The 1994 European Tour, titled as the 1994 Volvo Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
It was the seventh season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Volvo, that was announced in May 1987.[1]
Changes for 1994
The season was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".[2]
Aside from scheduling, initially there was just one change from the previous season, with the addition of the Extremadura Open. This created a sequence of five consecutive tournaments in Spain through February and March, and a total of nine events in the country although the Madrid Open would later be cancelled.
Shortly after the start of the season, the Roma Masters was cancelled and replaced by the Tournoi Perrier de Paris, a team event with prize money not counting towards the Order of Merit.[3] In late January, a further tournament was added to the schedule with the inaugural Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, opposite the Toyota World Match Play Championship in mid-October.[4] The Madrid Open, originally scheduled for 20–23 October, was cancelled with the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open taking the dates.[5] In addition, the Kronenbourg Open was not held.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.[6]
^A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
^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.
References
^White, Graeme (26 May 1987). "Volvo boost for Euro golf". Black Country Evening Mail. West Bromwich, United Kingdom. p. 33. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Fast lane | Czech it out!". Aberdeen Evening Express. Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 24 January 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Sport in brief | Golf". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. 21 June 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^Hopkins, John (31 October 1994). "Ballesteros denied home rule". The Times. p. 23. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
^"Els walks off with new prize". Reading Evening Post. Reading, United Kingdom. 22 December 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.