1997 European Tour
The 1997 European Tour was the 26th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]
The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1997 European Tour schedule which was made up of 35 regular tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the South African Open, which replaced the FNB Players Championship, and the loss of the Catalan Open, the Austrian Open and the Scottish Open, which was effectively superseded by the Loch Lomond World Invitational.
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.
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 | Colin Montgomerie |  Scotland | 1,118,527 |
| 2 | Bernhard Langer |  Germany | 969,358 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood |  England | 824,205 |
| 4 | Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland | 752,373 |
| 5 | Ian Woosnam |  Wales | 704,988 |
| 6 | Ignacio Garrido |  Spain | 576,072 |
| 7 | Retief Goosen |  South Africa | 552,437 |
| 8 | Pádraig Harrington |  Ireland | 544,575 |
| 9 | José María Olazábal | Spain | 539,908 |
| 10 | Robert Karlsson |  Sweden | 510,359 |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
External links
- 1997 season results on the PGA European Tour website
- 1997 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website