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][2]

1982 European Tour season
Duration15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) – 7 November 1982 (1982-11-07)
Number of official events27
Most wins2 – Seve Ballesteros, Gordon Brand Jnr, Bernard Gallacher, Greg Norman, Sam Torrance
Order of MeritGreg Norman
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearGordon Brand Jnr
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The Official Money List was won by Australia's Greg Norman.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1982 European Tour schedule which was made up of 27 tournaments counting for the Official Money List, and some non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Tunisian Open, the Car Care Plan International[2] and the Sanyo Open, the return of the Portuguese Open; and the Lancome Trophy became a counting event for the first time.[3]

Shortly after the start of the season, the Greater Manchester Open was cancelled.[4]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
8–11 Apr Masters Tournament United States Craig Stadler (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
15–18 Apr Tunisian Open Tunisia Antonio Garrido (4) New tournament
22–25 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain Seve Ballesteros (17)
29 Apr – 2 May Italian Open Italy Mark James (5)
6–9 May Paco Rabanne Open de France France Seve Ballesteros (18)
13–16 May Martini International England Bernard Gallacher (8)
20–23 May Car Care Plan International England Brian Waites (2) New tournament
28–31 May Sun Alliance PGA Championship England Tony Jacklin (8)
3–6 Jun Jersey Open Jersey Bernard Gallacher (9)
10–13 Jun Dunlop Masters England Greg Norman (7)
17–20 Jun U.S. Open United States Tom Watson (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
17–20 Jun Greater Manchester Open England Cancelled
24–27 Jun Coral Classic Wales Gordon Brand Jnr (1)
1–4 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden Bob Byman (4)
7–10 Jul State Express Classic England Greg Norman (8)
15–18 Jul The Open Championship England Tom Watson (n/a) Major championship
22–25 Jul Lawrence Batley International England Sandy Lyle (7)
27 Jul – 1 Aug Lufthansa German Open West Germany Bernhard Langer (4)
5–8 Aug PGA Championship United States Raymond Floyd (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
5–8 Aug KLM Dutch Open Netherlands Paul Way (1)
12–15 Aug Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland John O'Leary (2)
19–22 Aug Benson and Hedges International Open England Greg Norman (9)
26–29 Aug Ebel Swiss Open Switzerland Ian Woosnam (1)
2–5 Sep European Open England Manuel Piñero (7)
9–12 Sep Hennessy Cognac Cup England Great Britain and Ireland Approved special event; team event
Hennessy Cognac Cup Individual Mark James (n/a) Approved special event
16–19 Sep Haig Whisky TPC Scotland Nick Faldo (5)
23–26 Sep Bob Hope British Classic England Gordon Brand Jnr (2)
30 Sep – 3 Oct Benson and Hedges Spanish Open Spain Sam Torrance (4)
7–10 Oct Sanyo Open Spain Neil Coles (7) New tournament
14–17 Oct Suntory World Match Play England Seve Ballesteros (n/a) Approved special event
21–24 Oct Lancome Trophy France David Graham (n/a)
27–30 Oct Cacharel World Under-25 Championship France Ian Woosnam (n/a) Approved special event
4–7 Nov Portuguese Open Portugal Sam Torrance (5)
  1. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships since, although not official tour events at the time, they have been recognised as such retrospecively. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.

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.

PositionPlayerCountryPrize money (£)
1Greg Norman Australia66,406
2Sandy Lyle Scotland61,518
3Sam Torrance Scotland61,517
4Nick Faldo England56,884
5Manuel Piñero Spain54,211
6Bernhard Langer West Germany43,848
7Gordon Brand Jnr Scotland38,842
8Ian Woosnam Wales38,820
9Bernard Gallacher Scotland38,589
10Seve Ballesteros Spain38,437

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearGordon Brand Jnr Scotland

See also

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  2. Dobereiner, Peter (7 December 1981). "European prizes shooting up". The Guardian. London, England. p. 19. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tour tourney". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 15 March 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Hennessy, John (22 April 1982). "Tournament cancelled". The Times. London, England. p. 22. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
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