1997 Swedish Golf Tour

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1997 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 1997 (1997-05-08) – 5 October 1997 (1997-10-05)
Number of official events16
Most wins2:
Sweden Fredrik Henge
Sweden Mikael Lundberg
Order of Merit winnerSweden Fredrik Henge
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The 1997 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia InfoMedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

A number of the tournaments also featured on the 1997 Challenge Tour.

Schedule[]

The season consisted of 16 events played between May and October.[1]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)		 Co-sanction Ref
10 May Möre Sweden Johan Ryström −3 (72-71-70=213) 3 strokes Sweden 150,000 [2]
24 May Borås Finland Mikko Rantanen −7 (68-75-66=209) 3 strokes Sweden 150,000 [3]
1 Jun Himmerland Open Himmerland, Denmark Sweden Mikael Lundberg −7 (69-72-68=209) 5 strokes France £35,000 CHA [4]
8 Jun SI Siab Open Söderåsen Sweden Joakim Rask −3 (67-71-71-72=281) 1 stroke Sweden Kalle Brink £35,000 CHA [5]
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Jönköping Sweden Mikael Lundberg −11 (66-66-67=199) 1 stroke Sweden Patrik Sjöland 210,000 [6]
22 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Simons, Denmark England David Lynn −14 (70-66-69-69=274) 3 strokes Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen £80,000 CHA [7]
6 Jul Skövde Sweden −12 (66-70-68=204) Playoff Sweden Mikael Lundberg 150,000 [8]
13 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Espoo, Finland Denmark Søren Kjeldsen −12 (70-67-72-67=276) 3 strokes Norway
Sweden Leif Westerberg		 £35,000 CHA [9]
3 Aug Nes, Norway Sweden −9 (70-69-68=207) 2 strokes Sweden 150,000 [10]
10 Aug Västerås Open Västerås Sweden Peter Hanson (am) −13 (68-64-62=194) 6 strokes Sweden
Sweden 		150,000 [11]
24 Aug Talma, Finland Sweden −4 (72-69-71=212) Playoff Finland Mika Lehtinen 250,000 [12]
31 Aug Toyota PGA Championship Odense, Denmark Sweden Fredrik Henge −14 (65-66-71=202) 2 strokes Sweden Martin Erlandsson
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen		 £40,000 CHA [13]
8 Sep Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Varberg United States 2 up New Zealand £50,000 CHA [14]
14 Sep Kungsbacka Sweden +1 (70-71=142) 1 stroke Sweden 200,000 [15]
21 Sep Vasatorp Golf Club Sweden Mikael Krantz −9 (69-72-66=207) 2 strokes Sweden 150,000 [16]
5 Oct Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Ljunghusen Golf Club Sweden Fredrik Henge −11 (71-69-65=205) 1 stroke Denmark Steen Tinning £80,000 CHA [17]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player
1 Sweden Fredrik Henge
2 Sweden Mikael Lundberg
3 Sweden Johan Ryström

References[]

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 277. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Results 1997 Motoman Robotics Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 1997 Borås Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 1997 Himmerland Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 1997 Siab Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1997 Husqvarna Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 1997 Team Erhverv Danish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 1997 Uno-X Skövde Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1997 Volvo Finnish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1997 Gardemoen PGA Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 1997 Västerås Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 1997 Finnair Audi Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 1997 Toyota PGA Championship". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Results 1997 Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Results 1997 Tor Line Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Results 1997 Helsingborg Golf Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Results 1997 Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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