1983 European Tour

The 1983 European Tour was the 12th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and organised by the Professional Golfers' Association.

1983 European Tour season
Duration14 April 1983 (1983-04-14) – 6 November 1983 (1983-11-06)
Number of official events27
Most wins5 – Nick Faldo
Order of MeritNick Faldo
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearGrant Turner
← 1982
1984 →

The Order of Merit was won by England's Nick Faldo, who won five tournaments during the season.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1983 European Tour schedule which was made up of 27 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and some non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Timex Open and the Glasgow Golf Classic,[1] and the loss of the Welsh Golf Classic.[2] A new Welsh Open was scheduled, to replace the classic, but cancelled prior to the start of the season.[3]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
7–11 Apr Masters Tournament United States Seve Ballesteros (19) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
14–17 Apr Tunisian Open Tunisia Mark James (6)
21–24 Apr Cepsa Madrid Open Spain Sandy Lyle (8)
28 Apr – 1 May Italian Open Italy Bernhard Langer (5)
5–8 May Paco Rabanne Open de France France Nick Faldo (6)
12–15 May Martini International England Nick Faldo (7)
19–22 May Car Care Plan International England Nick Faldo (8)
27–30 May Sun Alliance PGA Championship England Seve Ballesteros (20)
2–5 Jun Silk Cut Masters Wales Ian Woosnam (2)
8–12 Jun Jersey Open Jersey Jeff Hall (1)
16–19 Jun U.S. Open United States Larry Nelson (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
16–19 Jun Timex Open France Manuel Ballesteros (1) New tournament
23–26 Jun Glasgow Golf Classic Scotland Bernhard Langer (6) New tournament
30 Jun – 3 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden Sam Torrance (6)
6–9 Jul State Express Classic England Hugh Baiocchi (6)
14–17 Jul The Open Championship England Tom Watson (n/a) Major championship
21–24 Jul Lawrence Batley International England Nick Faldo (9)
28–31 Jul Lufthansa German Open West Germany Corey Pavin (1)
4–7 Aug PGA Championship United States Hal Sutton (n/a) Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
4–7 Aug KLM Dutch Open Netherlands Ken Brown (2)
11–14 Aug Carroll's Irish Open Republic of Ireland Seve Ballesteros (21)
18–21 Aug Benson and Hedges International Open England John Bland (1)
25–28 Aug Welsh Open Wales Cancelled
1–4 Sep Panasonic European Open England Isao Aoki (1)
8–11 Sep Ebel European Masters Swiss Open Switzerland Nick Faldo (10)
15–18 Sep St. Mellion Timeshare TPC England Bernhard Langer (7)
22–25 Sep Bob Hope British Classic England José María Cañizares (5)
29 Sep – 2 Oct Lancome Trophy France Seve Ballesteros (22)
6–9 Oct Suntory World Match Play England Greg Norman (n/a) Approved special event
13–16 Oct Cacharel World Under-25 Championship France Michael McLean Approved special event
14–16 Oct Ryder Cup United States United States Approved special event; team event
20–23 Oct Benson and Hedges Spanish Open Spain Eamonn Darcy (2)
27–30 Oct Sanyo Open Spain Des Smyth (5)
3–6 Nov Portuguese Open Portugal Sam Torrance (7)
  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 (£)
1Nick Faldo England119,416
2Seve Ballesteros Spain99,502
3Bernhard Langer West Germany73,734
4José María Cañizares Spain68,345
5Sandy Lyle Scotland54,218
6Sam Torrance Scotland50,381
7Ken Brown Scotland44,350
8Eamonn Darcy Ireland43,299
9Ian Woosnam Wales43,000
10Brian Waites England42,826

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearGrant Turner England

See also

References
  1. "1983 "Euro" tour the richest ever". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 19 October 1982. p. 14. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Euro stake is £2.5m". The Guardian. London, England. 19 October 1982. p. 20. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Open is closed". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, Scotland. 5 February 1983. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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