| SM Match | |
| Location: | Skövde, Sweden |
| Establishment: | 1904 |
| Course: | Skövde Golfklubb |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | 6747yd |
| Tour: | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play and match play |
| Month Played: | July |
| Score: | 6 and 5 Mark Haastrup (2016) |
| Current Champion: |  Oliver Gillberg Sofie Bringner |
| Map: | Sweden |
| Map Label: | Skövde Golfklubb |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 58.369°N 13.807°W |
The Swedish Match Play Championship is a golf tournament played since 1904, held for both men and women. It is the oldest and most traditional golf tournament in Sweden.[1] The name SM is a Swedish abbreviation for Svenska Mästerskapet 'Swedish Championship'.
From the first tournament in 1904 (for men) and 1911 (for women) until 1983, it was an amateur tournament, from 1910 open only for Swedish citizens, and the winner was the official Swedish champion. Since 1984, except 1985, the tournament has been open to both amateurs and professionals and for foreign citizens.
If a foreigner wins, the best placed Swedish player becomes Swedish champion of the year.
The men's tournament is part of the Swedish Golf Tour since 1986 and the Nordic Golf League since 1999. It featured on the Challenge Tour between 1990 and 1999. The women's tournament is part of the women's Swedish Golf Tour since 1986.
The first tournament was held 9–10 October 1904, organized by Göteborgs Golfklubb (Gothenburg Golf Club) at the newly built 6 hole Hovås Course. Only players from the home club took part, despite there were two clubs in the country, one in Stockholm also.[2]
From 1907 to 1966, the final in the men's tournament was played over 36 holes. In 1949 and in 1950, the men's tournament began with 36 holes stroke play, were the 8 best players qualified for the match play competition. From 1932 to 1983, the final in the women's tournament was played over 36 holes.[3]
In 2012 the format was again changed from pure match play to 36 hole stroke play followed by match play for the 32 best men and 16 best women respectively.[4] [5]
In 2020, the men's and women's tournaments were, for the first time, played at different venues and at different dates.
Most victories in the men's tournament are won by Elis Werkell, with six wins. Most victories in the women's tournament are won by Liv Wollin (née Forsell) with ten wins.
Each year a Swedish champion award is given to the highest finishing Swede at the conclusion of the tournament. The Swedish Champion in the men's category has always came from the final match, except in 1997 and 2017, when Raimo Sjöberg (1997) and Joakim Rask (2017) finished as the highest finishing Swedes without making the final.
In the women's category, Karolina Andersson in 2002, Caroline Hedwall in 2007 and Ellen Hutchinson-Kay in 2022 were crowned Swedish champions without winning the tournament.
| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Match | |||||
| 2024 | 20 holes | Simon Hovdal (a) | |||
| Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship | |||||
| 2023 |  Axel Bóasson (2) | 1 up | Felix Pålson | ||
| 2022 | 1 up | Felix Jordansson | |||
| 2021 | 3 and 2 | Adam Blommé | |||
| SM Match | |||||
| 2020 | 1 up | Oscar Lengdén | |||
| 2019 | 19 holes | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen | |||
| 2018 | 5 and 4 | Sebastian Hansson | |||
| 2017 | 3 and 1 |  Daniel Løkke | |||
| 2016 | 6 and 5 | Niclas Johansson | |||
| 2015 | 3 and 2 | Anton Wejshag | |||
| 2014 | 4 and 3 | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen | |||
| 2013 | 1 up | Joakim Lagergren | |||
| 2012 | 3 and 2 | Joakim Lagergren | |||
| 2011 | 2 and 1 | Mathias Johansson | |||
| 2010 | 21 holes | Tony Edlund | |||
| 2009 | 2 and 1 | Wilhelm Schauman | |||
| 2008 | 3 and 2 |  Christian Aronsen | |||
| 2007 | 1 up | Niklas Bruzelius | |||
| 2006 | Andreas Ljunggren (a) | 1 up | Jonas Wåhlstedt (a) | ||
