1998 European Tour
The 1998 European Tour was the 27th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.[1]
The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1998 European Tour schedule which was made up of 39 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship being included on the schedule for the first time although winnings did not count towards the Order of Merit, the addition of the Qatar Masters and the Open Novotel Perrier, the return of the Belgian Open, and the loss of the Dimension Data Pro-Am, the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open and the Oki Pro-Am.
The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the European Tour.
Order of Merit
The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Volvo Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.[1]
| Position | Player | Country | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Montgomerie |  Scotland | 993,077 |
| 2 | Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland | 902,867 |
| 3 | Lee Westwood |  England | 814,387 |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |  Spain | 518,820 |
| 5 | Patrik Sjöland |  Sweden | 500,137 |
| 6 | Thomas Bjørn |  Denmark | 470,798 |
| 7 | José María Olazábal | Spain | 449,133 |
| 8 | Ernie Els |  South Africa | 433,884 |
| 9 | Andrew Coltart | Scotland | 388,816 |
| 10 | Mathias Grönberg | Sweden | 358,779 |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
External links
- 1998 season results on the PGA European Tour website
- 1998 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website