Volvo Masters

Volvo Masters
Tournament information
Location Sotogrande, Spain
Established 1988
Course(s) Valderrama Golf Club
Par 71
Length 6,952 yards
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €4,000,000
Month played October
Final year 2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate 269 M Á Jiménez (1999)
To par −19 (as above)
Final champion
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen

The Volvo Masters was the concluding official money event of the European Tour season until 2009, when it was replaced by the Dubai World Championship. The event was founded in 1988 and held at Valderrama Golf Club in Andalusia, Spain, except for a five-year period between 1997 and 2001 when Montecastillo Golf Club played host to the tournament.

The tournament reverted to its original name of "Volvo Masters" in 2005, having been known as the "Volvo Masters Andalucia" between 2000 and 2003 for sponsorship reasons. The prize money for the inaugural event was £351,690, and by 2008, this had increased to over €4 million, making it one of the richest events on the tour. The field consists of the top 60 leading money winners on the European Tour, and from 2005, an invitation has also been issued to the previous years winner regardless of their standing on the money list.

Prior to 2007, the Volvo Masters was held one week before the Tour Championship to allow golfers who are members of both the European and PGA Tours to participate, but this changed after the PGA Tour rescheduled their event to mid-September.

Following a one-year absence from the calendar, Valderama returned to the European Tour schedule in 2010 with the Andalucía Valderrama Masters under the sponsorship of Turismo Andaluz (Andalucia Government Tourism Organization).[1]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
Volvo Masters
2008Søren Kjeldsen Denmark276−82 strokesGermany Martin Kaymer
England Anthony Wall
2007Justin Rose England283−1PlayoffEngland Simon Dyson
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
2006Jeev Milkha Singh India282−21 strokeEngland Luke Donald
Spain Sergio García
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
2005Paul McGinley Ireland274−102 strokesSpain Sergio García
Volvo Masters Andalucia
2004Ian Poulter England277−7PlayoffSpain Sergio García
2003Fredrik Jacobson Sweden276−12PlayoffSpain Carlos Rodiles
2002Bernhard Langer (2)
Colin Montgomerie (2)		 Germany
 Scotland		281−3Due to darkness, ended in
tie after two-hole playoff
2001Pádraig Harrington Ireland204^−121 strokeRepublic of Ireland Paul McGinley
Volvo Masters
2000Pierre Fulke Sweden272−161 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
1999Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain269−192 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Germany Bernhard Langer
1998Darren Clarke Northern Ireland271−172 strokesScotland Andrew Coltart
1997Lee Westwood England200^−163 strokesRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
1996Mark McNulty Zimbabwe276−87 strokesArgentina José Cóceres
Scotland Sam Torrance
South Africa Wayne Westner
England Lee Westwood
1995Alex Čejka Germany282−22 strokesScotland Colin Montgomerie
1994Bernhard Langer Germany276−81 strokeSpain Seve Ballesteros
Fiji Vijay Singh
1993Colin Montgomerie Scotland274−101 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
1992Sandy Lyle Scotland287+3PlayoffScotland Colin Montgomerie
1991Rodger Davis Australia280−41 strokeEngland Nick Faldo
1990Mike Harwood Australia286+21 strokeEngland Steven Richardson
Scotland Sam Torrance
1989Ronan Rafferty Northern Ireland282−61 strokeEngland Nick Faldo
1988Nick Faldo England284−42 strokesSpain Seve Ballesteros

*In 2002, Langer and Montgomerie were level after two holes of a playoff when darkness fell, and agreed to share the title.
^The 1997 and 2001 tournaments were cut to just three rounds due adverse weather.

References

  1. ↑ "European Tour schedule to feature Andalucia Masters at Valderrama". Golf Monthly. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
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