Duration | 23 January 1997 | – 2 November 1997
---|---|
Number of official events | 38 |
Most wins |
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Order of Merit |
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Golfer of the Year |
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Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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←
1996
1998 → |
The 1997 European Tour, titled as the 1997 PGA European Tour, [1] was the 26th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the South African Open, which replaced the FNB Players Championship, and the loss of the Catalan Open, the Austrian Open and the Scottish Open, which was effectively superseded by the Loch Lomond World Invitational.
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. [2] [3]
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ( £) |
Winner(s) |
OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 Sep | Ryder Cup | Spain | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
12 Oct | Toyota World Match Play Championship | England | 650,000 |
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42 | Limited-field event |
12 Oct | Open Novotel Perrier | France | n/a |
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n/a | Team event |
19 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
9 Nov | Subaru Sarazen World Open | United States | US$2,000,000 |
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40 | |
23 Nov | World Cup of Golf | United States | US$1,300,000 |
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n/a | Team event |
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy | US$200,000 |
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n/a | |||
4 Jan | Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf | United States | US$3,650,000 |
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58 | Limited-field event |
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. [4] [5]
Position | Player | Prize money ( £) |
---|---|---|
1 |
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798,947 |
2 |
![]() |
692,398 |
3 |
![]() |
588,718 |
4 |
![]() |
537,409 |
5 |
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503,562 |
6 |
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411,479 |
7 |
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394,597 |
8 |
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388,982 |
9 |
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385,648 |
10 |
![]() |
364,542 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year |
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[6] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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[7] |
Ryder Cup hero Colin Montgomerie has beaten off competition from South Africa's Ernie Els to win the European Tour's Golfer of the Year award for the third year in a row.
Duration | 23 January 1997 | – 2 November 1997
---|---|
Number of official events | 38 |
Most wins |
![]() |
Order of Merit |
![]() |
Golfer of the Year |
![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
![]() |
←
1996
1998 → |
The 1997 European Tour, titled as the 1997 PGA European Tour, [1] was the 26th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the South African Open, which replaced the FNB Players Championship, and the loss of the Catalan Open, the Austrian Open and the Scottish Open, which was effectively superseded by the Loch Lomond World Invitational.
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. [2] [3]
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse ( £) |
Winner(s) |
OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 Sep | Ryder Cup | Spain | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
12 Oct | Toyota World Match Play Championship | England | 650,000 |
![]() |
42 | Limited-field event |
12 Oct | Open Novotel Perrier | France | n/a |
![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
19 Oct | Dunhill Cup | Scotland | 1,000,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
9 Nov | Subaru Sarazen World Open | United States | US$2,000,000 |
![]() |
40 | |
23 Nov | World Cup of Golf | United States | US$1,300,000 |
![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy | US$200,000 |
![]() |
n/a | |||
4 Jan | Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf | United States | US$3,650,000 |
![]() |
58 | Limited-field event |
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. [4] [5]
Position | Player | Prize money ( £) |
---|---|---|
1 |
![]() |
798,947 |
2 |
![]() |
692,398 |
3 |
![]() |
588,718 |
4 |
![]() |
537,409 |
5 |
![]() |
503,562 |
6 |
![]() |
411,479 |
7 |
![]() |
394,597 |
8 |
![]() |
388,982 |
9 |
![]() |
385,648 |
10 |
![]() |
364,542 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year |
![]() |
[6] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
![]() |
[7] |
Ryder Cup hero Colin Montgomerie has beaten off competition from South Africa's Ernie Els to win the European Tour's Golfer of the Year award for the third year in a row.