2004 European Tour season
Duration4 December 2003 (2003-12-04) – 31 October 2004 (2004-10-31)
Number of official events45
Most winsSpain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Order of MeritSouth Africa Ernie Els
Golfer of the YearFiji Vijay Singh
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearScotland Scott Drummond
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The 2004 European Tour was the 33rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2004

Changes from 2003 included two new tournaments, the Open de Sevilla[1] and The Heritage,[2] and the loss of the Benson & Hedges International Open, the Trophée Lancôme[3] and the Nordic Open. The HSBC World Match Play Championship also became an official money-list event for the first time with an increased field determined by qualification criteria, which also meant it regained Official World Golf Ranking status,[4] and the Mallorca Classic became a full European Tour event having been a dual-ranking event in 2003.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[5][3][6]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
7 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$700,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (8) 26 ASA
18 Jan South African Airways Open South Africa £500,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (2) 32 AFR[c]
25 Jan Dunhill Championship South Africa £500,000 Germany Marcel Siem (1) 18 AFR
1 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Thailand £1,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8) 38 ANZ, ASA
8 Feb Heineken Classic Australia A$2,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (16) 34 ANZ
15 Feb ANZ Championship Australia A$1,750,000 England Brian Davis (2) 20 ANZ
22 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia US$1,210,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (1) 16 ASA
29 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$7,000,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 74 World Golf Championship
7 Mar Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,000,000 United States Mark O'Meara (n/a) 46
14 Mar Qatar Masters Qatar US$1,500,000 Sweden Joakim Haeggman (3) 24
21 Mar Caltex Singapore Masters Singapore US$900,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (28) 16 ASA
28 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal €600,000 Sweden Chris Hanell (1) 24 CHA
4 Apr Algarve Open de Portugal Portugal €1,250,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9) 24
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$6,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 100 Major championship
18 Apr Open de Sevilla Spain €1,000,000 Argentina Ricardo González (3) 24 New tournament
25 Apr Canarias Open de España Spain €1,650,000 France Christian Cévaër (1) 24
3 May Telecom Italia Open Italy €1,200,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (2) 24
9 May Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters England £1,600,000 England Barry Lane (5) 30
16 May BMW Asian Open China US$1,500,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (10) 18 ASA
23 May Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe Germany €3,000,000 South Africa Trevor Immelman (3) 48
30 May Volvo PGA Championship England €3,750,000 Scotland Scott Drummond (1) 64 Flagship event
6 Jun Celtic Manor Wales Open Wales £1,500,000 England Simon Khan (1) 24
13 Jun Diageo Championship at Gleneagles Scotland £1,400,000 England Miles Tunnicliff (2) 24
20 Jun Aa St Omer Open France €400,000 France Philippe Lima (1) 16 CHA
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$6,250,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (10) 100 Major championship
27 Jun Open de France France €3,000,000 France Jean-François Remésy (2) 24
4 Jul Smurfit European Open Ireland £2,400,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (11) 40
11 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland £2,200,000 France Thomas Levet (3) 48
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,000,000 United States Todd Hamilton (n/a) 100 Major championship
25 Jul Nissan Irish Open Ireland €1,900,000 Australia Brett Rumford (2) 26
1 Aug Scandinavian Masters Sweden €1,600,000 England Luke Donald (1) 24
8 Aug KLM Open Netherlands €1,200,000 England David Lynn (1) 24
15 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia US$500,000 England Gary Emerson (1) 16 CHA
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$6,250,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (12) 100 Major championship
22 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational United States US$7,000,000 United States Stewart Cink (1) 76 World Golf Championship
29 Aug BMW International Open Germany €1,800,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11) 44
5 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €1,600,000 England Luke Donald (2) 30
12 Sep Linde German Masters Germany €3,000,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (9) 42
26 Sep The Heritage England €2,000,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson (2) 28 New tournament
3 Oct WGC-American Express Championship Ireland US$7,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (17) 70 World Golf Championship
10 Oct Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 Scotland Stephen Gallacher (1) 54 Pro-Am
17 Oct HSBC World Match Play Championship England £1,660,000 South Africa Ernie Els (18) 48 Upgraded to official event
Limited-field event
17 Oct Mallorca Classic Spain €1,000,000 Spain Sergio García (5) 24
24 Oct Open de Madrid Spain €1,000,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (1) 24
31 Oct Volvo Masters Andalucía Spain €3,750,000 England Ian Poulter (6) 44 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winners OWGR
points 		Notes
19 Sep Ryder Cup United States n/a Team Europe n/a Team event
21 Nov WGC-World Cup Spain US$4,000,000 England Paul Casey and
England Luke Donald		 n/a World Golf Championship
Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[7][8]

Position Player Prize money (€)
1 South Africa Ernie Els 4,061,905
2 South Africa Retief Goosen 2,325,202
3 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 1,910,394
4 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,886,237
5 France Thomas Levet 1,727,945
6 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 1,648,862
7 England Lee Westwood 1,592,766
8 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 1,563,803
9 England Ian Poulter 1,533,158
10 England David Howell 1,501,502

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Golfer of the Year Fiji Vijay Singh [9]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Scotland Scott Drummond [10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
  3. ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event

References

  1. ^ "New date for European Tour". BBC Sport. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Woburn lands new event". BBC Sport. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Roberts, Gereurd (11 December 2003). "China a news stop for 2004 tour". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 5 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "World Match Play to become official event". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. Associated Press. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "2004 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ "European Tour 2004". BBC Sport. 17 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. ^ "2004 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 14 March 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  8. ^ Farrell, Andy (1 November 2004). "Poulter beats Garcia to save season". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. p. 55. Retrieved 17 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Ernie Els, who wrapped up a second successive Order of Merit title without having to play here...
  9. ^ "Singh lands European Tour honour". BBC Sport. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Drummond scoops Rookie accolade". BBC Sport. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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