Order of Merit
In 2007, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2007 were:
| Position | Player | Country | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Rose | England | 2,944,945 |
| 2 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 2,496,237 |
| 3 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 2,463,742 |
| 4 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | 2,014,841 |
| 5 | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | 1,919,339 |
| 6 | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | 1,753,024 |
| 7 | Andrés Romero | Argentina | 1,741,707 |
| 8 | Søren Hansen | Denmark | 1,692,054 |
| 9 | Retief Goosen | South Africa | 1,478,245 |
| 10 | Lee Westwood | England | 1,420,327 |
Note that Tiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2007 than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so is not eligible for the Order of Merit.
Read more about this topic: 2007 European Tour
Famous quotes containing the words order of, order and/or merit:
“A. Well, an old order is a violent one.
This proves nothing. Just one more truth, one more
Element in the immense disorder of truths.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the enfeeblement, verging on paralysis, of the capacity to govern. This breakdown in the constitutional order is the cause of the precipitate and catastrophic decline of Western society. It may, if it cannot be arrested and reversed, bring about the fall of the West.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)
“Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)