1991 European Tour

The table below shows the 1991 European Tour schedule which was originally made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and eight non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the return of both the Catalan Open and the Jersey Open; the addition of the Girona Open; the loss of the Tenerife Open; and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open and the PLM Open were merged to create the Scandinavian Masters.[2]

After provisionally being scheduled for 14–17 October, the Portuguese Open was moved to 21–24 March, taking the venue and dates of the Atlantic Open, which was lost from the calendar.[3] Also before the season started, three more tournaments were removed from the schedule; the Dubai Desert Classic was cancelled due to the Gulf War, the El Bosque Open was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship, and the AGF Open was cancelled as sponsors sought to replace the event's promotion company.[4] These changes resulted in a reduction to 34 counting tournaments for the Order of Merit.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points[5]	Notes
7–10 Feb	Dubai Desert Classic	United Arab Emirates	Cancelled
14–17 Feb	El Bosque Open	Spain	Cancelled
21–24 Feb	Girona Open	Spain	Steven Richardson (1)	24	New Tournament
28 Feb – 3 Mar	Fujitsu Mediterranean Open	France	Ian Woosnam (17)	38
7–10 Mar	Open de Baleares	Spain	Gavan Levenson (2)	30
14–17 Mar	Open Catalonia	Spain	José María Olazábal (10)	32
21–24 Mar	Vinho Verde Atlantic Open	Portugal	Cancelled
21–24 Mar	Portuguese Open	Portugal	Steven Richardson (2)	16
28–31 Mar	Volvo Open di Firenze	Italy	Anders Forsbrand (2)	16
4–7 Apr	AGF Open	France	Cancelled
11–14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Ian Woosnam (18)	100	Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
11–14 Apr	Jersey European Airways Open	Jersey	Sam Torrance (14)	16	Opposite the Masters Tournament
18–21 Apr	Benson and Hedges International Open	England	Bernhard Langer (24)	52
25–28 Apr	Madrid Open	Spain	Andrew Sherborne (1)	20
2–5 May	Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open	France	David Feherty (4)	24
9–12 May	Peugeot Spanish Open	Spain	Eduardo Romero (3)	48
16–19 May	Lancia Martini Italian Open	Italy	Craig Parry (3)	42
24–27 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	Seve Ballesteros (44)	64	Flagship event
30 May – 2 Jun	Dunhill British Masters	England	Seve Ballesteros (45)	42
6–9 Jun	Murphy's Cup	England	Tony Johnstone (3)	34
13–16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	Payne Stewart (n/a)	100	Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
13–16 Jun	Renault Belgian Open	Belgium	Per-Ulrik Johansson (1)	16	Opposite the U.S. Open
20–23 Jun	Carroll's Irish Open	Republic of Ireland	Nick Faldo (22)	48
27–30 Jun	Peugeot Open de France	France	Eduardo Romero (4)	42
3–6 Jul	Torras Monte Carlo Open	Monaco	Ian Woosnam (19)	44
10–13 Jul	Bell's Scottish Open	Scotland	Craig Parry (4)	56
18–21 Jul	The Open Championship	England	Ian Baker-Finch (2)	100	Major championship
25–28 Jul	Heineken Dutch Open	Netherlands	Payne Stewart (n/a)	44
1–4 Aug	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	Colin Montgomerie (2)	48	New tournament
8–11 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	John Daly (1)	100	Major championship; non-tour event[lower-alpha 1]
8–11 Aug	European Pro-Celebrity	England	Paul Broadhurst (2)	16	Opposite the PGA Championship
15–18 Aug	NM English Open	England	David Gilford (1)	30
22–25 Aug	Volvo German Open	Germany	Mark McNulty (11)	30
29 Aug – 1 Sep	GA European Open	England	Mike Harwood (5)	52
5–8 Sep	Canon European Masters Swiss Open	Switzerland	Jeff Hawkes (1)	36
12–15 Sep	Lancome Trophy	France	Frank Nobilo (2)	56
16–17 Sep	Equity & Law Challenge	England	Brian Marchbank (n/a)	n/a	Approved Special Event
19–22 Sep	Epson Grand Prix of Europe	Wales	José María Olazábal (11)	38
26–29 Sep	Mitsubishi Austrian Open	Austria	Mark Davis (1)	16
27–29 Sep	Ryder Cup	United States	United States	n/a	Approved Special Event; team event
2–6 Oct	Mercedes German Masters	Germany	Bernhard Langer (25)	50
10–13 Oct	BMW International Open	Germany	Sandy Lyle (16)	38
10–13 Oct	Dunhill Cup	Scotland	Sweden	n/a	Approved Special Event; team event
17–20 Oct	Toyota World Match Play Championship	England	Seve Ballesteros (n/a)	48	Approved Special Event
24–27 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	Rodger Davis (6)	52
31 Oct – 3 Nov	World Cup	Italy	Sweden	n/a	Approved Special Event; team event
	World Cup International Trophy		Ian Woosnam (n/a)	n/a	Approved Special Event; individual prize
7–10 Nov	Benson & Hedges Trophy	Spain	Anders Forsbrand & Helen Alfredsson	n/a	Approved Special Event; mixed pairs event
7–10 Nov	Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship	Australia	Europe	n/a	Approved Special Event; team event
19–22 Dec	Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship	Jamaica	Fred Couples (n/a)	64	Approved Special Event

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 Pound sterling.[1]

Position	Player[6][7]	Country	Prize money (£)
1	Seve Ballesteros	Spain	545,353
2	Steven Richardson	England	393,155
3	Bernhard Langer	Germany	372,703
4	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	343,575
5	Craig Parry	Australia	328,116
6	Rodger Davis	Australia	317,441
7	José María Olazábal	Spain	302,270
8	Ian Woosnam	Wales	257,433
9	David Gilford	England	249,240
10	Nick Faldo	England	245,892

• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

• 1991 season results on the PGA European Tour website
• 1991 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website