The 1999 European Tour, titled as the 1999 PGA European Tour, was the 28th season of the

European Tour The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 1999

There were many changes from the previous season, with the addition of three new

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, the Asian PGA Tour co-sanctioned Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open, the Estoril Open, the West of Ireland Golf Classic (also a

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event), and the Scottish PGA Championship; and the loss of the Johnnie Walker Classic due to rescheduling from January to November, as well as the Cannes Open. The Open Novotel Perrier was also lost from the schedule as sponsors switched to support the

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; 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Order of Merit

The

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was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in

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Changes for 1999

Schedule

Unofficial events

Order of Merit

Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links