2008 Swedish Golf Tour

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2008 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) – 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Number of official events15
Order of Merit Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian
2007
2009

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2008 SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th 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 Nordic Golf League since 1999.

Contents

Scandinavian Airlines title sponsorship

In March, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Scandinavian Airlines, being renamed as the SAS Masters Tour. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season. [2] [3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] Main
tour [lower-alpha 2]
10 MayTelenor MastersSkåne300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian NGL
24 MayPayEx MastersNorway300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Edberg NGL
31 MaySöderby MastersUppland300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Pehr Magnebrant NGL
7 JunKristianstad MastersSkåne300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Hammarberg NGL
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Bjerhag NGL
19 JunÖsterlen MastersSkåne350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian NGL
27 Jul Hansabanka Baltic Open Latvia€50,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Barth NGL
9 AugPensum InvitationalÅngermanland400,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Suhr NGL
22 Aug SM Match Närke300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Åke Nilsson NGL
31 AugGant OpenFinland300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp NGL
7 Sep Dubliner Challenge Västergötland€140,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup CHA
14 SepLandskrona MastersSkåne300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Sjöstrand NGL
21 SepVisma MastersDenmark€50,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Atlevi NGL
27 Sep PGA Landmann Open Halland400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Enander-Hedin NGL
4 OctVolkswagen Kallfors OpenSödermanland300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Klas Hallgren NGL

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian 200,684
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Åke Nilsson 186,670
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Suhr 168,854
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Bjerhag 146,301
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Adell 141,978

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 Nordic Golf League or Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.

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References

  1. "Masters Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 75. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. "SAS Masters Tour Herrar 2008" [SAS Masters Tour Men 2008]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. "SAS Masters Tour 2008". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. "SAS Masters Tour OoM Herrar" [SAS Masters Tour OoM Men]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2022.