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1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]

1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 1998 (1998-05) – September 1998 (1998-09)
Number of official events11
Most wins2 (tie):
Sweden Marie Hedberg (a)
Sweden Pernilla Sterner
Order of MeritSweden Nina Karlsson
← 1997
1999 →

The tour extended to Finland for the first time with the inaugural Felix Finnish Ladies Open held at Aura Golf in Turku.

Pernilla Sterner and Marie Hedberg both won two tournaments and Nina Karlsson won her second Order of Merit.

Schedule edit

The season consisted of 11 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Finland.[2]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)		 Note Ref
31 May Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open Delsjö   Lynnette Brooky 207 (−6) Playoff   Malin Burström 150,000 [3]
7 Jun Toyota Ladies Open Bokskogen   Marie Hedberg (a) 217 (+1) Playoff   Anna Jönsson (a)
  Sara Melin		 100,000 [4]
28 Jun Körunda Ladies Open Nynäshamn   Pernilla Sterner 215 (−1) 1 stroke   Line Berg
  Claire Duffy		 100,000 [5]
4 Jul Hook Ladies Open Hook   Jessica Lindbergh (a) 211 (−5) Playoff   Riikka Hakkarainen
  Marlene Hedblom
  Sophie Gustafson		 200,000 [6]
2 Aug Felix Finnish Ladies Open Aura, Finland   Susanne Westling 218 (+2) 1 stroke   Maria Ekberg 150,000 [7]
9 Aug SI · Timrå Ladies Open Timrå   Sara Jelander 225 (+9) 2 strokes   Maria Bodén (a)
  Rebecka Heinmert (a)
  Sofia Johansson (a)		 150,000 [8]
30 Aug LB Data Ladies Open Öijared   Nina Karlsson 211 (−5) 4 strokes   Malin Burström 100,000 [9]
6 Sep Öhrlings Match-SM Varberg   Helene Koch 3&2   Josefin Stålvant 100,000 [10]
13 Sep Adapt Ladies Open Upsala   Marie Hedberg (a) 213 (−3) 1 stroke   Nina Karlsson 100,000 [11]
20 Sep Swedish PGA Championship Karlstad   Pernilla Sterner 283 (−5) 5 strokes   Mia Löjdahl 100,000 [12]
27 Sep Telia Ladies Finale Johannesberg   Sophie Gustafson 205 (−11) 6 strokes   Anna Berg 225,000 [13]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit edit

Rank Player Score
1   Nina Karlsson 1,068
2   Marie Hedberg 1,035
3   Pernilla Sterner 963
4   Malin Burström 896
5   Sophie Gustafson 871
6   Susanne Westling 827
7   Riikka Hakkarainen 820
8   Linda Ericsson 726
9   Sara Jelander 707
10   Helene Koch 696

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. ^ "Svensk Golf 5/1998". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 172. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 1998 Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 1998 Toyota Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 1998 Körunda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1998 Hook Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 1998 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 1998 Timrå Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1998 LB Data Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1998 Öhrlings Match-SM". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 1998 Adapt Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 1998 PGA-Mästerskapet". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 1998 Telia Ladies Finale". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Svensk Golf 11/1998". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 107. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links edit

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