| 2005 | David Jonsson | ||||
| 2004 | 3 and 2 | Per Larsson (a) | |||
| 2003 | 3 and 2 | Jonas Wåhlstedt (a) | |||
| 2002 | 4 and 2 | Markus Westerberg | |||
| 2001 | 19 holes | Yngve Nilsson | |||
| 2000 | 1 up | Johan Möller | |||
| Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | |||||
| 1999 | 19 holes | Henrik Stenson | |||
| 1998 | 2 and 1 | Mattias Eliasson | |||
| 1997 | 2 up |  Elliot Boult | |||
| SM Match Play | |||||
| 1996 | 2 and 1 | Freddie Jacobson | |||
| 1995 | 4 and 2 | Niclas Björnsson | |||
| 1994 | 1 up | Joakim Grönhagen | |||
| 1993 | 2 and 1 | Joakim Nilsson | |||
| 1992 | 2 up | Kenny Cross | |||
| 1991 | 19 holes | Mats Sterner | |||
| 1990 | 3 and 2 | Per-Ulrik Johansson | |||
| 1989 | Magnus Grankvist (2) | 2 and 1 | Yngve Nilsson | ||
| SM Match Trygg-Hansa Cup | |||||
| 1988 | 1 up | Anders Gillner | |||
| 1987 | 1 up | Johan Ryström | |||
| 1986 | 3 and 2 | John Lindberg | |||
| Svenska Mästerskapet Match Play | |||||
| 1985 | Yngve Nilsson (a) | 2 and 1 | Mikael Krantz (a) | ||
| 1984 | 2 and 1 | ||||
| 1983 | 4 and 2 | Thomas Andersson | |||
| 1982 | Björn Svedin (2) | 6 and 5 | Torbjörn Antevik | ||
| 1981 | Göran Knutsson (2) | 2 and 1 | Nils Lindeblad | ||
| 1980 | 2 and 1 | Jan Grönkwist | |||
| 1979 | 2 and 1 | Jonas Brundin | |||
| 1978 | Mikael Sorling (2) | 2 and 1 | Krister Kinell | ||
| 1977 | 4 and 2 | Anders Johnsson | |||
| 1976 | 2 and 1 | Jan Svensson | |||
| 1975 | 1 up | Olle Dahlgren | |||
| 1974 | 5 and 4 | Thomas Bergström | |||
| 1973 | 5 and 4 | Jan Wågnert | |||
| 1972 | 3 and 2 | Michael Örtegren | |||
| 1971 | Hans Hedjerson (2) | 1 up | Jan Rube | ||
| 1970 | 5 and 4 | Roy Syle | |||
| 1969 | Jan Rosell (2) | 5 and 3 | Claes Lindholm | ||
| 1968 | 1 up | Thure Holmström | |||
| 1967 | Johan Jöhncke (2) | 5 and 4 | Thure Holmström | ||
| 1966 | 8 and 7 | P. O. Johansson | |||
| 1965 | 38 holes | Hans Hedjerson | |||
| 1964 | Lennart Leinborn (3) | 4 and 3 | P. O. Johansson | ||
| 1963 | 2 and 1 | Lars Hall | |||
| 1962 | 8 and 6 | Göran Stenport | |||
| 1961 | Lennart Leinborn (2) | 4 and 3 | Bengt Möller | ||
| 1960 | 8 and 7 | Nils Gustavsson | |||
| 1959 | 39 holes | Göran Lindeblad | |||
| 1958 | 5 and 4 | Ola Bergqvist | |||
| 1957 | 5 and 4 | Rune Karlfedt | |||
| 1956 | 10 and 8 | Lennart Roos | |||
| 1955 | Elis Werkell (6) | 3 and 2 | Göran Lindeblad | ||
| 1954 | 4 and 2 | Ola Bergqvist | |||
| 1953 | Elis Werkell (5) | 3 and 2 | Bengt Möller | ||
| 1952 | Elis Werkell (4) | 8 and 7 | Carl-Reinhold Ulff | ||
| 1951 | 1 up | Elis Werkell | |||
| 1950 | Elis Werkell (3) | 5 and 4 | Jan Nathorst-Westfelt | ||
| 1949 | Elis Werkell (2) | 4 and 3 | Gunnar Friberg | ||
| 1948 | Finn Sörvik (5) | 37 holes | Elis Werkell | ||
| 1947 | 3 and 1 | Gustaf Adolf Bielke | |||
| 1946 | Finn Sörvik (4) | 4 and 3 | Edvard Brändström | ||
| 1945 | Finn Sörvik (3) | 9 and 8 | Eric Bengtsson | ||
| 1944 | Finn Sörvik (2) | 3 and 2 | Nils Odqvist | ||
| 1943 | 1 up | Sten Arnberg | |||
| 1942 | 3 and 2 | Nils Odqvist | |||
| 1941 | 3 and 2 | Erik Runfelt | |||
| 1940: No tournament | |||||
| 1939 | 5 and 4 | Hugo Runfelt | |||
| 1938 | Sune Malmström (3) | 4 and 3 | Hugo Runfelt | ||
| 1937 | Hugo Runfelt (8) | 2 and 1 | Erik Runfelt | ||
| 1936 | Sune Malmström (2) | 6 and 5 | Elof Runfelt | ||
| 1935 | Hugo Runfelt (7) | 2 up | Stig Boström | ||
| 1934 | Erik Runfelt (6) | 3 and 1 | Gunnar Peterson | ||
| 1933 | 5 and 4 | Gunnar Edstrand | |||
| 1932 | 6 and 4 | Georg Svensson | |||
| 1925–1931: No tournament | |||||
| 1924 | Gunnar Edstrand (2) | 8 and 7 | Erik Thorén | ||
| 1923 | 8 and 7 | Elof Runfelt | |||
| 1922 | Carl Rydbeck (3) | 6 and 5 | Gunnar Edstrand | ||
| 1921 | Erik Runfelt (5) | 6 and 5 | Knut Lignell | ||
| 1920 | Carl Rydbeck (2) | 6 and 5 | Georg Pettersson | ||
| 1919 | Hans Beck-Friis (2) | 1 up | Erik Runfelt | ||
| 1918 | Erik Runfelt (4) | 9 and 7 | Hans Beck-Friis | ||
| 1917 | Erik Runfelt (3) | 2 up | Hans Beck-Friis | ||
