1987 European Tour

The 1987 European Tour was the 16th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.

The Order of Merit was won by Wales' Ian Woosnam.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1987 European Tour schedule which was made up of 28 tournaments, which included the major national opens around Europe. There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Moroccan Open and the German Masters, the return of the Belgian Open, and the loss of the Car Care Plan International and the Sanyo Open.

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.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
19–22 Mar	Moroccan Open	Morocco	Howard Clark (9)	New tournament
9–12 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Larry Mize (n/a)	Unofficial money
8–12 Apr	Jersey Open	Jersey	Ian Woosnam (5)
16–19 Apr	Suze Open	France	Seve Ballesteros (34)
23–26 Apr	Cepsa Madrid Open	Spain	Ian Woosnam (6)
30 Apr – 3 May	Lancia Italian Open	Italy	Sam Torrance (12)
7–10 May	Epson Grand Prix of Europe Match Play Championship	Wales	Mats Lanner (1)
14–17 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	Nick Faldo (12)
22–25 May	Whyte & Mackay PGA Championship	England	Bernhard Langer (17)
28–31 May	London Standard Four Stars National Pro-Celebrity	England	Mark McNulty (4)
4–7 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	Mark McNulty (5)
10–13 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	José Rivero (2)
17–20 Jun	Volvo Belgian Open	Belgium	Eamonn Darcy (3)
18–21 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	Scott Simpson (n/a)	Unofficial money
24–27 Jun	Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open	Monaco	Peter Senior (2)
2–5 Jul	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Bernhard Langer (18)
8–11 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	England	Ian Woosnam (7)
16–19 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	Nick Faldo (13)
23–26 Jul	KLM Dutch Open	Netherlands	Gordon Brand, Jnr (5)
30 Jul – 2 Aug	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	Gordon Brand, Jnr (6)
6–9 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	Larry Nelson (n/a)	Unofficial money
6–9 Aug	PLM Open	Sweden	Howard Clark (10)
13–16 Aug	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	Noel Ratcliffe (2)
20–23 Aug	Lawrence Batley International	England	Mark O'Meara (n/a)
27–30 Aug	German Open	West Germany	Mark McNulty (6)
3–6 Sep	Ebel European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	Anders Forsbrand (1)
10–13 Sep	Panasonic European Open	England	Paul Way (3)
17–20 Sep	Lancome Trophy	France	Ian Woosnam (8)
8–11 Oct	German Masters	West Germany	Sandy Lyle (13)	New tournament
15–18 Oct	Suntory World Match Play	England	Ian Woosnam (n/a)	Unofficial money
29 Oct – 1 Nov	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Robert Lee (2)

Order of Merit

The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Ian Woosnam	Wales	253,717
2	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	189,304
3	Nick Faldo	England	181,833
4	Gordon Brand, Jnr	Scotland	147,787
5	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	141,394
6	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	138,843
7	Peter Senior	Australia	126,091
8	Rodger Davis	Australia	122,754
9	Sam Torrance	Scotland	122,556
10	Howard Clark	England	122,535

See also

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

External links

• 1987 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1987 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website