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1993 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1993
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	38
most_wins	GER Bernhard Langer (3)
SCO Sam Torrance (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	SCO Colin Montgomerie
honor2	Golfer of the Year
honoree2	GER Bernhard Langer
honor3	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree3	SCO Gary Orr
prevseason	1992
nextseason	1994

SCO Sam Torrance (3) The 1993 European Tour, titled as the 1993 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

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

Changes for 1993

The season was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and five non-counting "Approved Special Events".

There were few changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Madeira Island Open and a ProServ tournament in Bologna replacing the Volvo Open di Firenze. A new tournament was planned for South Africa but was not finalised.

The cancellation of the Monte Carlo Open in February prompted rescheduling of the Carroll's Irish Open to ensure there was no gap in the schedule prior to The Open Championship. The Honda Open, originally scheduled opposite the Dunhill Cup, was later moved to the fill the dates vacated by the Carroll's Irish Open. In early March, the Kronenbourg Open was added to replace the cancelled ProServ tournament.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1993 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	OWGR
points	Notes
17 Jan	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	250,000	ENG Mark James (15)	20	New tournament
31 Jan	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$500,000	ZAF Wayne Westner (1)	40
7 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Singapore	550,000	ENG Nick Faldo (27)	52
14 Feb	Turespaña Iberia Open de Canarias	Spain	350,000	ENG Mark James (16)	26
21 Feb	Moroccan Open	Morocco	375,000	ENG David Gilford (3)	30
28 Feb	Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía	Spain	350,000	SCO Andrew Oldcorn (1)	38
7 Mar	Turespaña Open Mediterrania	Spain	400,000	NZL Frank Nobilo (3)	40
14 Mar	Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares	Spain	300,000	ENG Jim Payne (1)	32
21 Mar	Portuguese Open	Portugal	250,000	ENG David Gilford (4)	22
28 Mar	ProServ Tournament	Italy	–	Cancelled	–	New tournament
28 Mar	Kronenbourg Open	Italy	200,000	SCO Sam Torrance (15)	20	New tournament
4 Apr	Open de Lyon	France	250,000	ITA Costantino Rocca (1)	22
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$1,700,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (28)	100	Major championship
18 Apr	Roma Masters	Italy	300,000	FRA Jean van de Velde (1)	20
25 Apr	Heineken Open	Spain	300,000	SCO Sam Torrance (16)	28
2 May	Air France Cannes Open	France	400,000	AUS Rodger Davis (7)	34
9 May	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	550,000	ENG Paul Broadhurst (3)	46
16 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	500,000	SWE Joakim Haeggman (1)	46
23 May	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Italy	450,000	NZL Greg Turner (2)	36
31 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	700,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (29)	64	Flagship event
6 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	600,000	ENG Peter Baker (2)	48
13 Jun	Honda Open	Germany	500,000	SCO Sam Torrance (17)	38
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$1,600,000	USA Lee Janzen (n/a)	100	Major championship
20 Jun	Jersey European Airways Open	Jersey	300,000	ZAF Ian Palmer (2)	20
27 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	500,000	ITA Costantino Rocca (2)	38
3 Jul	Monte Carlo Open	France	–	Cancelled	–
4 Jul	Carroll's Irish Open	Ireland	575,000	ENG Nick Faldo (28)	50
10 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	600,000	SWE Jesper Parnevik (1)	42
18 Jul	The Open Championship	England	1,000,000	AUS Greg Norman (13)	100	Major championship
25 Jul	Heineken Dutch Open	Netherlands	650,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (3)	46
1 Aug	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	650,000	ENG Peter Baker (3)	46
8 Aug	BMW International Open	Germany	500,000	AUS Peter Fowler (1)	38
15 Aug	Hohe Brücke Austrian Open	Austria	250,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (7)	20
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$1,700,000	USA Paul Azinger (n/a)	100	Major championship
22 Aug	Murphy's English Open	England	600,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (21)	38
29 Aug	Volvo German Open	Germany	650,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (30)	42
5 Sep	Canon European Masters	Switzerland	625,000	ENG Barry Lane (3)	42
12 Sep	GA European Open	England	600,000	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr (8)	50
19 Sep	Trophée Lancôme	France	550,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (22)	50	Limited-field event
3 Oct	Mercedes German Masters	Germany	600,000	ENG Steven Richardson (3)	48
10 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Open	Belgium	600,000	NIR Darren Clarke (1)	52
31 Oct	Madrid Open	Spain	400,000	IRL Des Smyth (7)	28
7 Nov	Volvo Masters	Spain	750,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (4)	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
26 Sep	Ryder Cup	England	n/a	USA Team USA	n/a	Team event
17 Oct	Dunhill Cup	Scotland	US$1,500,000	USA Team USA	n/a	Team event
24 Oct	Toyota World Match Play Championship	England	600,000	USA Corey Pavin	46	Limited-field event
14 Nov	World Cup of Golf	United States	US$1,200,000	USA Fred Couples and
USA Davis Love III	n/a	Team event
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy	DEU Bernhard Langer	n/a
19 Dec	Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship	Jamaica	US$2,500,000	USA Larry Mize	58	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.

Position	Player	Prize money (£)
1	SCO Colin Montgomerie	613,683
2	ENG Nick Faldo	558,738
3	WAL Ian Woosnam	501,353
4	GER Bernhard Langer	469,570
5	SCO Sam Torrance	421,328
6	ITA Costantino Rocca	403,866
7	ENG Peter Baker	387,989
8	NIR Darren Clarke	369,675
9	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr	367,589
10	ENG Barry Lane	339,218

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	GER Bernhard Langer
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	SCO Gary Orr

Notes

References

White, Graeme. (26 May 1987). "Volvo boost for Euro golf". Black Country Evening Mail.
Platts, Mitchell. (23 September 1992). "Increased prestige of tour illustrated by £1 million Open". The Times.
Webb, Mel. (13 January 1993). "Ryder Cup returns to fuel fires of ambition". The Times.
(5 September 1992). "Sport in brief {{!}} Golf". The Guardian.
Henderson, David. (11 February 1993). "Olazabal loses on the swings". The Guardian.
Henderson, David. (5 March 1993). "Payne steps into the limelight". The Guardian.
(4 March 1993). "Kronenbourg replaces Bologna". Dayton Daily News.
"1993 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
Davies, David. (8 November 1993). "Montgomerie takes top spot". The Guardian.
Hopkins, John. (8 November 1993). "Montgomerie takes pressure in stride". The Times.
Laidlaw, Renton. (7 December 1993). "Masters champion Langer has Open in his sight". Evening Standard.
(11 November 1993). "Rookie of the Year". Huddersfield Daily Examiner.

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