The 2003 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2003 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th 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 | 12 May 2003 – 10 October 2003 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Order of Merit |  Leif Westerberg |
← 2002 2004 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May | Telia Grand Opening | Västergötland | 100,000 | Pelle Edberg |
NGL |
| 18 May | Gambro Open | Skåne | 200,000 | Johan Möller (a) |
NGL |
| 25 May | Kinnaborg Open | Västergötland | 200,000 | Jimmy Kawalec |
NGL |
| 15 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 300,000 | Hampus von Post |
NGL |
| 28 Jun | SM Match | Uppland | 200,000 | Andreaz Lindberg |
NGL |
| 4 Jul | St Ibb Open | Skåne | 230,000 | Åke Nilsson |
NGL |
| 14 Aug | Sundbyholm Open | Södermanland | 200,000 | Pelle Edberg |
NGL |
| 22 Aug | Swedish International | Uppland | 200,000 |  Ari Savolainen (a) |
NGL |
| 31 Aug | Skandia PGA Open | Skåne | 1,000,000 |  Titch Moore |
CHA |
| 6 Sep | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 250,000 | Leif Westerberg |
NGL |
| 21 Sep | Telia Grand Prix | Skåne | 1,200,000 |  Euan Little |
CHA |
| 10 Oct | Telia Tourkval Kävlinge | Skåne | n/a | Johan Axgren (1) |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leif Westerberg |
1,035 |
| 2 | Pelle Edberg |
975 |
| 3 | Eric Carlberg |
964 |
| 4 | Fredrik Henge |
932 |
| 5 | Christian Nilsson |
782 |
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
- ^ 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 2003". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2003. Retrieved 21 November 2022.