1997 Swedish Golf Tour

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1997 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 1997 (1997-05-08) – 5 October 1997 (1997-10-05)
Number of official events16
Order of Merit Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge
1996
1998

The 1997 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1997 Telia Infomedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Sweden since it was formed in 1984, with most tournaments being incorporated into the Challenge Tour between 1989 and 1998.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] Main
tour [lower-alpha 2]
10 MayMotoman Robotics OpenSmåland150,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Ryström (5)
24 MayBorås OpenVästergötland150,000 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Rantanen (1)
1 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark£35,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg CHA
8 Jun SIAB Open Skåne£35,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Rask CHA
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland210,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg (1)
22 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark£80,000 Flag of England.svg David Lynn CHA
6 JulUno-X Skövde OpenVästergötland150,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Eliasson (1)
13 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland£35,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen CHA
3 AugGardemoen PGA OpenNorway150,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Kroon (1)
10 Aug Västerås Open Västmanland150,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hanson (a) (1)
24 AugFinnair Audi OpenFinland250,000 Flag of Sweden.svg David Lindqvist (1)
31 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark£40,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge CHA
8 Sep Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Halland£50,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Garbero CHA
14 SepTor Line OpenHalland200,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Forsvall (1)
21 Sep Helsingborg Golf Open Skåne150,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Krantz (2)
5 Oct Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Skåne£80,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge CHA

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [3]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge 2,021
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg 1,416
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Ryström 944
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Brink 870
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Eliasson 838

See also

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Swedish Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. As most Swedish Golf Tour events are incorporated into the Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. CHA − Challenge Tour.

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References

  1. "Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - tävlingsarrangörerna" [Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - competition organisation]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1997. p. 191. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. Jansson, Anders (2004). "Swedish Golf Tour/Telia Tour". Golf - Den Stora Sporten (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 277–279. ISBN   91-86818007 . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. "Telia InfoMedia Ranking 1997". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1997. p. 108. Retrieved 13 October 2023.