1998 Swedish Golf Tour
Golf tour season
Duration | 11 June 1998 (1998-06-11) – 4 October 1998 (1998-10-04) |
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Number of official events | 14 |
Most wins | ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
← 1997 1999 → |
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
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[1][2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) | Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
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14 Jun | NCC Open | Skåne | £40,000 | ![]() | CHA |
20 Jun | Onsöy Open | Norway | 200,000 | ![]() | |
28 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 210,000 | ![]() | |
5 Jul | GE Capital Bank Open | Skåne | 200,000 | ![]() | |
12 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | £40,000 | ![]() | CHA |
9 Aug | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
23 Aug | Saab Open | Södermanland | 300,000 | ![]() | |
30 Aug | Navision Open Golf Championship | Denmark | £40,000 | ![]() | CHA |
6 Sep | Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | Halland | £45,000 | ![]() | CHA |
6 Sep | Audi Open | Norway | 200,000 | ![]() | |
13 Sep | Tor Line Open | Halland | 350,000 | ![]() | |
20 Sep | Swedish PGA Championship | Värmland | 200,000 | ![]() | |
27 Sep | AP Parts Motoman Open | Småland | 150,000 | ![]() | |
4 Oct | Telia Grand Prix | Skåne | £85,000 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 968 |
2 | ![]() | 937 |
3 | ![]() | 901 |
4 | ![]() | 900 |
5 | ![]() | 881 |
See also
- 1998 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 Tour 1998". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1998. p. 165. 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 Ranking Herrar" [Telia Ranking Men]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1998. p. 106. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)