1998 Swedish Golf Tour
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| Duration | 11 June 1998 – 4 October 1998 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Most wins |  Peter Hanson (2) |
| Order of Merit | Fredrik Larsson |
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The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1998 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th 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.
Schedule
[edit | edit source]The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun | NCC Open | Skåne | £40,000 | Johan Ryström |
CHA |
| 20 Jun | Onsöy Open | Norway | 200,000 | Norway Morten Hagen (1) | |
| 28 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 210,000 | Peter Hanson (a) (2) |
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| 5 Jul | GE Capital Bank Open | Skåne | 200,000 | Adam Mednick (1) |
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| 12 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | £40,000 | France Christian Cévaër | CHA |
| 9 Aug | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 150,000 | Peter Hanson (a) (3) |
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| 23 Aug | Saab Open | Södermanland | 300,000 | Hans Edberg (1) |
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| 30 Aug | Navision Open Golf Championship | Denmark | £40,000 | Denmark Søren Hansen | CHA |
| 6 Sep | Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | Halland | £45,000 | United States Kevin Carissimi | CHA |
| 6 Sep | Audi Open | Norway | 200,000 | Tomas Körberg (a) (1) |
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| 13 Sep | Tor Line Open | Halland | 350,000 | Johan Bjerhag (1) |
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| 20 Sep | Swedish PGA Championship | Värmland | 200,000 | Ulrik Gustafsson (1) |
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| 27 Sep | AP Parts Motoman Open | Småland | 150,000 | Fredrik Widmark (1) |
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| 4 Oct | Telia Grand Prix | Skåne | £85,000 | Mats Lanner |
CHA |
Order of Merit
[edit | edit source]The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrik Larsson |
968 |
| 2 | Adam Mednick |
937 |
| 3 | Ulrik Gustafsson |
901 |
| 4 | Fredrik Widmark |
900 |
| 5 | Peter Hanson (a) |
881 |
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (in Swedish)