Volvo Masters
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The Volvo Masters is the concluding official money event of the European Tour season, the equivalent of the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour. The event's official name between 2000 and 2003 was "Volvo Masters Andalucia", but returned to its original name of "Volvo Masters" in 2005. Andalucia is the region of Spain in which the tournament has always been held since it began in 1988. Except for a gap from 1997 to 2001, it has always been hosted by Valderrama Golf Club. The prize money for the inaugural event was £351,690, and by 2007, this had increased to €4,000,000. The field consists of the top 60 leading money winners on the European Tour. Before 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. Today, this is no longer an issue, since the PGA Tour moved the Tour Championship to mid-September starting in 2007. From 2005 an invitation will be issued to the previous winner even if he isn't in the top sixty.
[edit] Winners
Volvo Masters
- 2007
Justin Rose - 2006
Jeev Milkha Singh - 2005
Paul McGinley
Volvo Masters Andalucia
- 2004 Ian Poulter
- 2003
Fredrik Jacobson - 2002
Bernhard Langer and 
Colin Montgomerie (Langer and Montgomerie were level after two holes of a play-off when darkness fell, and agreed to share the title.) - 2001 Padraig Harrington
Volvo Masters
- 2000 Pierre Fulke
- 1999
Miguel Ángel Jiménez - 1998
Darren Clarke - 1997 Lee Westwood
- 1996
Mark McNulty - 1995 Alex Cejka
- 1994 Bernhard Langer
- 1993 Colin Montgomerie
- 1992 Sandy Lyle
- 1991
Rodger Davis - 1990 Mike Harwood
- 1989 Ronan Rafferty
- 1988 Nick Faldo
