Year: | 2008 |
Tour: | European Seniors Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 18 |
Most Wins: | Peter Mitchell (3) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Ian Woosnam |
Honor2: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree2: | Ian Woosnam |
Prevseason: | 2007 |
Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 European Seniors Tour was the 17th season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | Notes | |
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9 Mar | Barbados | US$275,000 | Bill Longmuir (7) | |||
30 Mar | Portugal | 325,000 | Stewart Ginn (1) | New tournament | ||
25 May | Senior PGA Championship | United States | US$2,000,000 | Jay Haas (n/a) | Senior major championship | |
1 Jun | Poland | 280,000 | Ian Woosnam (1) | New tournament | ||
8 Jun | Jersey | £140,000 | Tony Johnstone (1) | |||
15 Jun | Wales | £500,000 | Peter Mitchell (1) | |||
22 Jun | Ireland | 450,000 | Juan Quirós (3) | |||
6 Jul | Russia | US$750,000 | Ian Woosnam (2) | New tournament | ||
27 Jul | The Senior Open Championship | Scotland | US$2,000,000 | Bruce Vaughan (n/a) | Senior major championship | |
3 Aug | U.S. Senior Open | United States | US$2,600,000 | Eduardo Romero (3) | Senior major championship | |
10 Aug | Switzerland | 260,000 | Carl Mason (20) | |||
24 Aug | England | £300,000 | Gordon J. Brand (4) | |||
31 Aug | England | £250,000 | Gordon J. Brand (5) | |||
7 Sep | Czech Republic | 600,000 | Bernhard Langer (1) | New tournament | ||
14 Sep | England | £175,000 | Nick Job (5) | New tournament | ||
28 Sep | Scotland | £225,000 | Peter Mitchell (2) | |||
12 Oct | Italy | 200,000 | Peter Mitchell (3) | |||
9 Nov | Spain | 400,000 | Sam Torrance (10) | Tour Championship |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] [3]
Position | Player | Prize money (€) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 320,120 | ||
2 | 257,744 | ||
3 | 217,488 | ||
4 | 190,164 | ||
5 | 177,033 |