Volvo Masters
Tournament information
LocationSotogrande, Spain
Established1988
Course(s)Valderrama Golf Club
Par71
Length6,952 yards (6,357 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€4,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1999)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Location Map
Valderrama GC is located in Spain
Valderrama GC
Valderrama GC
Location in Spain
Valderrama GC is located in Andalusia
Valderrama GC
Valderrama GC
Location in Andalusia

The Volvo Masters was the concluding official money event of the European Tour season until 2009, when it was replaced by the Dubai World Championship. The event was founded in 1988 and held at Valderrama Golf Club in Andalusia, Spain, except for a five-year period between 1997 and 2001 when Montecastillo Golf Club played host to the tournament.

The tournament reverted to its original name of "Volvo Masters" in 2005, having been known as the "Volvo Masters Andalucia" between 2000 and 2003 for sponsorship reasons. The prize money for the inaugural event was £351,690, and by 2008, this had increased to over €4 million, making it one of the richest events on the tour. The field consists of the top 60 leading money winners on the European Tour, and from 2005, an invitation has also been issued to the previous years winner regardless of their standing on the money list.

Prior to 2007, the Volvo Masters was held one week before The Tour Championship to allow golfers who are members of both the European and PGA Tours to participate, but this changed after the PGA Tour rescheduled their event to mid-September.

Following a one-year absence from the calendar, Valderama returned to the European Tour schedule in 2010 with the Andalucía Valderrama Masters under the sponsorship of Turismo Andaluz (Andalucia Government Tourism Organization).[1]

Winners

European Tour (Tour Championship) 1988–2008
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Volvo Masters
21st 2008Denmark Søren Kjeldsen276−82 strokesGermany Martin Kaymer
England Anthony Wall
20th 2007England Justin Rose283−1PlayoffEngland Simon Dyson
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
19th 2006India Jeev Milkha Singh282−21 strokeEngland Luke Donald
Spain Sergio García
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
18th 2005Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley274−102 strokesSpain Sergio García
Volvo Masters Andalucía
17th 2004England Ian Poulter277−7PlayoffSpain Sergio García
16th 2003Sweden Freddie Jacobson276−12PlayoffSpain Carlos Rodiles
15th 2002Germany Bernhard Langer (2)
Scotland Colin Montgomerie (2)		281−3Title shared[lower-alpha 1]
14th 2001Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington204[lower-alpha 2]−121 strokeRepublic of Ireland Paul McGinley
Volvo Masters
13th 2000Sweden Pierre Fulke272−161 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
12th 1999Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez269−192 strokesSouth Africa Retief Goosen
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Germany Bernhard Langer
11th 1998Northern Ireland Darren Clarke271−172 strokesScotland Andrew Coltart
10th 1997England Lee Westwood200[lower-alpha 2]−163 strokesRepublic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
9th 1996Zimbabwe Mark McNulty276−87 strokesArgentina José Cóceres
Scotland Sam Torrance
South Africa Wayne Westner
England Lee Westwood
8th 1995Germany Alex Čejka282−22 strokesScotland Colin Montgomerie
7th 1994Germany Bernhard Langer276−81 strokeSpain Seve Ballesteros
Fiji Vijay Singh
6th 1993Scotland Colin Montgomerie274−101 strokeNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
5th 1992Scotland Sandy Lyle287+3PlayoffScotland Colin Montgomerie
4th 1991Australia Rodger Davis280−41 strokeEngland Nick Faldo
3rd 1990Australia Mike Harwood286+21 strokeEngland Steven Richardson
Scotland Sam Torrance
2nd 1989Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty282−61 strokeEngland Nick Faldo
1st 1988England Nick Faldo284−42 strokesSpain Seve Ballesteros

Notes

  1. ↑ Title shared when darkness ended play with Langer and Montgomerie still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ↑ "European Tour schedule to feature Andalucia Masters at Valderrama". Golf Monthly. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
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