Английская Википедия:1997 European Tour
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox golf season The 1997 European Tour, titled as the 1997 PGA European Tour,[1] was the 26th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 1997
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Players Championship, and the loss of the Catalan Open, the Austrian Open and the Scottish Open, which was effectively superseded by the Loch Lomond World Invitational.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[2][3]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep | Ryder Cup | Spain | n/a | Шаблон:Flagdeco Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 12 Oct | Toyota World Match Play Championship | England | 650,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Vijay Singh | 42 | Limited-field event |
| 12 Oct | Open Novotel Perrier | France | n/a | Шаблон:Flagicon Anders Forsbrand and Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Jonzon |
n/a | Team event |
| 19 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | 1,000,000 | Шаблон:Flagdeco Team South Africa | n/a | Team event |
| 9 Nov | Subaru Sarazen World Open | United States | US$2,000,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia | 40 | |
| 23 Nov | World Cup of Golf | United States | US$1,300,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington and Шаблон:Flagicon Paul McGinley |
n/a | Team event |
| World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy | US$200,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie | n/a | |||
| 4 Jan | Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf | United States | US$3,650,000 | Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie | 58 | 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.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie | 798,947 |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bernhard Langer | 692,398 |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Lee Westwood | 588,718 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Darren Clarke | 537,409 |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Ian Woosnam | 503,562 |
| 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Ignacio Garrido | 411,479 |
| 7 | Шаблон:Flagicon Retief Goosen | 394,597 |
| 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington | 388,982 |
| 9 | Шаблон:Flagicon José María Olazábal | 385,648 |
| 10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Robert Karlsson | 364,542 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Шаблон:Abbr |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Шаблон:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie | [6] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Henderson | [7] |
See also
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