1989 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration19 May 1989 (1989-05-19) – 24 September 1989 (1989-09-24)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Magnus Sunesson
1988
1990

The 1989 Swedish Golf Tour was the sixth 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

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.[1][2][3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Main
tour[lower-alpha 2]
21 MayNaturgas OpenSkåne250,000England Jeff HallCHA
28 MayRamlösa OpenVästergötland300,000Germany Heinz-Peter ThülCHA
4 JunNescafé CupSkåne300,000Sweden Thomas NilssonCHA
11 JunTeleannons Grand PrixSkåne500,000Sweden Mats LannerCHA
18 JunStiga OpenSmåland250,000Sweden Thomas NilssonCHA
2 JulVolvo AlbatrossSmåland400,000Sweden Magnus SunessonCHA
9 JulWermland OpenVärmland400,000Sweden Anders GillnerCHA
16 JulScandinavian Tipo TrophyFinland250,000Denmark René MichelsenCHA
30 JulSM Match PlayUppland325,000Sweden Magnus GrankvistCHA
13 AugGevalia OpenGästrikland400,000Sweden Mats LannerCHA
27 AugEsab OpenHalland250,000Sweden Carl-Magnus StrömbergCHA
10 SepVästerås Kentab OpenVästmanland325,000Sweden Clas HultmanCHA
17 SepSI Aragon OpenNärke400,000Sweden Anders GillnerCHA
24 SepLänsförsäkringar OpenHalland600,000Sweden Leif HederströmCHA

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Diners Club Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Swedish krona.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money (SKr)
1Sweden Magnus Sunesson245,250
2Sweden Anders Gillner203,550
3Sweden Mats Lanner163,300
4Sweden Magnus Grankvist160,100
5Sweden Thomas Nilsson157,750

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.

References

  1. "Årets program" [This year's program]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 1989. p. 121. Retrieved 15 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. "Swedish Golf Tour 1989". Svensk Golf. No. 12. December 1989. pp. 68–69. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. "Diners Club Order of Merit, Sverige" [Diners Club Order of Merit, Sweden]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1989. p. 79. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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