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1989 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1989
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	33
most_wins	ENG Nick Faldo (4)
honor1	Order of Merit
honoree1	NIR Ronan Rafferty
honor2	Golfer of the Year
honoree2	ENG Nick Faldo
honor3	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree3	ENG Paul Broadhurst
prevseason	[1988](1988-european-tour)
nextseason	[1990](1990-european-tour)

The 1989 European Tour, titled as the 1989 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

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

Changes for 1989

The season was made up of 33 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and ten non-counting "Approved Special Events".

There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Tenerife Open, the Dubai Desert Classic, the Volvo Open Championship, the Murphy's Cup (an approved special event), the BMW International Open and the Catalan Open, which replaced the cancelled Barcelona Open. A renewal of the Europcar Cup, a team event which debuted in 1988, was planned but was ultimately cancelled.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	OWGR
points	Notes
26 Feb	Tenerife Open	Spain	200,000	ESP José María Olazábal (5)	18	New tournament
5 Mar	Karl Litten Desert Classic	UAE	US$450,000	ENG Mark James (10)	18	New tournament
13 Mar	Open Renault de Baleares	Spain	225,000	SWE Ove Sellberg (2)	26
19 Mar	Barcelona Open	Spain	–	Cancelled	–
19 Mar	Massimo Dutti Catalan Open	Spain	200,000	ENG Mark Roe (1)	18	New tournament
27 Mar	AGF Open	France	150,000	ENG Mark James (11)	16
2 Apr	Volvo Open Championship	Italy	200,000	FJI Vijay Singh (1)	16	New tournament
9 Apr	Jersey European Airways Open	Jersey	150,000	IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)	16
9 Apr	[Masters Tournament](1989-masters-tournament)	United States	US$1,000,000	ENG Nick Faldo (16)	100	Major championship
16 Apr	Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open	France	200,000	ENG Paul Broadhurst (1)	14
23 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	225,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (40)	26
30 Apr	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	250,000	FRG Bernhard Langer (20)	40
7 May	Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship	Wales	300,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (41)	40	Limited-field event
14 May	Volvo Belgian Open	Belgium	200,000	ENG Gordon J. Brand (1)	18
21 May	Lancia Italian Open	Italy	225,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (1)	36
30 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	350,000	ENG Nick Faldo (17)	64
4 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	300,000	ENG Nick Faldo (18)	42
11 Jun	Wang Four Stars	England	200,000	AUS Craig Parry (1)	18	Pro-Am
18 Jun	NM English Open	England	250,000	ENG Mark James (12)	16
18 Jun	[U.S. Open](1989-u-s-open-golf)	United States	US$1,000,000	USA Curtis Strange (n/a)	100	Major championship
25 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Ireland	250,000	WAL Ian Woosnam (12)	38
2 Jul	Peugeot Open de France	France	325,000	ENG Nick Faldo (19)	46
8 Jul	Torras Monte Carlo Open	France	300,000	ZWE Mark McNulty (8)	24
15 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	300,000	USA Michael Allen (1)	46
23 Jul	[The Open Championship](1989-open-championship)	Scotland	725,000	USA Mark Calcavecchia (n/a)	100	Major championship
30 Jul	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	275,000	ESP José María Olazábal (6)	40
6 Aug	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	325,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (2)	32
13 Aug	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	300,000	SCO Gordon Brand Jnr (7)	34
13 Aug	[PGA Championship](1989-pga-championship)	United States	US$1,200,000	USA Payne Stewart (n/a)	100	Major championship
20 Aug	PLM Open	Sweden	300,000	AUS Mike Harwood (2)	24
27 Aug	German Open	West Germany	325,000	AUS Craig Parry (2)	38
3 Sep	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	425,000	ESP Seve Ballesteros (42)	40
10 Sep	Panasonic European Open	England	350,000	ENG Andrew Murray (1)	64
17 Sep	Trophée Lancôme	France	400,000	ARG Eduardo Romero (1)	64	Limited-field event
8 Oct	German Masters	West Germany	325,000	FRG Bernhard Langer (21)	48
15 Oct	BMW International Open	West Germany	275,000	NIR David Feherty (3)	22	New tournament
22 Oct	Portuguese Open TPC	Portugal	275,000	SCO Colin Montgomerie (1)	18
29 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	400,000	NIR Ronan Rafferty (3)	40	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
19 Aug	Murphy's Cup	Wales	160,000	ZAF Hugh Baiocchi	n/a	New tournament
24 Sep	[Ryder Cup](1989-ryder-cup)	England	n/a	Tie (EUR Team Europe retain)	n/a	Team event
26 Sep	Equity & Law Challenge	England	135,000	AUS Brett Ogle	n/a
30 Sep	Motorola Classic	England	60,000	WAL David Llewellyn	4
1 Oct	[Dunhill Cup](1989-dunhill-cup)	Scotland	US$1,200,000	USA Team USA	n/a	Team event
1 Oct	UAP European Under-25 Championship	France	n/a	NIR Stephen Hamill	n/a
15 Oct	Suntory World Match Play Championship	England	325,000	ENG Nick Faldo	36	Limited-field event
5 Nov	Europcar Cup	France	–	Cancelled	–	Team event
5 Nov	Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship	Japan	US$1,030,000	USA Team USA	n/a	Team event
12 Nov	Benson & Hedges Trophy	Spain	200,000	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez and
ESP Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz	n/a	Team event
19 Nov	[World Cup](1989-world-cup-men-s-golf)	Spain	US$1,000,000	AUS Peter Fowler and
AUS Wayne Grady	n/a	Team event
[World Cup Individual Trophy](1989-world-cup-men-s-golf)	AUS Peter Fowler	n/a

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	NIR Ronan Rafferty	400,311
2	ESP José María Olazábal	336,239
3	AUS Craig Parry	277,322
4	ENG Nick Faldo	261,553
5	ENG Mark James	245,917
6	WAL Ian Woosnam	210,101
7	FRG Bernhard Langer	205,195
8	ESP Seve Ballesteros	202,763
9	ZIM Mark McNulty	179,694
10	NIR David Feherty	178,167

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	ENG Nick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	ENG Paul Broadhurst

Notes

References

White, Graeme. (26 May 1987). "Volvo boost for Euro golf". Black Country Evening Mail.
(18 October 1988). "Rich pickings on the European Tour". Aberdeen Press and Journal.
(1 February 1989). "Sport in short {{!}} Fixtures {{!}} Golf". Sandwell Evening Mail.
"1989 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
Williams, Michael. (30 October 1989). "Rafferty hits heights to overshadow Faldo". The Daily Telegraph.
Laidlaw, Renton. (19 December 1989). "Now Faldo is putting on the Ritz". Evening Standard.
(28 November 1989). "Broadhurst picked for Cotton award". The Daily Telegraph.

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