The 1996 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1996 Telia Infomedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th 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.
| Duration | 16 May 1996 – 28 September 1996 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Order of Merit |  Adam Mednick |
← 1995 1997 → | |
Telia title sponsorship edit
In December 1995, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Telia Company, being renamed as the Telia Infomedia Golf Tour.[1]
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May | Motoman Robotics Open | Småland | 100,000 | Daniel Olsson (1) |
|
| 25 May | Helsingborg Golf Open | Skåne | 125,000 | Peter Henriksson (1) |
|
| 2 Jun | SIAB Open | Skåne | £35,000 |  Kalle Väinölä |
CHA |
| 9 Jun | Himmerland Open | Denmark | £35,000 | Niklas Diethelm |
CHA |
| 16 Jun | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 150,000 | Johan Axgren |
CHA |
| 23 Jun | Team Erhverv Danish Open | Denmark | £70,000 | Robert Jonsson |
CHA |
| 7 Jul | Uno-X Skövde Open | Västergötland | 100,000 | Martin Erlandsson (1) |
|
| 14 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | £35,000 | Björn Bäck |
CHA |
| 18 Aug | Gefle Open | Gästrikland | 175,000 | Chris Hanell (1) |
|
| 25 Aug | Toyota Danish PGA Championship | Denmark | £40,000 | Adam Mednick |
CHA |
| 1 Sep | Kentab/RBG Open | Västmanland | £40,000 | Max Anglert |
CHA |
| 8 Sep | SM Match Play | Småland | £50,000 | Adam Mednick |
CHA |
| 14 Sep | Borås Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | Kristofer Svensson (1) |
|
| 28 Sep | Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix | Skåne | 1,000,000 |  Scott Watson |
CHA |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Mednick |
2,325 |
| 2 | Johan Axgren |
1,241 |
| 3 | Robert Jonsson |
1,142 |
| 4 | Patrik Gottfridsson |
963 |
| 5 | Björn Bäck |
927 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Swedish Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. As most Swedish Golf Tour events are incorporated into the Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.
References edit
- ^ "Nytt slutspel värt miljone" [New playoff worth millions]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
Därefter gällde det att finna en långsiktig samarbetspartner, villig att helhjärtat satsa på SGT. Det var naturligt att valet föll på Telia-koncernen...
[Next it was a matter of finding a long-term partner, willing to invest wholeheartedly in SGT. It was natural that the choice fell on the Telia Group...] - ^ "Tävlingsarrangörerna 1996" [Competition organisation 1996]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1996. p. 90. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). "Swedish Golf Tour/Telia Tour". Golf - Den Stora Sporten (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 277–279. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Telia InfoMedia Ranking 1996". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1996. p. 91. Retrieved 14 October 2023.