2004 European Tour

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.

2004 European Tour season

Duration	4 December 2003 (2003-12-04) – 31 October 2004 (2004-10-31)
Number of official events	45
Most wins	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Order of Merit	Ernie Els
Golfer of the Year	Vijay Singh
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Scott Drummond
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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	Pádraig Harrington (8)	26	ASA
18 Jan	South African Airways Open	South Africa	£500,000	Trevor Immelman (2)	32	AFR[c]
25 Jan	Dunhill Championship	South Africa	£500,000	Marcel Siem (1)	18	AFR
1 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£1,000,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (8)	38	ANZ, ASA
8 Feb	Heineken Classic	Australia	A$2,000,000	Ernie Els (16)	34	ANZ
15 Feb	ANZ Championship	Australia	A$1,750,000	Brian Davis (2)	20	ANZ
22 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$1,210,000	Thongchai Jaidee (1)	16	ASA
29 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$7,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
7 Mar	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,000,000	Mark O'Meara (n/a)	46
14 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$1,500,000	Joakim Haeggman (3)	24
21 Mar	Caltex Singapore Masters	Singapore	US$900,000	Colin Montgomerie (28)	16	ASA
28 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	€600,000	Chris Hanell (1)	24	CHA
4 Apr	Algarve Open de Portugal	Portugal	€1,250,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9)	24
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$6,000,000	Phil Mickelson (n/a)	100		Major championship
18 Apr	Open de Sevilla	Spain	€1,000,000	Ricardo González (3)	24		New tournament
25 Apr	Canarias Open de España	Spain	€1,650,000	Christian Cévaër (1)	24
3 May	Telecom Italia Open	Italy	€1,200,000	Graeme McDowell (2)	24
9 May	Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters	England	£1,600,000	Barry Lane (5)	30
16 May	BMW Asian Open	China	US$1,500,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (10)	18	ASA
23 May	Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe	Germany	€3,000,000	Trevor Immelman (3)	48
30 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	€3,750,000	Scott Drummond (1)	64		Flagship event
6 Jun	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Wales	£1,500,000	Simon Khan (1)	24
13 Jun	Diageo Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	Miles Tunnicliff (2)	24
20 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	€400,000	Philippe Lima (1)	16	CHA
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,250,000	Retief Goosen (10)	100		Major championship
27 Jun	Open de France	France	€3,000,000	Jean-François Remésy (2)	24
4 Jul	Smurfit European Open	Ireland	£2,400,000	Retief Goosen (11)	40
11 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£2,200,000	Thomas Levet (3)	48
18 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,000,000	Todd Hamilton (n/a)	100		Major championship
25 Jul	Nissan Irish Open	Ireland	€1,900,000	Brett Rumford (2)	26
1 Aug	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,600,000	Luke Donald (1)	24
8 Aug	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,200,000	David Lynn (1)	24
15 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	US$500,000	Gary Emerson (1)	16	CHA
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$6,250,000	Vijay Singh (12)	100		Major championship
22 Aug	WGC-NEC Invitational	United States	US$7,000,000	Stewart Cink (1)	76		World Golf Championship
29 Aug	BMW International Open	Germany	€1,800,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (11)	44
5 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€1,600,000	Luke Donald (2)	30
12 Sep	Linde German Masters	Germany	€3,000,000	Pádraig Harrington (9)	42
26 Sep	The Heritage	England	€2,000,000	Henrik Stenson (2)	28		New tournament
3 Oct	WGC-American Express Championship	Ireland	US$7,000,000	Ernie Els (17)	70		World Golf Championship
10 Oct	Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Stephen Gallacher (1)	54		Pro-Am
17 Oct	HSBC World Match Play Championship	England	£1,660,000	Ernie Els (18)	48		Upgraded to official event Limited-field event
17 Oct	Mallorca Classic	Spain	€1,000,000	Sergio García (5)	24
24 Oct	Open de Madrid	Spain	€1,000,000	Richard Sterne (1)	24
31 Oct	Volvo Masters Andalucía	Spain	€3,750,000	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	Paul Casey and 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	Ernie Els	4,061,905
2	Retief Goosen	2,325,202
3	Pádraig Harrington	1,910,394
4	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1,886,237
5	Thomas Levet	1,727,945
6	Graeme McDowell	1,648,862
7	Lee Westwood	1,592,766
8	Darren Clarke	1,563,803
9	Ian Poulter	1,533,158
10	David Howell	1,501,502

Awards

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

See also

• 2004 in golf
• 2004 European Seniors Tour

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