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

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Main
tour[lower-alpha 2]
10 MayMotoman Robotics OpenSmåland150,000Sweden Johan Ryström (5)
24 MayBorås OpenVästergötland150,000Finland Mikko Rantanen (1)
1 JunHimmerland OpenDenmark£35,000Sweden Mikael LundbergCHA
8 JunSIAB OpenSkåne£35,000Sweden Joakim RaskCHA
15 JunHusqvarna OpenSmåland210,000Sweden Mikael Lundberg (1)
22 JunTeam Erhverv Danish OpenDenmark£80,000England David LynnCHA
6 JulUno-X Skövde OpenVästergötland150,000Sweden Ola Eliasson (1)
13 JulVolvo Finnish OpenFinland£35,000Denmark Søren KjeldsenCHA
3 AugGardemoen PGA OpenNorway150,000Sweden Joakim Kroon (1)
10 AugVästerås OpenVästmanland150,000Sweden Peter Hanson (a) (1)
24 AugFinnair Audi OpenFinland250,000Sweden David Lindqvist (1)
31 AugToyota Danish PGA ChampionshipDenmark£40,000Sweden Fredrik HengeCHA
8 SepÖhrlings Swedish MatchplayHalland£50,000United States Gregory GarberoCHA
14 SepTor Line OpenHalland200,000Sweden Fredrik Forsvall (1)
21 SepHelsingborg Golf OpenSkåne150,000Sweden Mikael Krantz (2)
5 OctTelia InfoMedia Grand PrixSkåne£80,000Sweden Fredrik HengeCHA

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1Sweden Fredrik Henge2,021
2Sweden Mikael Lundberg1,416
3Sweden Johan Ryström944
4Sweden Kalle Brink870
5Sweden Ola Eliasson838

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. "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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