2014 European Senior Tour

2014 European Senior Tour season
Duration22 May 2014 (2014-05-22) – 14 December 2014 (2014-12-14)
Number of official events12
Most winsScotland Colin Montgomerie (4)
Order of MeritScotland Colin Montgomerie
Rookie of the YearArgentina César Monasterio
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The 2014 European Senior Tour was the 23rd season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€) 		Winner[a] Notes
25 May Senior PGA Championship United States US$2,100,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (2) Senior major championship
8 Jun ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship England £235,000 Spain Santiago Luna (2)
6 Jul Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland 280,000 Canada Rick Gibson (1)
13 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States US$2,600,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (3) Senior major championship[b]
27 Jul The Senior Open Championship Wales £1,250,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (4) Senior major championship
17 Aug SSE Scottish Senior Open Scotland £250,000 England Mark Davis (1)
24 Aug English Senior Open England £200,000 Argentina César Monasterio (1)
31 Aug Travis Perkins Masters England £300,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (4)
7 Sep Russian Open Golf Championship (Senior) Russia US$900,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (5)
14 Sep Senior Open de Portugal Portugal 225,000 United States Tim Thelen (4) New tournament
21 Sep WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany 400,000 England Paul Wesselingh (6)
5 Oct French Riviera Masters France 400,000 England Philip Golding (2)
12 Oct Dutch Senior Open Netherlands 200,000 Wales Ian Woosnam (5)
14 Dec MCB Tour Championship Mauritius 420,000 England Paul Wesselingh (7) Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (€)
1 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 624,543
2 Canada Rick Gibson 235,804
3 England Barry Lane 225,288
4 England Philip Golding 189,117
5 Argentina César Monasterio 173,249

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year Argentina César Monasterio [4]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members.
  2. ^ Official win; unofficial money.

References

  1. ^ "2014 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2014 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  3. ^ McEwan, Michael (15 December 2014). "Colin Montgomerie wins senior OOM". Bunkered. Retrieved 16 November 2023. The 51-year-old claimed four European Senior Tour titles, including two over-50s majors, during a record-breaking 2014 campaign, winning the Order of Merit with earnings of €624,543 – the highest in the history of the Senior Tour, comfortably beating Carl Mason's previous 2007 benchmark of €412,376.
  4. ^ "Monasterio confirmed as Senior Tour Rookie of the Year". European Tour. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2023.