The 1981 European Tour was the 10th official season of
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournaments known as the
PGA European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
and organised by the
Professional Golfers' Association.
The season was made up of 22 tournaments counting for the Official Money List, and some non-counting tournaments later known as "Approved Special Events".
The Official Money List was won by West Germany's
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first official number one ran ...
.
Changes for 1981
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the
Lawrence Batley International,
and the loss of the
Newcastle Brown "900" Open and the
Merseyside International Open.
Rule changes
The
local rule that had been introduced on the tour in 1976 which allowed spike marks to be repaired was rescinded, and a local rule that prohibited touching of the line of a putt with a club was introduced.
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Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1981 season.
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Official money list
The official money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.
Awards
See also
*List of golfers with most European Tour wins
This is a list of golfers who have won eight or more events on the European Tour since it was established in 1972. There are some complications in preparing such a list, and different publications have produced different numbers. This list is base ...
Notes
References
External links
1981 season results on the PGA European Tour website
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European Tour seasons
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fif ...