Volvo Masters

Volvo Masters
Tournament information
Location	Sotogrande, Spain
Established	1988
Course(s)	Valderrama Golf Club
Par	71
Length	6,952 yards (6,357 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€4,000,000
Month played	October
Final year	2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1999)
To par	−19 as above
Final champion
	Søren Kjeldsen
Location Map
	Valderrama GC Location in Spain Valderrama GC Location in Andalusia

Last updated May 05, 2023

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

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Volvo Masters
21st	2008	Søren Kjeldsen	276	−8	2 strokes	Martin Kaymer Anthony Wall
20th	2007	Justin Rose	283	−1	Playoff	Simon Dyson Søren Kjeldsen
19th	2006	Jeev Milkha Singh	282	−2	1 stroke	Luke Donald Sergio García Pádraig Harrington
18th	2005	Paul McGinley	274	−10	2 strokes	Sergio García
Volvo Masters Andalucía
17th	2004	Ian Poulter	277	−7	Playoff	Sergio García
16th	2003	Freddie Jacobson	276	−12	Playoff	Carlos Rodiles
15th	2002	Bernhard Langer (2) Colin Montgomerie (2)	281	−3	Title shared^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14th	2001	Pádraig Harrington	204^{[lower-alpha 2]}	−12	1 stroke	Paul McGinley
Volvo Masters
13th	2000	Pierre Fulke	272	−16	1 stroke	Darren Clarke
12th	1999	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	269	−19	2 strokes	Retief Goosen Pádraig Harrington Bernhard Langer
11th	1998	Darren Clarke	271	−17	2 strokes	Andrew Coltart
10th	1997	Lee Westwood	200^{[lower-alpha 2]}	−16	3 strokes	Pádraig Harrington
9th	1996	Mark McNulty	276	−8	7 strokes	José Cóceres Sam Torrance Wayne Westner Lee Westwood
8th	1995	Alex Čejka	282	−2	2 strokes	Colin Montgomerie
7th	1994	Bernhard Langer	276	−8	1 stroke	Seve Ballesteros Vijay Singh
6th	1993	Colin Montgomerie	274	−10	1 stroke	Darren Clarke
5th	1992	Sandy Lyle	287	+3	Playoff	Colin Montgomerie
4th	1991	Rodger Davis	280	−4	1 stroke	Nick Faldo
3rd	1990	Mike Harwood	286	+2	1 stroke	Steven Richardson Sam Torrance
2nd	1989	Ronan Rafferty	282	−6	1 stroke	Nick Faldo
1st	1988	Nick Faldo	284	−4	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros

Notes

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

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References

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

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[2] Title shared when darkness ended play with Langer and Montgomerie still tied after two holes of a sudden-death playoff.

[weather-3] 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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

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