The 2000 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th 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 | 14 May 2000 – 17 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 13 |
| Order of Merit |  Hampus von Post |
← 1999 2001 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May | Gula Sidorna Grand Opening | Uppland | 100,000 | Joakim Bäckström (1) |
|
| 28 May | Kinnaborg Open | Västergötland | 150,000 | Joakim Rask |
NGL |
| 4 Jun | St Ibb Open | Skåne | 225,000 | Kristofer Svensson |
NGL |
| 11 Jun | NCC Open | Skåne | 750,000 |  David Higgins |
CHA |
| 18 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 300,000 | Kristofer Svensson |
NGL |
| 1 Jul | golf.se Invitational | Uppland | 180,000 | Per Larsson |
NGL |
| 29 Jul | Hook Masters | Småland | 200,000 | Jesper Björklund |
NGL |
| 12 Aug | Skandia PGA Open | Halland | 400,000 |  Morten Orveland |
NGL |
| 17 Aug | Sundsvall Golf Open | Medelpad | 150,000 | Fredrick Månsson |
NGL |
| 26 Aug | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 250,000 | Hampus von Post |
NGL |
| 3 Sep | SM Match | Skåne | 300,000 | Björn Pettersson |
NGL |
| 10 Sep | DFDS Tor Line Open | Halland | 400,000 | Linus Pettersson |
NGL |
| 17 Sep | Gula Sidorna Grand Prix | Skåne | 1,100,000 | Henrik Stenson |
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 | Hampus von Post |
1,450 |
| 2 | Per Larsson |
1,242 |
| 3 | Kristofer Svensson |
1,122 |
| 4 | Fredrick Månsson |
906 |
| 5 | Linus Pettersson |
809 |
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 or Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.
References edit
- ^ "Alla tävlingar 2000" [All competitions 2000]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 2000. p. 248. Retrieved 10 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 Ranking 2000". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 2001. p. 287. Retrieved 10 October 2023.