1997 Swedish Golf Tour Explained

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.

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
WinnerMain
tour
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

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
1 2,021
2 1,416
3 944
4 870
5 838

See also

Notes and References

  1. Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - tävlingsarrangörerna . Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - competition organisation . sv . Svensk Golf . 13 October 2023 . May 1997 . 5 . 191.
  2. Swedish Golf Tour/Telia Tour . sv . 277–279 . 2004 . Anders . Jansson . Golf - Den Stora Sporten . Swedish Golf Federation . 9 October 2023 . 91-86818007.
  3. Telia InfoMedia Ranking 1997 . sv . Svensk Golf . 13 October 2023 . November 1997 . 11 . 108.