From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1980 European Tour
1980 European Tour
Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
17–20 Apr Italian Open Italy Massimo Mannelli
24–27 Apr Madrid Open Spain Seve Ballesteros
1–4 May Benson and Hedges Spanish Open Spain Eddie Polland
8–11 May Paco Rabanne Open de France France Greg Norman
15–18 May Martini International England Seve Ballesteros
23–26 May Sun Alliance PGA Championship England Nick Faldo
29 May–1 Jun Avis Jersey Open Jersey José Maria
Cañizares
5–8 Jun Newcastle Brown "900" Open England Des Smyth New tourna-
ment
19–22 Jun Cold Shield Greater Manchester Open England Des Smyth
26–29 Jun Coral Welsh Classic Wales Sandy Lyle
3–6 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden Greg Norman
9–12 Jul Mazda Cars English Classic England Manuel Piñero
17–20 Jul The Open Championship Scotland Tom Watson
24–27 Jul Dutch Open Netherlands Seve Ballesteros
7–10 Aug Benson and Hedges International England Graham Marsh
Open
14–17 Aug Carroll’s Irish Open Republic of Ire- Mark James
land
21–24 Aug Braun German Open West Germany Mark McNulty
28–31 Aug Swiss Open Switzerland Nick Price
4–7 Sept European Open England Tom Kite
11–13 Sept Merseyside International Open England Ian Mosey New tourna-
ment
20–23 Sept Haig Whisky TPC England Bernard Gallacher
25–28 Sept Bob Hope British Classic England José Maria New tourna-
Cañizares ment
1–4 Oct Dunlop Masters Wales Bernhard Langer
The 1980 European Tour was the ninth official season of land. There were several changes from the previous sea-
golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and son, with the addition of the Newcastle Brown "900"
organised by the Professional Golfers’ Association. Open, the Merseyside International Open and the Bob
The Order of Merit was won by Scotland’s Sandy Lyle. Hope British Classic, and the loss of the British PGA
Matchplay Championship, the Portuguese Open, the Bel-
Schedule gian Open and the Lancome Trophy.
The table below shows the 1980 European Tour schedule
which was made up of 23 tournaments, which included
Official Money List
the major national opens around Europe. The other tour- In 1980, the PGA European Tour’s money list was retitled
naments were mostly held in England, Wales and Scot- as the "Official Money List" having previously been
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1980 European Tour
Position Player Country (£
Prize money (£)
1 Sandy Lyle Scotland 66,060
2 Greg Norman Australia 74,829
3 Seve Ballesteros Spain 52,090
4 Nick Faldo England 46,054
5 Brian Barnes Scotland 38,598
6 Mark James England 33,907
7 José Maria Cañizares Spain 35,534
8 Ken Brown Scotland 33,220
9 Bernhard Langer West Germany 32,395
10 Des Smyth Ireland 31,521
known as the "Order of Merit".[1] It was based on a points default.sps?pagegid={BE26E80B-7EF5-4AA9-84F6-6512919B75ED}.
system, which meant that some players could finish low- Retrieved 2010-01-17.
er than others despite accumulating more prize money.
External links
See also • 1980 season results on the PGA European Tour
• Golfers with most European Tour wins website
• 1980 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour
References website
[1] "Tour History". PGA European Tour.
http://www.europeantour.com/
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