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1992 European Seniors Tour

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The 1992 European Seniors Tour was the inaugural season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.

Tournament results

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

Date Tournament Host country Winner 1st prize (£) Notes
26 Apr Gary Player Anvil Senior Classic Wales Wales Brian Huggett (1) 5,000 New tournament
4 Jul La Bresse Seniors France Spain José Maria Roca (1) 2,874 New tournament
8 Jul Turespaña Léman International Senior Trophy Switzerland France Jean Garaïalde (1) 3,544
26 Jul Senior British Open England South Africa John Fourie (1) 33,330
31 Jul Lawrence Batley Seniors England South Africa Bobby Verwey (1) 6,000 New tournament
9 Aug Forte PGA Seniors Championship Republic of Ireland England Tommy Horton (1) 12,500
23 Aug Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters Northern Ireland South Africa John Fourie (2) 6,000 New tournament
30 Aug Northern Electric Seniors England Wales Brian Huggett (2) 6,250 New tournament
4 Oct Collingtree Homes Seniors Classic England England Neil Coles (1) 4,625 New tournament
5 Dec Tunisian Seniors Tunisia Scotland John Hamilton (1) 6,250 New tournament

Details of the winners are available here and here.

Leading money winners

Rank Player Country Prize money ()
1 John Fourie  South Africa 66,998
2 Tommy Horton  England 46,760
3 Neil Coles  England 41,919
4 Peter Butler  England 28,456
5 Brian Huggett  Wales 27,840
6 David Butler  England 22,366
7 Tony Grubb  England 20,096
8 Bobby Verwey  South Africa 19,299
9 Michael Murphy  Ireland 16,404
10 Christy O'Connor Snr  Ireland 16,037

Source: [1].

At the time the Order of Merit was decided in Pounds. The numbers were subsequently converted into Euros, at a rate of 1.4 Euros to the Pound, to enable career money totals to be calculated.