The 1997 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1997 Telia Infomedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th 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 | 8 May 1997 – 5 October 1997 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 16 |
| Order of Merit |  Fredrik Henge |
← 1996 1998 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May | Motoman Robotics Open | Småland | 150,000 | Johan Ryström (5) |
|
| 24 May | Borås Open | Västergötland | 150,000 |  Mikko Rantanen (1) |
|
| 1 Jun | Himmerland Open | Denmark | £35,000 | Mikael Lundberg |
CHA |
| 8 Jun | SIAB Open | Skåne | £35,000 | Joakim Rask |
CHA |
| 15 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 210,000 | Mikael Lundberg (1) |
|
| 22 Jun | Team Erhverv Danish Open | Denmark | £80,000 |  David Lynn |
CHA |
| 6 Jul | Uno-X Skövde Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | Ola Eliasson (1) |
|
| 13 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | £35,000 |  Søren Kjeldsen |
CHA |
| 3 Aug | Gardemoen PGA Open | Norway | 150,000 | Joakim Kroon (1) |
|
| 10 Aug | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 150,000 | Peter Hanson (a) (1) |
|
| 24 Aug | Finnair Audi Open | Finland | 250,000 | David Lindqvist (1) |
|
| 31 Aug | Toyota Danish PGA Championship | Denmark | £40,000 | Fredrik Henge |
CHA |
| 8 Sep | Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | Halland | £50,000 |  Gregory Garbero |
CHA |
| 14 Sep | Tor Line Open | Halland | 200,000 | Fredrik Forsvall (1) |
|
| 21 Sep | Helsingborg Golf Open | Skåne | 150,000 | Mikael Krantz (2) |
|
| 5 Oct | Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix | Skåne | £80,000 | Fredrik Henge |
CHA |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredrik Henge |
2,021 |
| 2 | Mikael Lundberg |
1,416 |
| 3 | Johan Ryström |
944 |
| 4 | Kalle Brink |
870 |
| 5 | Ola Eliasson |
838 |
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
- ^ "Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - tävlingsarrangörerna" [Telia Infomedia Golf Tour 1997 - competition organisation]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1997. p. 191. Retrieved 13 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 1997". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1997. p. 108. Retrieved 13 October 2023.