)
11 May	Penfold Tournament	England	12,000	ENG Tommy Horton (2)
25 May	Piccadilly Medal	England	15,000	ENG Maurice Bembridge (2)
8 Jun	Martini International	England	12,000	AUS Stewart Ginn (1)
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$219,900	USA Hale Irwin (n/a)	Major championship
23 Jun	Carroll's Celebration International	Ireland	20,325	SCO Bernard Gallacher (1)
13 Jul	The Open Championship	England	50,000	ZAF Gary Player (n/a)	Major championship
21 Jul	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	30,000	ENG Tony Jacklin (4)
27 Jul	Swiss Open	Switzerland	20,700	NZL Bob Charles (4)
4 Aug	German Open	West Germany	17,500	NZL Simon Owen (1)
11 Aug	Dutch Open	Netherlands	19,000	SCO Brian Barnes (2)
11 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$225,000	USA Lee Trevino (n/a)	Major championship
17 Aug	Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf	England	25,000	BEL Philippe Toussaint (1)
21 Aug	Double Diamond Strokeplay	Scotland	10,000	ENG Maurice Bembridge (3)	New tournament
31 Aug	Viyella PGA Championship	England	25,000	ENG Maurice Bembridge (4)
15 Sep	Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship	Scotland	20,000	AUS Jack Newton (3)
21 Sep	W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament	England	25,000	ENG Neil Coles (4)
28 Sep	John Player Classic	England	–	Cancelled
5 Oct	Dunlop Masters	Wales	20,000	SCO Bernard Gallacher (2)
20 Oct	Italian Open	Italy	24,000	ENG Peter Oosterhuis (6)
26 Oct	El Paraiso Open	Spain	20,000	ENG Peter Oosterhuis (7)

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)	Notes
18 May	Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball	England	12,000	ENG Clive Clark and
ENG Peter Butler	Team event
15 Jun	Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship	England	10,000	ZAF Dale Hayes
8 Aug	Lord Derby's Young Professionals' Tournament	England	5,000	ENG Richard Jewell
24 Aug	Double Diamond International	Scotland	n/a	ENG Team England	Team event
12 Oct	Piccadilly World Match Play Championship	England	30,000	USA Hale Irwin	Limited-field event
3 Nov	Sotogrande Match	Spain	16,000	GBRIRL Team GB&I	New team event
10 Nov	European Ibergolf Trophy	Spain	13,620	ZAF Gary Player	New tournament
24 Nov	World Cup	Venezuela	US$2,000	ZAF Bobby Cole and
ZAF Dale Hayes	Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy	US$1,000	ZAF Bobby Cole

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Position	Player	Points	Prize money (£)
1	ENG Peter Oosterhuis	2,965	32,127
2	ZAF Dale Hayes	2,379	18,396
3	SCO Bernard Gallacher	2,148	18,515
4	SCO Brian Barnes	2,111	14,380
5	ENG Neil Coles	2,080	13,961
6	ARG Vicente Fernández	2,061	7,819
7	ENG Tony Jacklin	2,033	19,547
8	WAL Brian Huggett	2,032	12,373
9	ENG Peter Townsend	1,980	15,828
10	ENG Tommy Horton	1,902	11,343

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	ENG Carl Mason

Notes

References

"Tour History". European Tour.
(23 November 1973). "No TV—No Scots' open". Glasgow Herald.
Jacobs, Raymond. (6 March 1974). "Player Classic is dropped". Glasgow Herald.
"1974 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
Simms, George. (1975). "John Player Golf Yearbook 1975". Queen Anne Press.
Jacobs, Raymond. (21 December 1973). "Prize money next year will reach record £660,000". Glasgow Herald.
(5 November 1974). "Runaway win for Peter Oosterhuis". Aberdeen Press and Journal.
(January 1975). "Europa-facit 1974".
(5 October 1974). "Mason 'Rookie of the Year'". Evening Chronicle.

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