1997 Swedish Golf Tour

1997 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 1997 (1997-05-08) – 5 October 1997 (1997-10-05)
Number of official events16
Order of MeritSweden 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.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
10 May Motoman Robotics Open Småland 150,000 Sweden Johan Ryström (5)
24 May Borås Open Västergötland 150,000 Finland Mikko Rantanen (1)
1 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark £35,000 Sweden Mikael Lundberg CHA
8 Jun SIAB Open Skåne £35,000 Sweden Joakim Rask CHA
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 210,000 Sweden Mikael Lundberg (1)
22 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark £80,000 England David Lynn CHA
6 Jul Uno-X Skövde Open Västergötland 150,000 Sweden Ola Eliasson (1)
13 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland £35,000 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen CHA
3 Aug Gardemoen PGA Open Norway 150,000 Sweden Joakim Kroon (1)
10 Aug Västerås Open Västmanland 150,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (a) (1)
24 Aug Finnair Audi Open Finland 250,000 Sweden David Lindqvist (1)
31 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark £40,000 Sweden Fredrik Henge CHA
8 Sep Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Halland £50,000 United States Gregory Garbero CHA
14 Sep Tor Line Open Halland 200,000 Sweden Fredrik Forsvall (1)
21 Sep Helsingborg Golf Open Skåne 150,000 Sweden Mikael Krantz (2)
5 Oct Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Skåne £80,000 Sweden Fredrik Henge CHA

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Fredrik Henge 2,021
2 Sweden Mikael Lundberg 1,416
3 Sweden Johan Ryström 944
4 Sweden Kalle Brink 870
5 Sweden Ola Eliasson 838

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  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.
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