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1990 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1990
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	37
most_wins	WAL Ian Woosnam (4)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	WAL Ian Woosnam
honor2	Golfer of the Year
honoree2	ENG Nick Faldo
honor3	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree3	ENG Russell Claydon
prevseason	1989
nextseason	1991

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.

It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987.

Changes for 1990

The season was made up of 37 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and seven non-counting "Approved Special Events".

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, but later returned in place of the cancelled Catalan Open. In late February the Jersey Open was cancelled and replaced by a new tournament in Spain, the El Bosque Open.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1990 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	OWGR
points	Notes
18 Feb	Vinho Verde Atlantic Open	Portugal	200,000	SCO Stephen McAllister (1)	16	New tournament
25 Feb	Emirates Airlines Desert Classic	UAE	US$450,000	IRL Eamonn Darcy (4)	40
4 Mar	Amex Med Open	Spain	400,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (13)	30	New tournament
11 Mar	Open Renault de Baleares	Spain	275,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (43)	30
18 Mar	Catalan Open	Spain	–	Cancelled	–
18 Mar	Tenerife Open	Spain	200,000	ARG Vicente Fernández (3)	18
25 Mar	Volvo Open di Firenze	Italy	200,000	ARG Eduardo Romero (2)	16
1 Apr	AGF Open	France	200,000	AUS Brett Ogle (1)	16
8 Apr	Jersey Open	Jersey	–	Cancelled	–
8 Apr	El Bosque Open	Spain	200,000	FJI Vijay Singh (2)	16	New tournament
8 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$1,250,000	ENG Nick Faldo (20)	100	Major championship
16 Apr	Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open	France	300,000	ZWE Mark McNulty (9)	28
22 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	275,000	FRG Bernhard Langer (22)	40
29 Apr	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	300,000	AUS Rodger Davis (4)	44
7 May	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	350,000	ESP José María Olazábal (7)	48
13 May	Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open	Belgium	250,000	SWE Ove Sellberg (3)	26
20 May	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Italy	300,000	ENG Richard Boxall (1)	36
28 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	400,000	AUS Mike Harwood (3)	64	Flagship event
3 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	300,000	ENG Mark James (13)	40
10 Jun	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	400,000	USA Craig Stadler (n/a)	30
17 Jun	Wang Four Stars	England	225,000	AUS Rodger Davis (5)	16	Pro-Am
17 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$1,200,000	USA Hale Irwin (n/a)	100	Major championship
24 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Ireland	350,000	ESP José María Olazábal (8)	40
1 Jul	Peugeot Open de France	France	350,000	IRL Philip Walton (1)	36
7 Jul	Torras Monte Carlo Open	France	350,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (14)	34
14 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	400,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (15)	56
22 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	500,000	ENG Nick Faldo (21)	100	Major championship
29 Jul	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	350,000	SCO Stephen McAllister (2)	32
5 Aug	PLM Open	Sweden	350,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (4)	22
12 Aug	Murphy's Cup	England	250,000	ZWE Tony Johnstone (2)	16
12 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$1,350,000	AUS Wayne Grady (2)	100	Major championship
19 Aug	NM English Open	England	400,000	ENG Mark James (14)	34
26 Aug	Volvo German Open	West Germany	450,000	ZWE Mark McNulty (10)	26
2 Sep	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	450,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (5)	34
9 Sep	Panasonic European Open	England	400,000	AUS Peter Senior (3)	48
16 Sep	Trophée Lancôme	France	425,000	ESP José María Olazábal (9)	50	Limited-field event
23 Sep	BMW International Open	West Germany	400,000	USA Paul Azinger (n/a)	44
30 Sep	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	Wales	400,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (16)	46	Limited-field event
7 Oct	Mercedes German Masters	Germany	450,000	SCO Sam Torrance (13)	46
14 Oct	Austrian Open	Austria	250,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (23)	16	New tournament
21 Oct	Portuguese Open TPC	Portugal	275,000	ENG Michael McLean (1)	20
28 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	450,000	AUS Mike Harwood (4)	44	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
6 Jul	J. P. McManus Pro-Am	Ireland	n/a	ENG Roger Chapman	n/a	Pro-Am
16 Sep	Motorola Classic	England	60,000	ENG Paul Broadhurst	4
23 Sep	Suntory World Match Play Championship	England	350,000	WAL Ian Woosnam	48	Limited-field event
25 Sep	Equity & Law Challenge	England	120,000	SCO Brian Marchbank	n/a
30 Sep	UAP European Under-25 Championship	England	n/a	ENG Peter Baker	n/a
14 Oct	Dunhill Cup	Scotland	US$1,000,000	IRL Team Ireland	n/a	Team event
4 Nov	Benson & Hedges Trophy	Spain	200,000	ESP Tania Abitbol and
ESP José María Cañizares	n/a	Team event
4 Nov	Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship	Japan	US$1,150,000	AUS Team Australasia	n/a	Team event
24 Nov	World Cup	United States	US$1,100,000	GER Torsten Giedeon and
GER Bernhard Langer	n/a	Team event
World Cup Individual Trophy	USA Payne Stewart	n/a
16 Dec	Johnnie Walker Asian Classic	Hong Kong		ENG Nick Faldo	34	New tournament--

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.

Position	Player	Prize money (£)
1	WAL Ian Woosnam	574,166
2	ZIM Mark McNulty	507,541
3	ESP José María Olazábal	434,766
4	GER Bernhard Langer	320,450
5	NIR Ronan Rafferty	309,851
6	AUS Mike Harwood	280,084
7	SCO Sam Torrance	248,203
8	NIR David Feherty	237,830
9	AUS Rodger Davis	233,841
10	ENG Mark James	229,742

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	ENG Nick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	ENG Russell Claydon

Notes

References

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(6 February 1990). "Sport in brief {{!}} Catalán off". The Times.
(27 February 1990). "La Moye pensioned off". The Times.
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(4 November 1990). "1990 European Tour". The Observer.
Platts, Mitchell. (29 October 1990). "Order restored for Woosnam". The Times.
Moseley, Ron. (21 December 1990). "Faldo retains Ritz trophy". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
(6 November 1990). "Claydon secures top rookie award". The Daily Telegraph.

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