1992 European Tour

The 1992 European Tour was the 21st official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]

The Order of Merit was won by England's Nick Faldo.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1992 European Tour schedule which was made up of 38 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the return of the Dubai Desert Classic and the Tenerife Open, the addition of the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic, the Turespana Masters, the Roma Masters, the Lyon Open V33 and the Honda Open, and the loss of the Girona Open, the Murphy's Cup, the European Pro-Celebrity and the Epson Grand Prix of Europe.

The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the European Tour.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
30 Jan2 Feb Johnnie Walker Asian Classic Thailand South Africa Ian Palmer (1) New Tournament
69 Feb Dubai Desert Classic United Arab Emirates Spain Seve Ballesteros (46)
1316 Feb Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia Spain Fiji Vijay Singh (3) New Tournament
2023 Feb Turespana Open de Tenerife Spain Spain José María Olazábal (12)
27 Feb1 Mar Open Mediterrania Spain Spain José María Olazábal (13)
58 Mar Turespana Open de Baleares Spain Spain Seve Ballesteros (47)
1114 Mar Catalan Open Spain Spain José Rivero (4)
1922 Mar Portuguese Open Portugal Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty (6)
2629 Mar Volvo Open di Firenze Italy Sweden Anders Forsbrand (3)
25 Apr Roma Masters Italy Spain José Maria Cañizares (5) New Tournament
912 Apr Masters Tournament United States United States Fred Couples (n/a) Unofficial money
912 Apr Jersey European Airways Open Jersey Portugal Daniel Silva (1)
1619 Apr Moroccan Open Morocco England David Gilford (2)
2326 Apr Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open France Sweden Anders Forsbrand (4)
30 Apr3 May Lancia Martini Italian Open Italy Scotland Sandy Lyle (17)
710 May Benson and Hedges International Open England Australia Peter Senior (4)
1417 May Peugeot Spanish Open Spain England Andrew Sherborne (2)
2225 May Volvo PGA Championship England Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone (4)
2831 May Dunhill British Masters England Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (4)
47 Jun Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland England Nick Faldo (23)
1114 Jun Mitsubishi Austrian Open Austria England Peter Mitchell (1)
1821 Jun U.S. Open United States United States Tom Kite (n/a) Unofficial money
1821 Jun Lyon Open V33 France England David J Russell (2) New Tournament
2528 Jun Peugeot Open de France France Spain Miguel Ángel Martín (1)
1013 July Bell's Scottish Open Scotland Australia Peter O'Malley (1)
1619 Jul The Open Championship Scotland England Nick Faldo (24)
2326 Jul Heineken Dutch Open Netherlands Germany Bernhard Langer (26)
30 Jul2 Aug Scandinavian Masters Sweden England Nick Faldo (25)
69 Aug BMW International Open Germany United States Paul Azinger (n/a)
1316 Aug U.S. PGA Championship United States Zimbabwe Nick Price (3) Unofficial money
2023 Aug Volvo German Open Germany Fiji Vijay Singh (4)
2831 Aug Murphy's English Open England Argentina Vicente Fernández (4)
36 Sept Canon European Masters Switzerland England Jamie Spence (1)
1013 Sept GA European Open England England Nick Faldo (26)
1720 Sept Lancome Trophy France England Mark Roe (2)
2427 Sept Piaget Belgian Open Belgium Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1)
14 Oct Mercedes German Masters Germany England Barry Lane (2)
811 Oct Honda Open Germany Germany Bernhard Langer (27) New Tournament
811 Oct Toyota World Match Play Championship England England Nick Faldo (n/a) Unofficial money
2225 Oct Iberia Madrid Open Spain Northern Ireland David Feherty (5)
29 Oct1 Nov Volvo Masters Spain Scotland Sandy Lyle (18)

Order of Merit

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Volvo Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling[1] but is now converted to Euro.

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1 Nick Faldo  England 991,931
2 Bernhard Langer  Germany 684,478
3 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 622,598
4 Anders Forsbrand  Sweden 584,460
5 Barry Lane  England 551,952
6 José María Olazábal  Spain 539,877
7 Tony Johnstone  Zimbabwe 477,284
8 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 466,398
9 Vijay Singh  Fiji 411,231
10 Jamie Spence  England 403,139

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

External links

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