1999 European Tour


The 1999 European Tour was the 28th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.
The Order of Merit was won by Scotland's Colin Montgomerie for the seventh successive year; he won five official-money tournaments during the season, including Volvo PGA Championship, and also added the Cisco World Match Play Championship.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1999 European Tour schedule which was made up of 41 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the U.S. Open and PGA Championship for the first time; and several non-counting "Approved Special Events".
There were many changes from the previous season, with the addition of three new World Golf Championships, the Davidoff Tour co-sanctioned Malaysian Open, the Estoril Open, the West of Ireland Golf Classic, and the Scottish PGA Championship; and the loss of the Johnnie Walker Classic due to rescheduling from January to November, and the Cannes Open. The Open Novotel Perrier was also lost from the schedule as sponsors switched to support the Open de France; the Sarazen World Open, which had been discontinued as a result of the creation of the WGCs, was revived as a full tour event and took the dates on the calendar opposite the Cisco World Match Play Championship.

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 Euro.
PositionPlayerCountryPrize money
1Colin Montgomerie1,822,880
2Lee Westwood1,320,805
3Sergio García1,317,693
4Miguel Ángel Jiménez1,148,290
5Retief Goosen1,059,985
6Paul Lawrie901,453
7Pádraig Harrington855,163
8Darren Clarke731,291
9Jarmo Sandelin629,132
10Ángel Cabrera622,852

Awards