From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1977 European Tour
1977 European Tour
Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
6–9 Apr Portuguese Open Portugal Manuel Ramos
13–16 Apr Spanish Open Spain Bernard Gallacher
20–23 Apr Madrid Open Spain Antonio Garrido
28 Apr–1 May Italian Open Italy Ángel Gallardo
5–8 May French Open France Seve Ballesteros
11–14 May Benson and Hedges International Open England Antonio Garrido
18–21 May Sun Alliance Match Play Championship England Hugh Baiocchi
25–28 May Penfold PGA Championship England Manuel Piñero
2–5 Jun Kerrygold International Republic of Ireland Liam Higgins
8–11 Jun Martini International England Greg Norman
16–19 Jun Greater Manchester Open England Eamonn Darcy
22–25 Jun Uniroyal International Championship England Seve Ballesteros
6–9 Jul The Open Championship Scotland Tom Watson
14–17 Jul Swiss Open Switzerland Seve Ballesteros
21–24 Jul Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sweden Bob Byman
28–31 Jul Callers of Newcastle England John Fourie New tournament
4–7 Aug German Open West Germany Tienie Britz
11–14 Aug Dutch Open Netherlands Bob Byman
16–17 Aug Skol Lager Individual Scotland Nick Faldo
25–28 Aug Carroll’s Irish Open Republic of Ireland Hubert Green
7–10 Sept Tournament Players Championship England Neil Coles New tournament
28 Sept–1 Oct Dunlop Masters England Guy Hunt
13–16 Oct Lancome Trophy France Graham Marsh
The 1977 European Tour was the sixth official season of
golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour and
Order of Merit
organised by the Professional Golfers’ Association. The PGA European Tour’s money list was known as the
The Order of Merit was won by Spain’s Seve Balles- "Order of Merit". It was based on a points system, which
teros. meant that some players could finish lower than others
despite accumulating more prize money.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1977 European Tour schedule
See also
which was made up of 23 tournaments, which included • Golfers with most European Tour wins
the major national opens around Europe. The other tour-
naments were mostly held in England and Scotland.
There were several changes from the previous season,
References
with the addition of the Callers of Newcastle and the
Tournament Players Championship, and the loss of the
Piccadilly Medal.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1977 European Tour
Position Player Country (£
Prize money (£)
1 Seve Ballesteros Spain 46,436
2 Hugh Baiocchi South Africa 32,251
3 Antonio Garrido Spain 21,581
4 Manuel Piñero Spain 26,569
5 Bob Byman United States 19,452
6 Brian Barnes Scotland 17,557
7 Peter Dawson England 17,583
8 Nick Faldo England 23,978
9 Francisco Abreu Spain 13,294
10 Ángel Gallardo Spain 14,765
External links • 1977 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour
website
• 1977 season results on the PGA European Tour
website
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