2008 European Tour - Order of Merit

Order of Merit

In 2008, 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 2008 were:

Rank Player Country Events Prize money (€)
1 Robert Karlsson Sweden 23 2,732,748
2 Pádraig Harrington Ireland 14 2,459,109
3 Lee Westwood England 21 2,424,642
4 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain 26 2,066,596
5 Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland 28 1,859,346
6 Ross Fisher England 27 1,836,530
7 Henrik Stenson Sweden 19 1,798,617
8 Martin Kaymer Germany 25 1,794,500
9 Sergio García Spain 13 1,591,917
10 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 29 1,440,979
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Note that Tiger Woods earned more money in European Tour events in 2008 (€2,759,558 in five events) than any other golfer, but was not a member of the European Tour so was not eligible for the Order of Merit.

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