- Volvo Masters
Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Volvo Masters
nickname =
location = flagicon|ESPSotogrande ,Spain
establishment = 1988
course =Valderrama Golf Club
par = 71
yardage = 6,952
tour = European Tour
format =Stroke play
purse = € 4,250,000
month_played = November
aggregate = 269 M Á Jiménez (1999)
to-par = -19 "(as above)"
Current Champion = flagicon|ENGJustin Rose The Volvo Masters is the concluding official money event of the European Tour season, the equivalent of the
Tour Championship on thePGA Tour . The event was founded in 1988 and, except for a five year period between 1997 and 2001, has always been held atValderrama Golf Club inAndalusia ,Spain .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. It will be dropped from the 2009 European Tour Schedule.
Winners
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* - In 2002, Langer and Montgomerie were level after two holes of a play-off when darkness fell, and agreed to share the title.""** - The 1997 and 2001 tournaments were cut to just three rounds due adverse weather."External links
* [http://www.volvomasters.com Official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2008088&infosid=3&pageno=1 Coverage on the European Tour's official site]
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