The 1978 European Tour, titled as the 1978 PGA European Tournament Players' Division,[1] was the seventh season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
^The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
^ abcUnofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
^Jacobs, Raymond (20 December 1977). "Our golf scene goes European". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, United Kingdom. p. 19. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via Google News Archive.
^"Golf pros banned from tourney". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 28 April 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 12 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ abSimms, George (1979). World of Golf 1979. Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 87–133. ISBN0354090690.
^"Europa-touren-78" [European Tour-78]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1979. p. 35. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^"Ballesteros again". The Guardian. 3 November 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^Solomons, David (7 October 1978). "Ace inspires Sandy in Masters". Evening Post. Bristol, United Kingdom. p. 2. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.