1974 European Tour

There were several changes from the previous season, with the addition of the Double Diamond Strokeplay, the El Paraiso Open and the non-counting Ibergolf Trophy to conclude the season;^[2] and the loss of the Scottish Open.^[3] The John Player Classic was scheduled for late September, but ultimately cancelled due to a clash of dates with the PGA Tour's Kaiser International Open Invitational.^[4]

The following table lists official events during the 1974 season.^[5][6][2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner[b]	Notes
13 Apr	Portuguese Open	Portugal	15,000	Brian Huggett (1)
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$229,549	Gary Player (n/a)	Major championship[c]
20 Apr	Spanish Open	Spain	26,590	Jerry Heard (1)
27 Apr	Madrid Open	Spain	15,000	Manuel Piñero (1)
5 May	French Open	France	15,650	Peter Oosterhuis (5)
11 May	Penfold Tournament	England	12,000	Tommy Horton (2)
25 May	Piccadilly Medal	England	15,000	Maurice Bembridge (2)
8 Jun	Martini International	England	12,000	Stewart Ginn (1)
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$219,900	Hale Irwin (n/a)	Major championship[c]
23 Jun	Carroll's Celebration International	Ireland	20,325	Bernard Gallacher (1)
13 Jul	The Open Championship	England	50,000	Gary Player (n/a)	Major championship
21 Jul	Scandinavian Enterprise Open	Sweden	30,000	Tony Jacklin (4)
27 Jul	Swiss Open	Switzerland	20,700	Bob Charles (4)
4 Aug	German Open	West Germany	17,500	Simon Owen (1)
11 Aug	Dutch Open	Netherlands	19,000	Brian Barnes (2)
11 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$225,000	Lee Trevino (n/a)	Major championship[c]
17 Aug	Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf	England	25,000	Philippe Toussaint (1)
21 Aug	Double Diamond Strokeplay	Scotland	10,000	Maurice Bembridge (3)	New tournament
31 Aug	Viyella PGA Championship	England	25,000	Maurice Bembridge (4)
15 Sep	Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship	Scotland	20,000	Jack Newton (3)
21 Sep	W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament	England	25,000	Neil Coles (4)
28 Sep	John Player Classic	England	–	Cancelled
5 Oct	Dunlop Masters	Wales	20,000	Bernard Gallacher (2)
20 Oct	Italian Open	Italy	24,000	Peter Oosterhuis (6)
26 Oct	El Paraiso Open	Spain	20,000	Peter Oosterhuis (7)

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner(s)	Notes
18 May	Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball	England	12,000	Clive Clark and Peter Butler	Team event
15 Jun	Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship	England	10,000	Dale Hayes
8 Aug	Lord Derby's Young Professionals' Tournament	England	5,000	Richard Jewell
24 Aug	Double Diamond International	Scotland	n/a	Team England	Team event
12 Oct	Piccadilly World Match Play Championship	England	30,000	Hale Irwin	Limited-field event
3 Nov	Sotogrande Match	Spain	16,000	Team GB&I	New team event
10 Nov	European Ibergolf Trophy	Spain	13,620	Gary Player	New tournament
24 Nov	World Cup	Venezuela	US$2,000	Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes	Team event
	World Cup Individual Trophy		US$1,000	Bobby Cole

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[6][7][8]

Position	Player	Points	Prize money (£)
1	Peter Oosterhuis	2,965	32,127
2	Dale Hayes	2,379	18,396
3	Bernard Gallacher	2,148	18,515
4	Brian Barnes	2,111	14,380
5	Neil Coles	2,080	13,961
6	Vicente Fernández	2,061	7,819
7	Tony Jacklin	2,033	19,547
8	Brian Huggett	2,032	12,373
9	Peter Townsend	1,980	15,828
10	Tommy Horton	1,902	11,343