The 2010 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2010 Nordea Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th 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.
| Duration | 20 May 2010 – 2 October 2010 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Order of Merit |  Wilhelm Schauman |
← 2009 2011 → | |
Nordea title sponsorship edit
In October 2009, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Nordea, being renamed as the Nordea Tour.[1]
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May | Willis Masters | Denmark | DKr 300,000 |  Marius Thorp |
NGL |
| 29 May | Fredrik Jacobson Masters | Halland | 250,000 | Wilhelm Schauman |
NGL |
| 5 Jun | Söderby Masters | Uppland | 425,000 | Oskar Bergman |
NGL |
| 12 Jun | Sturup Park Masters | Skåne | 450,000 | Adrian Axelson |
NGL |
| 24 Jun | Nordea Masters | Norway | 300,000 | Marcus Palm |
NGL |
| 11 Jul | Gant Open | Finland | €40,000 | Wilhelm Schauman |
NGL |
| 30 Jul | St Ibb Open | Skåne | 300,000 | Victor Almström |
NGL |
| 7 Aug | Gefle Open | Gästrikland | 350,000 | Björn Åkesson |
NGL |
| 14 Aug | Isaberg Open | Småland | 300,000 | Tony Edlund |
NGL |
| 21 Aug | SM Match | Uppland | 250,000 | Niklas Bruzelius |
NGL |
| 29 Aug | Landskrona Masters | Skåne | 450,000 | Joakim Lagergren |
NGL |
| 18 Sep | PEAB PGA Open | Skåne | 400,000 | Magnus Persson Atlevi |
NGL |
| 25 Sep | Krone Golf Tours Open | Denmark | DKr 250,000 | Wilhelm Schauman |
NGL |
| 2 Oct | Helsingborg Golf Open | Skåne | 450,000 | Joakim Bäckström |
NGL |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Nordea Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Schauman |
276,330 |
| 2 | Victor Almström |
197,031 |
| 3 | Björn Åkesson |
185,727 |
| 4 | Tony Edlund |
146,139 |
| 5 | Johan Bjerhag |
145,291 |
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 Nordic Golf League schedule, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
- ^ NGL − Nordic Golf League.
References edit
- ^ "Nordea new title sponsor of Nordea Scandinavian Masters" (PDF). Nordea. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "2010 Tournament schedule". golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Hela spelschemat" [Full schedule]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 4. April 2010. p. 126. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "2010 Nordea Tour Ranking Men". golf.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Tourvinnarna drömmer om Europa" [The tour winners dream about Europe]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
På herrsidan ledde Wilhelm Schauman, stockholmaren som representerar thailändska Black Mountain, rankingen inför avslutningen men både Victor Almström, Viksjö, och Björn Åkesson, Barsebäck (tvåa respektive trea på listan), hade chansen att smita förbi.
[On the men's side, Wilhelm Schauman, the Stockholmer who represents Thai Black Mountain, led the ranking before the final, but both Victor Almström, Viksjö, and Björn Åkesson, Barsebäck (second and third respectively), had the chance to sneak past.]