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{{Short description|Golf tour season}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox golf season
| year = 1981
| tour = European Tour
| regular_season = {{Start date|1981|4|239|df=y}} – {{end date|1981|10|4|df=y}}
| no_of_events = 22
| most_wins = 2:<br>{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Seve Ballesteros]] (2)<br>{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]] (2)<br>{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Lyle]] (2)<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]] (2)<br>{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Manuel Piñero]] (2)
| honor1 = Official Moneymoney Listlist
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]]
| honor2 = Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
| honoree2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Bennett]]
| honor3 =
| honoree3 =
| honor4 = Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
| honoree4 = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Bennett]]
| prevseason = [[1980 European Tour|1980]]
| nextseason = [[1982 European Tour|1982]]
}}
The '''1981 European Tour''', titled as the '''1981 PGA European Golf Tour''',<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |title=Tour History |publisher=European Tour |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404045237/http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |archive-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> was the 10th season of the [[European Tour]], the main [[professional golf tour]] in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
The '''1981 European Tour''' was the 10th official season of [[golf]] tournaments known as the [[PGA European Tour]] and organised by the [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland)|Professional Golfers' Association]].
 
The Official Money List was won by West Germany's [[Bernhard Langer]].
 
==Changes for 1981==
ThereThe wereseason severalwas changesmade fromup of 22 tournaments counting for the previousOfficial seasonmoney list, withand thesome additionnon-counting oftournaments thelater [[Lawrenceknown Batleyas International]],"Approved Special Events".<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Raymond |title=ChairmanPutting an end to Europe's tournamentspiky problem |newspaper=TheGlasgow TimesHerald |location=LondonGlasgow, EnglandUnited Kingdom |date=1617 December 1980 |page=2217 |via=TheGoogle Times DigitalNews Archive |url=https://linknews.galegoogle.com/apps/doc/CS169052048/TTDAnewspapers?uid=bli_ttdaUslAAAAAIBAJ&sidsjid=TTDAE6YMAAAAIBAJ&xidpg=40dd6d645969%2C3437157 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref andname=schedule>{{cite thenews loss|last=Plumridge of|first=Christopher the|title=Putting [[Newcastlean Brownend "900"to Open]]Europe's andspiky theproblem [[Merseyside|newspaper=The InternationalGuardian Open]]|location=London, United Kingdom |date=17 December 1980 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259618386/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 
There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the [[Lawrence Batley International]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Chairman's tournament |newspaper=The Times |location=London, United Kingdom |date=16 December 1980 |page=22 |via=The Times Digital Archive |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS169052048/TTDA?u=bli_ttda&sid=TTDA&xid=40dd6d64 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url-access=limited}}</ref> and the loss of the [[Newcastle Brown "900" Open]] and the [[Merseyside International Open]].
 
===Rule changes===
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==Schedule==
The following table lists official events during the 1981 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=1981 Tournament schedule |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/schedule/1981/ |publisher=European Tour |access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref>
The following table lists official events during the 1981 season. 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".<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Raymond |title=Putting an end to Europe's spiky problem |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow, Scotland |date=17 December 1980 |page=17 |via=Google News Archive |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UslAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5969%2C3437157 |access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=schedule>{{cite news |last=Plumridge |first=Christopher |title=Putting an end to Europe's spiky problem |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, England |date=17 December 1980 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259618386/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
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!Host country
!Purse<br>([[Pound sterling|£]])
!Winner{{efn|name=totals|The numbersnumber in parenthesesbrackets after theeach winnerswinner's namesname showis the number of officialEuropean careerTour winsevents they had on the European Tourwon up to and including that eventtournament. TotalsThis areinformation is only shown for members of the European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based [[Men's major golf championships|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. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.}}
!Notes
|- style="background:#e5d1cb;"
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|'''[[1981 Masters Tournament|Masters Tournament]]'''
|United States
|align=right|US$360365,000
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]''' (5)
|[[Men's major golf championships|Major championship]]{{efn|name=unofficial|Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.}}
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|align=right|90,000
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]] (3)
|Pro-Am
|
|-
|4 Oct
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|align=center|n/a
|{{flagdeco|USA}} Team USA
|Team event
|Two 12-man teams
|-
|11 Oct
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|England
|align=right|100,000
|{{flagicon|ESP|1977}} [[Seve Ballesteros]]
|12Limited-player field event
|-
|18 Oct
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|}
 
==Official Moneymoney Listlist==
The PGA[[Harry EuropeanVardon Tour'sTrophy#Winners|official money list was known as the "Official Money List". It]] was based on prize money earnedwon during the season and, calculated in [[Pound sterling]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/898100256/ |title=Langer way out in front |newspaper=Hull Daily Mail |location=Hull, United Kingdom |page=22 |date=8 October 1981 |access-date=21 October 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Position !! Player !! Prize money<br> ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
|align=center|1 || {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Langer]] || align=center|81,036
|-
|align=center|2 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]] || align=center|48,109108
|-
|align=center|3 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Lyle]] || align=center|44,732
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==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
!Award!!Winner!!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Bennett]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750904529/ |title=Jeremy Bennett named Rookie for Year |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Michael |last=Williams |location=London, United Kingdom |page=28 |date=24 November 1981 |access-date=21 October 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
| [[Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jeremy Bennett]]
|}
 
==See also==
*[[List of golfers with most European Tour wins]]
 
==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{official site|https://www.europeantour.com/}}
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/tournament/Season=1981/index_full.html 1981 season results on the PGA European Tour website]
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/racetodubai/rankings/index.html 1981 Order of Merit on the PGA European Tour website]
 
{{European Tour Seasons}}
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[[Category:European Tour seasons]]
[[Category:1981 in golf|European Tour]]
[[Category:1981 in European sport|European Tour]]
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