2006 Swedish Golf Tour Explained

Year:2006
Tour:Swedish Golf Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:17
Honor1:Order of Merit
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2006 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd 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 Nordic Golf League since 1999.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
WinnerMain
tour
Skåne 250,000
Gambro Open Skåne 200,000
Kinnaborg Open Västergötland 200,000
Booz Allen Nordic Classic Södermanland 100,000 Johan Bjerhag (2)
Telia Masters Skåne 500,000
Småland 350,000
Skåne Open Skåne 200,000
Salem Open Södermanland 200,000
Latvia 425,000
Västmanland 250,000
Halland 300,000
Gotland 200,000
Uppland 1,130,000
Thermia Open Småland 200,000
Södermanland 225,000
TourGolf Open Skåne 600,000
Västergötland 300,000 Pontus Leijon (1)

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPoints
1 1,491
2 1,473
3 1,430
4 1,423
5 1,352

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Telia Tour Men 2006 . golfdata.se . sv . 8 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017041027/http://golfdata.se/tournytt/program.asp?YEAR=2006&TYP=P&DEL=T%E4vlingar%20-%20Tournament%20Schedule%202005&LANG=ENG . 17 October 2007.
  2. Telia Tour Program 2006 . sv . 176 . June 2006 . Svensk Golf . 6 . 8 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Telia Ranking Herrar 2006 . Telia Ranking Men 2006 . Swedish . golfdata.se . 13 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071102040253/http://golfdata.se/tournytt/ranking_print.asp?DEL=Telia+Ranking&per=2006&TOUR=ST&TYP=1&SORT=R&LIST=TRUE&PRINT=TRUE . 2 November 2007.