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1994 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1994
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	38
most_wins	SCO Colin Montgomerie (3)
ESP José María Olazábal (3)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	SCO Colin Montgomerie
honor2	Golfer of the Year
honoree2	ZAF Ernie Els
honor3	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree3	ENG Jonathan Lomas
prevseason	1993
nextseason	1995

ESP José María Olazábal (3) 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.

Changes for 1994

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

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. 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. The Madrid Open, originally scheduled for 20–23 October, was cancelled with the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open taking the dates. In addition, the Kronenbourg Open was not held.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	OWGR
points	Notes
16 Jan	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	250,000	SWE Mats Lanner (2)	20
23 Jan	Moroccan Open	Morocco	350,000	SWE Anders Forsbrand (5)	20
30 Jan	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$700,000	ZAF Ernie Els (1)	46
6 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	600,000	AUS Greg Norman (14)	54
13 Feb	Turespaña Open De Tenerife	Spain	250,000	ENG David Gilford (5)	20
20 Feb	Extremadura Open	Spain	250,000	ENG Paul Eales (1)	20	New tournament
27 Feb	Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía	Spain	300,000	ENG Carl Mason (1)	24
6 Mar	Turespaña Open Mediterrania	Spain	300,000	ESP José María Olazábal (14)	26
13 Mar	Turespaña Open de Baleares	Spain	250,000	ENG Barry Lane (4)	20
20 Mar	Portuguese Open	Portugal	300,000	WAL Phillip Price (1)	22
27 Mar	Kronenbourg Open	Italy	–	Cancelled	–
4 Apr	Open V33 Grand Lyon	France	225,000	TTO Stephen Ames (1)	20
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$2,000,000	ESP José María Olazábal (15)	100	Major championship
17 Apr	Roma Masters	Italy	–	Cancelled	–
24 Apr	Heineken Open Catalonia	Spain	300,000	ARG José Cóceres (1)	20
1 May	Air France Cannes Open	France	300,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (23)	38
8 May	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	650,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (48)	48
15 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	500,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (5)	42
22 May	Tisettanta Italian Open	Italy	450,000	ARG Eduardo Romero (5)	28
30 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	800,000	ESP José María Olazábal (16)	64	Flagship event
5 Jun	Alfred Dunhill Open	Belgium	600,000	ENG Nick Faldo (29)	46
12 Jun	Honda Open	Germany	500,000	AUS Robert Allenby (1)	38
19 Jun	Jersey European Airways Open	Jersey	350,000	ENG Paul Curry (1)	20
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$1,700,000	ZAF Ernie Els (2)	100	Major championship
26 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	550,000	ENG Mark Roe (3)	36
3 Jul	Murphy's Irish Open	Ireland	600,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (31)	48
9 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	600,000	ENG Carl Mason (2)	44
17 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	1,000,000	ZWE Nick Price (4)	100	Major championship
24 Jul	Heineken Dutch Open	Netherlands	650,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)	44
31 Jul	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	650,000	FJI Vijay Singh (5)	40
7 Aug	BMW International Open	Germany	525,000	ZWE Mark McNulty (12)	36
14 Aug	Hohe Brücke Open	Austria	250,000	ENG Mark Davis (2)	20
14 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$1,750,000	ZWE Nick Price (5)	100	Major championship
21 Aug	Murphy's English Open	England	600,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (6)	38
28 Aug	Volvo German Open	Germany	650,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (7)	38
4 Sep	Canon European Masters	Switzerland	675,000	ARG Eduardo Romero (6)	44
11 Sep	European Open	England	600,000	ENG David Gilford (6)	44
18 Sep	Dunhill British Masters	England	650,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (24)	50
25 Sep	Trophée Lancôme	France	600,000	FJI Vijay Singh (6)	50	Limited-field event
3 Oct	Mercedes German Masters	Germany	625,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (49)	48
23 Oct	Madrid Open	Spain	–	Cancelled	–
23 Oct	Chemapol Trophy Czech Open	Czech Republic	500,000	SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson (2)	36	New to European Tour
30 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	750,000	DEU Bernhard Langer (32)	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	ENG Peter Baker and
ENG David J. Russell	n/a	New tournament
Team event
9 Oct	Dunhill Cup	Scotland	US$1,500,000	CAN Team Canada	n/a	Team event
16 Oct	Toyota World Match Play Championship	England	600,000	ZAF Ernie Els	46	Limited-field event
6 Nov	Sarazen World Open	United States	US$1,900,000	ZAF Ernie Els	36	New tournament
13 Nov	World Cup of Golf	Puerto Rico	US$1,200,000	USA Fred Couples and
USA Davis Love III	n/a	Team event
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy	USA Fred Couples	n/a
18 Dec	Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship	Jamaica	US$2,500,000	ZAF Ernie Els	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.

Position	Player	Prize money (£)
1	SCO Colin Montgomerie	762,719
2	GER Bernhard Langer	635,483
3	ESP Seve Ballesteros	590,101
4	ESP José María Olazábal	516,107
5	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez	437,403
6	FIJ Vijay Singh	364,313
7	ENG David Gilford	326,629
8	ENG Nick Faldo	321,256
9	ENG Mark Roe	312,539
10	ZAF Ernie Els	311,849

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	ZAF Ernie Els
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	ENG Jonathan Lomas

Notes

References

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(21 June 1994). "Sport in brief {{!}} Golf". The Guardian.
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Hopkins, John. (31 October 1994). "Ballesteros denied home rule". The Times.
(22 December 1994). "Els walks off with new prize". Reading Evening Post.
(16 November 1994). "Lomas joins the golfing greats with rookie win". The Birmingham Post.

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