1990 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 1990 Swedish Golf Tour was the fifth season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden.[1]

1990 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 1990 (1990-05) – September 1990 (1990-09)
Number of official events9
Most wins2 (tie):
Sweden Jennifer Allmark
Sweden Margareta Bjurö
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Order of Merit winnerSweden Marie Wennersten-From
1989
1991

The tournament Directors were Rolf Ericsson, Claes Grönberg and Pia Nilsson. The player council consisted of Katrin Möllerstedt, Susann Norberg, Viveca Hoff and Liv Wollin. Tournaments were played over 54 holes with no cut, the SI and LET events over 72 holes with cuts.[2]

Amateur Annika Sörenstam, Margareta Bjurö and Jennifer Allmark captured the most titles with two wins each, while Marie Wennersten-From won her first Order of Merit.

Schedule edit

The season consisted of 9 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was included on the 1990 Ladies European Tour.[2]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)
Note Ref
13 May Kanthal Höganäs Open Mölle   Annika Sörenstam (a) 221 1 stroke   Marie Wennersten-From 75,000 [3][4]
17 Jun Ängsö Ladies Open Ängsö   Leigh Ann Mills 223 1 stroke   Pia Wiberg 75,000 [5]
1 Jul Stora Lundby Ladies Open Stora Lundby   Annika Sörenstam (a) 219 1 stroke   Anna-Carin Jonasson
  Pia Nilsson
75,000 [6][7]
21 Jul SM Match Bro-Bålsta   Jennifer Allmark 4&3   Jennifer Mankowitz 100,000 [8]
29 Jul Aspeboda Ladies Open Falun-Borlänge   Margareta Bjurö 216 5 strokes   Malin Burström 75,000 [9]
12 Aug Conor Ladies Open Sigtuna   Jennifer Allmark 220 1 stroke   Margareta Bjurö (a) 75,000 [10]
26 Aug Haninge Ladies Open Haninge   Dale Reid 291 1 stroke   Maureen Garner
  Alison Nicholas
  Suzanne Strudwick
700,000 LET event [11]
8 Sep Grundig Team Trophy Drottningholm   Pia Nilsson &
  Hillewi Hagström
138 2 strokes   Susann Norberg &
  Victoria Norman
80,000 Team event [12]
16 Sep SI Ansvar Ladies Open Tobo   Margareta Bjurö 297 4 strokes   Marie Wennersten-From 100,000 [13]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit edit

The sponsored name was the ICA-förlaget Order of Merit.

Rank Player Score
1   Marie Wennersten-From 71,750
2   Katrin Möllerstedt 47,300
3   Pia Nilsson 39,750

Source:[14]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). 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 3/1990". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 111. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 1990 Kanthal Höganäs Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Tävling, Annika slog alla proffsen" [Competition, Annika beat all the professionals]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. Swedish Golf Federation. March 1990. p. 109. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Results 1990 Ängsö Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1990 Stora Lundby Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Tävling, Stora Lundby Ladies Open" [Competition, Stora Lundby Ladies Open]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. Swedish Golf Federation. August 1990. p. 79. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Results 1990 SM Match". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1990 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1990 Conor Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 1990 Haninge Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 1990 Grundig Team Trophy". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 1990 SI Ansvar Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Svensk Golf 12/1990". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 83. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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