Earnings For European Tour, 1981
Earnings Years:
Below is the rank of earnings for the European Tour during the 1981 tournament year.
| Rank | Player | Location | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | GER | €81,036 |
| 2 | Nick Faldo | ENG | €48,109 |
| 3 | Sandy Lyle | SCO | €44,732 |
| 4 | Greg Norman | AUS | €44,254 |
| 5 | Manuel Pi Ero | ESP | €39,640 |
| 6 | Sam Torrance | SCO | €36,012 |
| 7 | Seve Ballesteros | ESP | €35,154 |
| 8 | Des Smyth | IRL | €29,105 |
| 9 | Eamonn Darcy | IRL | €25,805 |
| 10 | Jose Maria Ca Izares | ESP | €25,529 |
| 11 | Brian Waites | ENG | €25,495 |
| 12 | Brian Barnes | SCO | €24,970 |
| 13 | Tony Jacklin | ENG | €23,899 |
| 14 | Howard Clark | ENG | €23,828 |
| 15 | Mark James | ENG | €22,661 |
| 16 | Neil Coles | ENG | €22,522 |
| 17 | Rodger Davis | AUS | €22,062 |
| 18 | Antonio Garrido | ESP | €21,553 |
| 19 | Steve Martin | SCO | €20,430 |
| 20 | John Bland | RSA | €18,985 |
| 21 | Vicente Fernandez | ARG | €18,796 |
| 22 | Ken Brown | SCO | €17,554 |
| 23 | Bernard Gallacher | SCO | €17,505 |
| 24 | Manuel Calero | ESP | €17,069 |
| 26 | Nick Job | ENG | €15,072 |
| 27 | Mark Mcnulty | IRL | €14,301 |
| 28 | Tommy Horton | ENG | €14,093 |
| 29 | Maurice Bembridge | ENG | €13,605 |
| 30 | Michael King | ENG | €13,414 |
| 31 | Hugh Baiocchi | RSA | €12,474 |
| 32 | Tony Johnstone | ZIM | €12,404 |
| 33 | Ewen Murray | SCO | €12,243 |
| 34 | Gordon J Brand | ENG | €12,164 |
| 35 | Ian Mosey | ENG | €12,099 |
| 36 | Harold Henning | RSA | €12,081 |
| 37 | John O Leary | IRL | €11,103 |
| 38 | Nick Price | ZIM | €10,441 |
| 39 | Warren Humphreys | ENG | €10,349 |
| 40 | Bob Charles | NZL | €10,060 |
| 41 | Noel Ratcliffe | AUS | €9,965 |
| 42 | Baldovino Dassu | ITA | €9,566 |
| 43 | Carl Mason | ENG | €9,461 |
| 44 | David Jones | NIR | €9,068 |
| 45 | Jeff Hall | ENG | €9,024 |
| 46 | Paul Hoad | ENG | €8,565 |
| 47 | Mike Miller | SCO | €8,153 |
| 48 | Gary Cullen | ENG | €8,061 |
| 49 | Jimmy Heggarty | NIR | €7,962 |
| 50 | Stewart Ginn | AUS | €7,385 |
| 51 | Peter Townsend | ENG | €6,967 |
| 52 | Bill Longmuir | SCO | €6,761 |
| 53 | Brian Marchbank | SCO | €6,727 |
| 54 | Pip Elson | ENG | €6,724 |
| 55 | Tom Sieckmann | USA | €6,422 |
| 56 | Florentino Molina | ARG | €6,324 |
| 57 | Peter Tupling | ENG | €6,219 |
| 58 | Tienie Britz | RSA | €6,034 |
| 59 | Martin Poxon | ENG | €5,994 |
| 61 | Massimo Mannelli | ITA | €5,145 |
| 62 | Tony Charnley | ENG | €4,991 |
| 63 | John Morgan | ENG | €4,978 |
| 65 | Simon Owen | NZL | €4,736 |
| 66 | Chris Moody | ENG | €4,683 |
| 67 | Mark Thomas | ENG | €4,634 |
| 69 | David Jagger | ENG | €4,086 |
| 70 | David J Russell | ENG | €4,056 |
| 71 | Stephen Bennett | ENG | €3,961 |
| 72 | Charles Cox | ENG | €3,960 |
| 73 | Martin Foster | ENG | €3,897 |
| 74 | Juan Anglada | ESP | €3,772 |
| 75 | Christy O Connor Jnr | IRL | €3,634 |
| 77 | Manuel Garcia | ESP | €3,461 |
| 78 | David Ingram | SCO | €3,413 |
| 79 | Tony Minshall | ENG | €3,343 |
| 80 | Keith Waters | ENG | €3,124 |
| 81 | Andrew Chandler | ENG | €3,100 |
| 82 | Jeremy Bennett | ENG | €2,898 |
| 84 | Manuel Ballesteros | ESP | €2,778 |
| 85 | Simon Bishop | ENG | €2,725 |
| 86 | Gery Watine | FRA | €2,710 |
| 88 | Ross Drummond | SCO | €2,598 |
| 89 | Keith Ashdown | ENG | €2,490 |
| 91 | Andrew Murray | ENG | €2,449 |
| 92 | Stephen Rolley | ENG | €2,440 |
| 93 | Bill Mccoll | SCO | €2,333 |
| 94 | Garry W Logan | ENG | €2,140 |
| 95 | Manuel Montes | ESP | €2,071 |
| 96 | Jeff Hawkes | RSA | €2,055 |
| 97 | Gordon Manson | SCO | €1,976 |
| 98 | Angel Gallardo | ESP | €1,770 |
| 99 | John Fowler | ENG | €1,713 |
| 100 | Paul Carrigill | ENG | €1,712 |
| 101 | Clive Tucker | ENG | €1,674 |
| 103 | Manuel Ramos | ESP | €1,654 |
| 104 | Ian Woosnam | WAL | €1,599 |
| 105 | Garry Harvey | SCO | €1,592 |
| 106 | Malcolm Gregson | ENG | €1,558 |
| 107 | Peter Cowen | ENG | €1,510 |
| 108 | Nigel Burch | ENG | €1,496 |
| 110 | Robin Fyfe | SCO | €1,437 |
| 111 | Norman Wood | SCO | €1,429 |
| 112 | David Feherty | NIR | €1,387 |
| 113 | Joe Higgins | ENG | €1,325 |
| 114 | Peter Barber | ENG | €1,307 |
| 115 | Gary Birch | ENG | €1,291 |
| 117 | Craig Maltman | SCO | €1,252 |
| 118 | Rafael Alarcon | MEX | €1,244 |
| 120 | John Hoskison | ENG | €1,115 |
| 121 | Gary Potter | ENG | €952 |
| 122 | David Williams | ENG | €897 |
| 124 | Keith Williams | WAL | €868 |
| 125 | Glenn Ralph | ENG | €829 |
| 126 | John Hay | SCO | €780 |
| 128 | Martin Green | ENG | €701 |
| 129 | Lawrence Farmer | WAL | €690 |
| 130 | David A Russell | ENG | €688 |
| 131 | Steve Cipa | ENG | €680 |
| 132 | Horacio Carbonetti | ARG | €620 |
| 133 | Paul Curry | ENG | €615 |
| 134 | Peter Harrison | ENG | €610 |
| 135 | Carlo Knauss | GER | €595 |
| 136 | David Vaughan | WAL | €588 |
| 137 | Hedley Muscroft | ENG | €534 |
