2005 European Tour
| Duration | 25 November 2004 – 30 October 2005 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 47 |
| Most wins | South Africa Ernie Els (3)[a] |
| Order of Merit | Scotland Colin Montgomerie |
| Golfer of the Year | New Zealand Michael Campbell |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Error creating thumbnail: Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
← 2004 2006 → | |
The 2005 European Tour was the 34th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 2005
[edit | edit source]Changes from the 2004 season included five new tournaments: the Volvo China Open and TCL Classic in China, making a total of five events in the country,[1] the Indonesia Open, the New Zealand Open and the Abama Open de Canarias, as the tour retained a stop in the Canary Islands. The ANZ Championship, Open de Sevilla and The Heritage were lost from the schedule.
Schedule
[edit | edit source]The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[2][3]
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Unofficial events
[edit | edit source]The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul | J. P. McManus Pro-Am | Ireland | n/a | Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington | n/a | Pro-Am |
| 25 Sep | Seve Trophy | England | €2,000,000 | Error creating thumbnail: File:Flag of Ireland.svg Team GB&I | n/a | Team event |
| 20 Nov | WGC-World Cup | Portugal | US$4,000,000 | Wales Stephen Dodd and Wales Bradley Dredge |
n/a | World Golf Championship Team event |
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Order of Merit
[edit | edit source]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland Colin Montgomerie | 2,794,223 |
| 2 | New Zealand Michael Campbell | 2,496,269 |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley | 2,296,423 |
| 4 | South Africa Retief Goosen | 2,261,211 |
| 5 | Error creating thumbnail: Ángel Cabrera | 1,866,277 |
| 6 | Error creating thumbnail: Sergio García | 1,828,545 |
| 7 | England David Howell | 1,798,308 |
| 8 | Error creating thumbnail: Henrik Stenson | 1,585,750 |
| 9 |  Thomas Bjørn |
1,561,190 |
| 10 | Error creating thumbnail: José María Olazábal | 1,489,016 |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | New Zealand Michael Campbell | [6] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Error creating thumbnail: Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | [7] |
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tiger Woods won four events, but was not a European Tour member.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
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