2021 Swedish Golf Tour

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2021 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration18 February 2021 (2021-02-18) – 15 October 2021 (2021-10-15)
Number of official events14 [lower-alpha 1]
Order of Merit Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Blommé
2020
2022

The 2021 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2021 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th 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.

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In-season changes

The 2021 season initially consisted of 18 tournaments. Two tournaments, the Winter Series, planned to be played in Spain 18–28 February was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The Gamle Fredrikstad Open was also planned to be played in Norway, from 25–27 May, but was also cancelled due to the pandemic. 14 scheduled tournaments remained, to take place from May to October; two in Finland, one in Norway and 11 in Sweden.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season. [2] [3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner [lower-alpha 2] Main
tour [lower-alpha 3]
22 FebLumine Hills OpenSpainCancelled [1] NGL
28 FebLumine Lakes OpenSpainCancelled [1] NGL
6 MayLindbytvätten Grand OpeningÖland420,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Hampus Bergman NGL
22 MayTanumStrand Fjällbacka OpenBohuslän350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Robert S. Karlsson NGL
27 MayGamle Fredrikstad OpenNorwayCancelled
4 JunStockholm TrophySödermanland420,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Kennegård NGL
24 JunHalmstad ChallengeHalland400,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Nøhr Madsen NGL
2 JulJunet OpenSmåland430,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Jensen NGL
10 Jul Live It Katrineholm Open Södermanland430,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Hannes Rönneblad NGL
24 JulAudi Finnish PGA Golf Tour ChampionshipFinland€40,000 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Hellberg NGL
31 JulGöteborg OpenVästergötland420,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonathan Ågren NGL
16 AugBråviken OpenÖstergötland400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Eineving NGL
21 Aug PGA Championship Landeryd Masters Östergötland600,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen NGL
4 Sep Timberwise Finnish Open Finland€55,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen NGL
24 Sep Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship Västergötland430,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Petersen NGL
30 SepVisby OpenGotland400,000 Flag of Norway.svg Jarand Ekeland Arnøy NGL
15 Oct MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Final Skåne500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Petersen NGL

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Blommé 217,371
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 193,373
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Petersen 187,688
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson 182,600
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Jensen 180,023

See also

Notes

  1. A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. 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 schedule, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  3. NGL − Nordic Golf League.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Damgaard, Peter (2 February 2021). "MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Winter Series er aflyst" [MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Winter Series has been cancelled]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. "2021 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. "Nu blir det more golf på touren" [Now it will be more golf on the tour]. Golfa! (in Swedish). No. 1. Swedish Golf Federation. 16 March 2021. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. "MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking 2021" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2021.