Year: | 1997 |
Tour: | Swedish Golf Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 16 |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Prevseason: | 1996 |
Nextseason: | 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.
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) | Winner | Main tour | |
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10 May | Motoman Robotics Open | Småland | 150,000 | Johan Ryström (5) | ||
24 May | Borås Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | Mikko Rantanen (1) | ||
1 Jun | Denmark | £35,000 | CHA | |||
8 Jun | Skåne | £35,000 | CHA | |||
15 Jun | Småland | 210,000 | Mikael Lundberg (1) | |||
22 Jun | Denmark | £80,000 | CHA | |||
6 Jul | Uno-X Skövde Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | Ola Eliasson (1) | ||
13 Jul | Finland | £35,000 | CHA | |||
3 Aug | Gardemoen PGA Open | Norway | 150,000 | Joakim Kroon (1) | ||
10 Aug | Västmanland | 150,000 | Peter Hanson (a) (1) | |||
24 Aug | Finnair Audi Open | Finland | 250,000 | David Lindqvist (1) | ||
31 Aug | Denmark | £40,000 | CHA | |||
8 Sep | Halland | £50,000 | CHA | |||
14 Sep | Tor Line Open | Halland | 200,000 | Fredrik Forsvall (1) | ||
21 Sep | Skåne | 150,000 | Mikael Krantz (2) | |||
5 Oct | Skåne | £80,000 | CHA |
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]
Position | Player | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2,021 | ||
2 | 1,416 | ||
3 | 944 | ||
4 | 870 | ||
5 | 838 |