1990 European Tour
{{Short description|Golf tour season}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 1990
| tour = European Tour
| regular_season = {{Start date|1990|2|15|df=y}} – {{end date|1990|10|28|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 37{{efn|A further two tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.}}
| most_wins = {{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam (4)
| honor1 = Order of Merit
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam
| honor2 = Golfer of the Year
| honoree2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo
| honor3 = Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
| honoree3 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Russell Claydon
| honor4 =
| honoree4 =
| prevseason = 1989
| nextseason = 1991
}}
The 1990 European Tour, titled as the 1990 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
It was the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/808502767/ |title=Volvo boost for Euro golf |newspaper=Black Country Evening Mail |first=Graeme |last=White |location=West Bromwich, United Kingdom |page=33 |date=26 May 1987 |access-date=19 October 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}
Changes for 1990
The season was made up of 37 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and seven non-counting "Approved Special Events".{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19891221/372/0020 |title=Euro golf dates |newspaper=Aberdeen Evening Express |location=Aberdeen, United Kingdom |date=21 December 1989 |page=21 |via=British Newspaper Archive |access-date=27 April 2020}}
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Atlantic Open, the Amex Med Open and the Austrian Open; and the promotion of the Murphy's Cup to full Order of Merit status.
Before the official schedule was announced the Tenerife Open was dropped,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260267330/ |title=European Tour prize money climbs to £16 million |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |date=22 December 1989 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=27 April 2020}} but later returned in place of the cancelled Catalan Open.{{cite news |title=Sport in brief {{!}} Catalán off |newspaper=The Times |date=6 February 1990 |page=40 |via=The Times Digital Archive |access-date=25 April 2020 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503246651/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=af514141}} In late February the Jersey Open was cancelled and replaced by a new tournament in Spain, the El Bosque Open.{{cite news |title=La Moye pensioned off |newspaper=The Times |date=27 February 1990 |page=36 |via=The Times Digital Archive |access-date=25 April 2020 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500283021/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=1f2ed585}}
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1990 season.{{cite web |title=1990 Tournament schedule |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/schedule/1990/ |publisher=European Tour |access-date=20 October 2023}}
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!Date !Tournament !Host country !Purse !Winner{{efn|name=totals|The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.}} !OWGR !Notes |
| 18 Feb
|Portugal |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen McAllister (1) |align=center|16 |New tournament |
| 25 Feb
|Emirates Airlines Desert Classic |UAE |align=right|US$450,000 |{{flagicon|IRL}} Eamonn Darcy (4) |align=center|40 | |
| 4 Mar
|Spain |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam (13) |align=center|30 |New tournament |
| 11 Mar
|Spain |align=right|275,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Seve Ballesteros (43) |align=center|30 | |
|Spain |align=center|– |Cancelled |align=center|– | |
| 18 Mar
|Spain |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Vicente Fernández (3) |align=center|18 | |
| 25 Mar
|Italy |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Romero (2) |align=center|16 | |
| 1 Apr
|France |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Ogle (1) |align=center|16 | |
|Jersey |align=center|– |Cancelled |align=center|– | |
| 8 Apr
|Spain |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|FJI}} Vijay Singh (2) |align=center|16 |New tournament |
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|8 Apr |United States |align=right|US$1,250,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo (20) |align=center|100 |Major championship{{efn|name=unofficial|Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.}} |
| 16 Apr
|France |align=right|300,000 |{{flagicon|ZWE}} Mark McNulty (9) |align=center|28 | |
| 22 Apr
|Spain |align=right|275,000 |{{flagicon|FRG}} Bernhard Langer (22) |align=center|40 | |
| 29 Apr
|Spain |align=right|300,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Rodger Davis (4) |align=center|44 | |
| 7 May
|Benson & Hedges International Open |England |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal (7) |align=center|48 | |
| 13 May
|Belgium |align=right|250,000 |{{flagicon|SWE}} Ove Sellberg (3) |align=center|26 | |
| 20 May
|Italy |align=right|300,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Boxall (1) |align=center|36 | |
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|28 May |England |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Harwood (3) |align=center|64 |Flagship event{{efn|Official World Golf Ranking "flagship" event status was granted to the European Tour for the first time in 1990, with the Volvo PGA Championship designated as the tour's flagship event.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/about?tabID={30A8C9C7-0A88-4D29-AF92-E44EF02BB899} |title=How the ranking evolved |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |accessdate=26 April 2020}}}} |
| 3 Jun
|England |align=right|300,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James (13) |align=center|40 | |
| 10 Jun
|Sweden |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Craig Stadler (n/a) |align=center|30 | |
| 17 Jun
|England |align=right|225,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Rodger Davis (5) |align=center|16 |Pro-Am |