| 1916 | 11 and 9 | Gunnar Bauer | |||
| 1915 | 8 and 6 | Hans Beck-Friis | |||
| 1914 | 37 holes | Georg Pettersson | |||
| 1913 | Erik Runfelt (2) | 6 and 4 | Carl Rydbeck | ||
| 1912 | 13 and 11 | Carl Rydbeck | |||
| 1911 | Tor Törnsten (5) | 3 and 2 | Erik Runfelt | ||
| 1910 | Tor Törnsten (4) | 37 holes | Erik Runfelt | ||
| 1909 | Tor Törnsten (3) | 4 and 2 | D. von Braun | ||
| 1908 | 9 and 8 | Tor Törnsten | |||
| 1907 | Tor Törnsten (2) | 11 and 10 | Viktor Setterberg | ||
| 1906 | 4 and 2 | Viktor Setterberg | |||
| 1905 | Andrew Armstrong | 3 and 1 | Viktor Setterberg | ||
| 1904 | 8 and 6 | Viktor Setterberg | |||
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| SM Match Play | |
 Patricia Isabel Schmidt | |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Linn Grant (a) |
| 2019 | Emma Svensson |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Johanna Björk |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Natalie Wille |
| 2013 | Anjelika Hammar |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Cissi Wahlberg |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Anna Nordqvist (a) |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Caroline Hedwall (a) |
| SM i Match Play | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 |  Rikka Hakkarainen |
| 2001 | Cecilia Sjöblom |
| 2000 | Isabelle Rosberg |
| Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | |
| 1999 | Filippa Helmersson |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Anna Berg (a) |
| SM Match Play | |
| 1995 | Mia Löjdahl (a) |
| 1994 | Maria Hjorth (a) (2) |
| 1993 | Maria Hjorth (a) |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Linda Ericsson (a) |
| 1990 | Jeniffer Allmark (a) |
| Svenska Mästerskapet Match Play | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Helen Alfredsson (a) (3) |
| SM Match Trygg-Hansa Cup | |
| 1987 | Helen Alfredsson (a) (2) |
| 1986 | Helen Alfredsson (a) |
| Svenska Mästerskapet Match Play | |
| 1985 | Sofia Grönberg (a) |
| 1984 | Liselotte Neumann (a) |
| 1983 | Gisela Linnér |
| 1982 | Marie Wennersten (2) |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Liv Wollin (10) |
| 1979 | Hillewi Hagström |
| 1978 | Kärstin Ehrnlund (2) |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | Liv Wollin (9) |
| 1975 | Eva Cedervall |
| 1974 | Monica Andersson |
| 1973 | Liv Wollin (8) |
| 1972 | Liv Wollin (7) |
| 1971 | Louise Wingård |
| 1970 | Birgit Forssman |
| 1969 | Liv Forsell (6) |
| 1968 | Liv Forsell (5) |
| 1967 | Liv Forsell (4) |
| 1966 | Liv Forsell (3) |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Liv Forsell (2) |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Ann-Marie Brynolf |
| 1961 | Ann-Katrin Svensson (2) |
| 1960 | Britt Mattsson (8) |
| 1959 | Marianne Bergengren (2) |
| 1958 | Marianne Bergengren |
| 1957 | Britt Mattsson (7) |
| 1956 | Britt Mattsson (6) |
| 1955 | Ann-Katrin Svensson |
| 1954 | Gertrud Ahlberg |
| 1953 | Britt Mattsson (5) |
| 1952 | Britt Mattsson (4) |
| 1951 | Britt Mattsson (3) |
| 1950 | Britt Mattsson (2) |
| 1949 | Britt Mattsson |
| 1948 | Nancy Runfelt (3) |
| 1947 | Cisela Lundberg |
| 1946 | Nancy Runfelt (2) |
| 1945 | Ann-Kersti Svensson (3) |
| 1944 | Maud Röhss (3) |
| 1943 | Ann-Marie Brynolf |
| 1942 | Maud Röhss (2) |
| 1941 | Maud Röhss |
| 1940 | No tournament |
| 1939 | Nancy Runfelt |
| 1938 | Ann-Kersti Swenson (2) |
| 1937 | Karin Bauer (5) |
| 1936 | Ellis Janzon |
| 1935 | Karin Bauer (4) |
| 1934 | Ann-Kersti Swenson |
| 1933 | Karin Bauer (3) |
| 1932 | Karin Bauer (2) |
| 1925–31 | No tournament |
| 1924 | Els-Brita Hammer |
| 1923 | No tournament |
| 1922 | Karin Bauer |
| 1921 | No tournament |
| 1920 | |
| 1919 | |
| 1918 | Rosa Runfelt |
| 1917 | No tournament |
| 1916 | |
| 1915 | |
| 1914 | Viveka Rosencrantz (2) |
| 1913 | No tournament |
| 1912 | |
| 1911 | Viveka Rosencrantz |
| 1910 | No tournament |
| 1909 | |
| 1908 | |
| 1907 | |
| 1906 | |
| 1905 | |
| 1904 | |