2005 European Tour

The 2005 European Tour was the 34th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

2005 European Tour season

Duration	25 November 2004 (2004-11-25) – 30 October 2005 (2005-10-30)
Number of official events	47
Most wins	Ernie Els (3)[a]
Order of Merit	Colin Montgomerie
Golfer of the Year	Michael Campbell
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
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Changes for 2005

Changes from the 2004 season included five new tournaments: the Volvo China Open and TCL Classic in China, making a total of five events in the country,^[1] the Indonesia Open, the New Zealand Open and the Abama Open de Canarias, as the tour retained a stop in the Canary Islands. The ANZ Championship, Open de Sevilla and The Heritage were lost from the schedule.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.^[2][3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
28 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	US$1,000,000	Stephen Dodd (1)	16	ASA	New to European Tour
5 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$800,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (12)	24	ASA
12 Dec	Dunhill Championship	South Africa	£500,000	Charl Schwartzel (1)	18	AFR
23 Jan	South African Airways Open	South Africa	£500,000	Tim Clark (2)	32	AFR[d]
30 Jan	Caltex Masters	Singapore	US$1,000,000	Nick Dougherty (1)	30	ASA
6 Feb	Heineken Classic	Australia	A$2,000,000	Craig Parry (6)	40	ANZ
13 Feb	Holden New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,500,000	Niclas Fasth (2)	24	ANZ	New to European Tour
20 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$1,210,000	Thongchai Jaidee (2)	26	ASA
27 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	David Toms (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
6 Mar	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,200,000	Ernie Els (19)	36
13 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$1,500,000	Ernie Els (20)	26	ASA
20 Mar	TCL Classic	China	US$1,000,000	Paul Casey (4)	20	ASA	New to European Tour
27 Mar	Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open	Indonesia	US$1,000,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (1)	16	ASA	New to European Tour
3 Apr	Estoril Open de Portugal	Portugal	€1,250,000	Paul Broadhurst (5)	24
10 Apr	Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos	Portugal	€600,000	Robert-Jan Derksen (2)	16	CHA
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
17 Apr	Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía	Spain	€1,650,000	Peter Hanson (1)	24
24 Apr	Johnnie Walker Classic	China	£1,250,000	Adam Scott (5)	46	ANZ, ASA
1 May	BMW Asian Open	China	US$1,500,000	Ernie Els (21)	38	ASA
8 May	Telecom Italia Open	Italy	€1,300,000	Steve Webster (1)	24
15 May	Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters	England	£1,700,000	Thomas Bjørn (8)	36
22 May	Nissan Irish Open	Ireland	€2,000,000	Stephen Dodd (2)	38
29 May	BMW Championship	England	€4,000,000	Ángel Cabrera (3)	64		Flagship event
5 Jun	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Wales	£1,500,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (13)	26
12 Jun	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,500,000	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (1)	24
19 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	€400,000	Joakim Bäckström (1)	16	CHA
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,250,000	Michael Campbell (7)	100		Major championship
26 Jun	Open de France	France	€3,500,000	Jean-François Remésy (3)	24
3 Jul	Smurfit European Open	Ireland	£2,400,000	Kenneth Ferrie (2)	46
10 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£2,400,000	Tim Clark (3)	50
17 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
24 Jul	Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe	Germany	€3,300,000	Niclas Fasth (3)	44
31 Jul	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,600,000	Mark Hensby (1)	24
7 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	Emanuele Canonica (1)	24
14 Aug	Cadillac Russian Open	Russia	US$500,000	Mikael Lundberg (1)	16	CHA
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$6,500,000	Phil Mickelson (n/a)	100		Major championship
21 Aug	WGC-NEC Invitational	United States	US$7,500,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
28 Aug	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	David Howell (2)	36
4 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€1,700,000	Sergio García (6)	24
11 Sep	Linde German Masters	Germany	€3,000,000	Retief Goosen (12)	46
18 Sep	HSBC World Match Play Championship	England	£1,660,000	Michael Campbell (8)	36		Limited-field event
2 Oct	Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Colin Montgomerie (29)	38		Pro-Am
9 Oct	Abama Open de Canarias	Spain	€450,000	John Bickerton (1)	16	CHA	New tournament
9 Oct	WGC-American Express Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	72		World Golf Championship
16 Oct	Open de Madrid	Spain	€1,000,000	Raphaël Jacquelin (1)	24
23 Oct	Mallorca Classic	Spain	€1,500,000	José María Olazábal (23)	24
30 Oct	Volvo Masters	Spain	€4,000,000	Paul McGinley (4)	46		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	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Notes
5 Jul	J. P. McManus Pro-Am	Ireland	n/a	Pádraig Harrington	n/a	Pro-Am
25 Sep	Seve Trophy	England	€2,000,000	Team GB&I	n/a	Team event
20 Nov	WGC-World Cup	Portugal	US$4,000,000	Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge	n/a	World Golf Championship Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Colin Montgomerie	2,794,223
2	Michael Campbell	2,496,269
3	Paul McGinley	2,296,423
4	Retief Goosen	2,261,211
5	Ángel Cabrera	1,866,277
6	Sergio García	1,828,545
7	David Howell	1,798,308
8	Henrik Stenson	1,585,750
9	Thomas Bjørn	1,561,190
10	José María Olazábal	1,489,016

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Michael Campbell	[6]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	[7]

See also

• 2005 in golf
• 2005 European Seniors Tour

Notes

1. Tiger Woods won four events, but was not a European Tour member.
2. 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.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
4. Sunshine Tour flagship event