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2008 European Tour

释义

Main tournaments
Table of results
Order of Merit
Golfer of the Month
See also
References
External links

The 2008 European Tour was the 37th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972. The 2008 season consisted of 50 official money events, a drop of two from the previous year. This included seven major championships and World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 events took place in Europe, 11 in Asia, six in the United States, four in South Africa, one in Australia and one in New Zealand. There were four new tournaments, the Emaar-MGF Indian Masters in India, the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea and in Spain the Madrid Masters and the Castelló Masters Costa Azahar.

The Order of Merit was won by Robert Karlsson, the first Swedish golfer to do so. The Player of the Year award was given to Pádraig Harrington. The Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Pablo Larrazábal from Spain.

Main tournaments

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of 2008, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2008 in golf.

Table of results

The table below shows the 2008 schedule. There are 50 official money events, of which the first six events take place in late 2007. The season runs for 52 weeks, with a three-week break over Christmas and the New Year, and one week when the only event is an unofficial money team tournament. There are two weeks when two official money events are played.

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the European Tour. To give such a number for non-members would misrepresent the amount of time some international golfers spend on the European Tour; as the Tour co-sanctions the major championships and World Golf Championships events, some top players accumulate a significant number of wins in European Tour sanctioned events without really playing on it. For example, Tiger Woods has won more than thirty events sanctioned by the European Tour, but has never played a sufficient number of European Tour-sanctioned events to qualify for membership.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
8–11 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	USA}} Phil Mickelson (n/a)	52	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine Tour
15–18 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez (14)	36	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
22–25 Nov	MasterCard Masters	Australia	AUS}} Aaron Baddeley (n/a)	24	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
29 Nov – 2 Dec	Michael Hill New Zealand Open	New Zealand	ENG}} Richard Finch (1)	20	Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
6–9 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	ENG}} John Bickerton (3)	22	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
13–16 Dec	South African Airways Open	South Africa	ZAF}} James Kingston (1)	32	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
10–13 Jan	Joburg Open	South Africa	ZAF}} Richard Sterne (3)	20	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
17–20 Jan	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	United Arab Emirates	DEU}} Martin Kaymer (1)	44
24–27 Jan	The Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	AUS}} Adam Scott (6)	46
31 Jan – 3 Feb	Dubai Desert Classic	United Arab Emirates	USA}} Tiger Woods (n/a)	50
7–10 Feb	Emaar-MGF Indian Masters	India	IND}} Shiv Chowrasia (1)	26	New tournament Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
14–17 Feb	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	Indonesia	CHL}} Felipe Aguilar (1)	20	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
20–24 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	USA}} Tiger Woods (n/a)	76	World Golf Championships
28 Feb – 2 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	India	NZL}} Mark Brown (1)	38	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia
6–9 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	IND}} Arjun Atwal (3)	24	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
13–16 Mar	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	NIR}} Graeme McDowell (3)	28	New tournament Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
20–23 Mar	WGC-CA Championship	United States	AUS}} Geoff Ogilvy (n/a)	76	World Golf Championships
20–23 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	SCO}} Alastair Forsyth (2)	24
27–30 Mar	MAPFRE Open de Andalucia	Spain	FRA}} Thomas Levet (4)	24
3–6 Apr	Estoril Open de Portugal	Portugal	FRA}} Grégory Bourdy (2)	24
10–13 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	ZAF}} Trevor Immelman (4)	100	Major championship
17–20 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	IRL}} Damien McGrane (1)	20	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
24–27 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	NIR}} Darren Clarke (11)	32	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
1–4 May	Open de España	Spain	IRL}} Peter Lawrie (1)	24
8–11 May	Italian Open	Italy	ZAF}} Hennie Otto (1)	24
15–18 May	Irish Open	Ireland	ENG}} Richard Finch (2)	28
22–25 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez (15)	64	The European Tour's flagship event
29 May – 1 Jun	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Wales	AUS}} Scott Strange (1)	36
5–8 Jun	Bank Austria GolfOpen	Austria	IND}} Jeev Milkha Singh (3)	24
12–15 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	USA}} Tiger Woods (n/a)	100	Major championship
12–15 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	ENG}} David Dixon (1)	18	Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
19–22 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	DEU}} Martin Kaymer (2)	30
26–29 Jun	Open de France	France	ESP}} Pablo Larrazábal (1)	38
3–6 Jul	European Open	England	ENG}} Ross Fisher (2)	40
10–13 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	NIR}} Graeme McDowell (4)	50
17–20 Jul	The Open Championship	England	IRL}} Pádraig Harrington (13)	100	Major championship
24–27 Jul	Inteco Russian Open	Russia	SWE}} Mikael Lundberg (2)	24
31 Jul – 3 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	FJI}} Vijay Singh (13)	74	World Golf Championships
7–10 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	IRL}} Pádraig Harrington (14)	100	Major championship
14–17 Aug	SAS Masters	Sweden	SWE}} Peter Hanson (2)	24
21–24 Aug	KLM Open	Netherlands	NIR}} Darren Clarke (12)	30
28–31 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	FRA}} Grégory Havret (3)	32
4–7 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	FRA}} Jean-François Lucquin (1)	24
11–14 Sep	Mercedes-Benz Championship	Germany	SWE}} Robert Karlsson (8)	34
19–21 Sep	Ryder Cup	United States	{{USA}}	n/a	Team event - Europe v. United States
25–28 Sep	Quinn Insurance British Masters	England	ESP}} Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (4)	30
2–5 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	SWE}} Robert Karlsson (9)	50	Celebrity pro-am
9–12 Oct	Madrid Masters	Spain	ZAF}} Charl Schwartzel (3)	24	New tournament
16–19 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal	ESP}} Álvaro Quirós (2)	38
23–26 Oct	Castelló Masters Costa Azahar	Spain	ESP}} Sergio García (7)	38	New tournament
30 Oct – 2 Nov	Volvo Masters	Spain	DNK}} Søren Kjeldsen (2)	50	The Tour Championship

For the official version of the tour schedule on the European Tour's website, including links to full results, see here.

Order of Merit

In 2008, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2008 were:

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money (€)
1	Robert Karlsson	{{SWE}}	23	2,732,748
2	Pádraig Harrington	{{IRL}}	14	2,459,109
3	Lee Westwood	{{ENG}}	21	2,424,642
4	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	{{ESP}}	26	2,066,596
5	Graeme McDowell	{{NIR}}	28	1,859,346
6	Ross Fisher	{{ENG}}	27	1,836,530
7	Henrik Stenson	{{SWE}}	19	1,798,617
8	Martin Kaymer	{{DEU}}	25	1,794,500
9	Sergio García	{{ESP}}	13	1,591,917
10	Søren Kjeldsen	{{DEN}}	29	1,440,979

Note that Tiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2008 (€2,759,558 in five events) than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so was not eligible for the Order of Merit.^[1]

Golfer of the Month

The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award were as follows:

Month	Player	Country
January	Martin Kaymer	{{GER}}
February	Mark Brown	{{NZL}}
March	Graeme McDowell	{{NIR}}
April	Trevor Immelman	{{RSA}}
May	Sergio García	{{ESP}}
June	Pablo Larrazábal	{{ESP}}
July	Pádraig Harrington	{{IRL}}
August	Pádraig Harrington	{{IRL}}
September	Robert Karlsson	{{SWE}}
October	Robert Karlsson	{{SWE}}
November	Robert Karlsson	{{SWE}}

Source

References

1. ^Tiger Woods – Career record

External links

2008 season results on the PGA European Tour website
2008 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website

2 : European Tour seasons|2008 in golf

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