1982 European Tour

The 1982 European Tour was the 11th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and organised by the Professional Golfers' Association. It was the first year that the schedule included a tournament outside Europe, visiting North Africa for the Tunisian Open.[1]

The Order of Merit was won by Australia's Greg Norman.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1982 European Tour schedule which was made up of 27 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. The other tournaments were mostly held in England, Wales and Scotland. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Tunisian Open, the Car Care Plan International and the Sanyo Open, the return of the Portuguese Open, and the loss of the Greater Manchester Open.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
1518 Apr Tunisian Open Tunisia Spain Antonio Garrido New tournament
2225 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain Spain Seve Ballesteros
29 Apr2 May Italian Open Italy England Mark James
69 May Paco Rabanne Open de France France Spain Seve Ballesteros
1316 May Martini International England Scotland Bernard Gallacher
2023 May Car Care Plan International England England Brian Waites New tournament
2831 May Sun Alliance PGA Championship England England Tony Jacklin
36 Jun Jersey Open Jersey Scotland Bernard Gallacher
1013 Jun Dunlop Masters England Australia Greg Norman
2427 Jun Coral Classic Wales Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
14 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden United States Bob Byman
710 Jul State Express Classic England Australia Greg Norman
1518 Jul The Open Championship England United States Tom Watson
2225 Jul Lawrence Batley International England Scotland Sandy Lyle
27 Jul1 Aug Lufthansa German Open West Germany West Germany Bernhard Langer
58 Aug KLM Dutch Open Netherlands England Paul Way
1215 Aug Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland John O'Leary
1922 Aug Benson and Hedges International Open England Australia Greg Norman
2629 Aug Ebel Swiss Open Switzerland Wales Ian Woosnam
25 Sept European Open England Spain Manuel Piñero
1619 Sept Haig Whisky TPC Scotland England Nick Faldo
2326 Sept Bob Hope British Classic England Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
30 Sept3 Oct Benson and Hedges Spanish Open Spain Scotland Sam Torrance
710 Oct Sanyo Open Spain England Neil Coles New tournament
1417 Oct Suntory World Match Play England Spain Seve Ballesteros
2124 Oct Lancome Trophy France Australia David Graham
47 Nov Portuguese Open Portugal Scotland Sam Torrance

Official Money List

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Official Money List". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.

Position Player Country Prize money (£)
1 Greg Norman  Australia 66,406
2 Sandy Lyle  Scotland 61,518
3 Sam Torrance  Scotland 61,517
4 Nick Faldo  England 56,884
5 Manuel Piñero  Spain 54,211
6 Bernhard Langer  West Germany 43,848
7 Gordon Brand, Jnr  Scotland 38,842
8 Ian Woosnam  Wales 38,820
9 Bernard Gallacher  Scotland 38,589
10 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 38,437

See also

References

  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

External links

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