2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

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2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 2008 (2008-05) – October 2008 (2008-10)
Number of official events12
Most wins2:
Czech Republic
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
Order of MeritCzech Republic
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]

Scandinavian Airlines replaced Telia Company as the tour's main sponsor and minimum purse for tournaments were raised to SEK 300,000. The sponsorship agreement amounted to a total of SEK 55 million and included the men's SAS Masters (formerly Scandinavian Masters) and women's SAS Masters in Norway.[2]

The Swedish International, held since 1962 and included on the tour since its inception in 1986, was discontinued.

Teenage twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall finished top at the inaugural SAS Masters Tour event. Catrin Nilsmark and Czech Republic's both won two events, and Masinova won the Order of Merit thanks to three runner-up finishes.

25 places at the LET event Göteborg Masters was reserved for players of the tour.[3]

Schedule[]

The season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.[2]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)		 Note Ref
10 May Telenor Masters Barsebäck/St Ibb Sweden Caroline Hedwall (a) 216 (+2) 2 strokes Sweden Jacqueline Hedwall (a) 300,000 [4]
6 Jun IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open Botkyrka Sweden Catrin Nilsmark 219 (+3) 2 strokes Sweden
Czech Republic 		300,000 [5]
5 Jul Kungsängen Sweden 216 (+6) 3 strokes Sweden
Czech Republic
Finland 		300,000 [6]
13 Jul Felix Finnish Ladies Open Aura, Finland Czech Republic 207 (–6) 6 strokes England
Sweden 		300,000 [7]
1 Aug Smådalarö Gård Open Smådalarö Gård Sweden Sweden 300,000 [a] [8]
22 Aug SM Match Örebro Sweden Anna Nordqvist (a) Sweden Lisa Hed 300,000 [9]
30 Aug PGA Open Norrtelje Sweden Catrin Nilsmark 219 (+3) 1 stroke Czech Republic 300,000 [10]
7 Sep VW Söderberg Ladies Masters Bråviken Sweden 216 (E) 1 stroke Sweden 300,000 [11]
13 Sep Svensk Biogas Masters Landeryd Sweden Johanna Westerberg 211 (–5) 7 strokes Sweden
England 		300,000 [12]
21 Sep Göteborg Masters Lycke France Gwladys Nocera 259 (–29) 11 strokes Sweden Nina Reis €250,000 LET event [13]
26 Sep Mölle Masters Mölle England 211 (+1) Playoff Sweden 300,000 [14]
4 Oct Kallfors Czech Republic 215 (–1) 2 strokes Sweden 300,000 [15]

  Swedish PGA Championship
  Swedish Matchplay Championship

  1. ^ Stableford tournament.

Order of Merit[]

An official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2009.[16] The two qualifiers received Exemption Category 7, ahead of the 30 Q-School graduates with Category 8A. received the second card, as Catrin Nilsmark was already exempt in Category 2, after winning an LET major, the Evian Masters.[17]

Rank Player
1 Czech Republic
2 Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
3 Sweden

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2008). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 204. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Starkt schema för SAS Masters Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 2008 Telenor Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 2008 IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 2008 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 2008 Smådalarö Gård Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 2008 SM Match Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 2008 PGA Open Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 2008 VW Söderberg Ladies Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Results 2008 Mölle Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Results 2008 Volkswagen Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 201. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. ^ "2009 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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