1997 Swedish Golf Tour
Golf tour season
Duration | 8 May 1997 (1997-05-08) – 5 October 1997 (1997-10-05) |
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Number of official events | 16 |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
← 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]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) | Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
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10 May | Motoman Robotics Open | Småland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
24 May | Borås Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
1 Jun | Himmerland Open | Denmark | £35,000 | ![]() | CHA |
8 Jun | SIAB Open | Skåne | £35,000 | ![]() | CHA |
15 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 210,000 | ![]() | |
22 Jun | Team Erhverv Danish Open | Denmark | £80,000 | ![]() | CHA |
6 Jul | Uno-X Skövde Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
13 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | £35,000 | ![]() | CHA |
3 Aug | Gardemoen PGA Open | Norway | 150,000 | ![]() | |
10 Aug | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
24 Aug | Finnair Audi Open | Finland | 250,000 | ![]() | |
31 Aug | Toyota Danish PGA Championship | Denmark | £40,000 | ![]() | CHA |
8 Sep | Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | Halland | £50,000 | ![]() | CHA |
14 Sep | Tor Line Open | Halland | 200,000 | ![]() | |
21 Sep | Helsingborg Golf Open | Skåne | 150,000 | ![]() | |
5 Oct | Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix | Skåne | £80,000 | ![]() | CHA |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]
Position | Player | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 2,021 |
2 | ![]() | 1,416 |
3 | ![]() | 944 |
4 | ![]() | 870 |
5 | ![]() | 838 |
See also
- 1997 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Telia InfoMedia Ranking 1997". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1997. p. 108. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)