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|17 Jun |United States |align=right|US$1,200,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin (n/a) |align=center|100 |Major championship{{efn|name=unofficial}} |
| 24 Jun
|Ireland |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal (8) |align=center|40 | |
| 1 Jul
|France |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|IRL}} Philip Walton (1) |align=center|36 | |
| 7 Jul
|France |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam (14) |align=center|34 | |
| 14 Jul
|Scotland |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam (15) |align=center|56 | |
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|22 Jul |Scotland |align=right|500,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Nick Faldo (21) |align=center|100 |
| 29 Jul
|Netherlands |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen McAllister (2) |align=center|32 | |
| 5 Aug
|Sweden |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Ronan Rafferty (4) |align=center|22 | |
| 12 Aug
|England |align=right|250,000 |{{flagicon|ZWE}} Tony Johnstone (2) |align=center|16 | |
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|12 Aug |United States |align=right|US$1,350,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Grady (2) |align=center|100 |Major championship{{efn|name=unofficial}} |
| 19 Aug
|England |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James (14) |align=center|34 | |
| 26 Aug
|West Germany |align=right|450,000 |{{flagicon|ZWE}} Mark McNulty (10) |align=center|26 | |
| 2 Sep
|Ebel European Masters Swiss Open |Switzerland |align=right|450,000 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Ronan Rafferty (5) |align=center|34 | |
| 9 Sep
|England |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Senior (3) |align=center|48 | |
| 16 Sep
|France |align=right|425,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal (9) |align=center|50 |Limited-field event |
| 23 Sep
|West Germany |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Azinger (n/a) |align=center|44 | |
| 30 Sep
|Wales |align=right|400,000 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam (16) |align=center|46 |Limited-field event |
| 7 Oct
|Germany |align=right|450,000 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Sam Torrance (13) |align=center|46 | |
| 14 Oct
|Austria |align=right|250,000 |{{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer (23) |align=center|16 |New tournament |
| 21 Oct
|Portugal |align=right|275,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael McLean (1) |align=center|20 | |
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|28 Oct |Spain |align=right|450,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Harwood (4) |align=center|44 |Tour Championship |
=Unofficial events=
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
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!Date !Tournament !Host country !Purse !Winner(s) !OWGR !Notes |
| 6 Jul
|Ireland |align=center|n/a |{{flagicon|ENG}} Roger Chapman |align=center|n/a |Pro-Am |
| 16 Sep
|England |align=right|60,000 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Broadhurst |align=center|4 | |
| 23 Sep
|Suntory World Match Play Championship |England |align=right|350,000 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam |align=center|48 |Limited-field event |
| 25 Sep
|England |align=right|120,000 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Brian Marchbank |align=center|n/a | |
| 30 Sep
|UAP European Under-25 Championship |England |align=center|n/a |{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Baker |align=center|n/a | |
| 14 Oct
|Scotland |align=right|US$1,000,000 |{{flagdeco|IRL}} Team Ireland |align=center|n/a |Team event |
| 4 Nov
|Spain |align=right|200,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Tania Abitbol and |align=center|n/a |Team event |
| 4 Nov
|Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship |Japan |align=right|US$1,150,000 |{{flagdeco|AUS}} Team Australasia |align=center|n/a |Team event |
| rowspan=2|24 Nov
|rowspan=2|United States |rowspan=2 align=right|US$1,100,000 |{{flagicon|GER}} Torsten Giedeon and |align=center|n/a |Team event |
| World Cup Individual Trophy
|{{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewart |align=center|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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/258052368/ |title=1990 European Tour |newspaper=The Observer |location=London, United Kingdom |date=4 November 1990 |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=27 April 2020 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |last=Platts |first=Mitchell |title=Order restored for Woosnam |newspaper=The Times |date=29 October 1990 |page=32 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500327455/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=38061d54 |access-date=27 April 2020}}
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!Position !! Player !! Prize money (£) | ||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Ian Woosnam | align=center|574,166 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|ZIM}} Mark McNulty | align=center|507,541 |
| align=center|3 | {{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal | align=center|434,766 |
| align=center|4 | {{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langer | align=center|320,450 |
| align=center|5 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Ronan Rafferty | align=center|309,851 |
| align=center|6 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Harwood | align=center|280,084 |
| align=center|7 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Sam Torrance | align=center|248,203 |
| align=center|8 | {{flagicon|NIR}} David Feherty | align=center|237,830 |
| align=center|9 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Rodger Davis | align=center|233,841 |
| align=center|10 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark James | align=center|229,742 |
Awards
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official site|https://www.europeantour.com/}}
{{European Tour Seasons}}