The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2008 SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th 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 | 8 May 2008 – 4 October 2008 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 15 |
| Order of Merit |  Petter Bocian |
← 2007 2009 → | |
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In March, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Scandinavian Airlines, being renamed as the SAS Masters Tour.[1]
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May | Telenor Masters | Skåne | 300,000 | Petter Bocian |
NGL |
| 24 May | PayEx Masters | Norway | 300,000 | Kalle Edberg |
NGL |
| 31 May | Söderby Masters | Uppland | 300,000 | Pehr Magnebrant |
NGL |
| 7 Jun | Kristianstad Masters | Skåne | 300,000 | Fredrik Hammarberg |
NGL |
| 15 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 500,000 | Johan Bjerhag |
NGL |
| 19 Jun | Österlen Masters | Skåne | 350,000 | Petter Bocian |
NGL |
| 27 Jul | Hansabanka Baltic Open | Latvia | €50,000 | Per Barth |
NGL |
| 9 Aug | Pensum Invitational | Ångermanland | 400,000 |  Oliver Suhr |
NGL |
| 22 Aug | SM Match | Närke | 300,000 | Åke Nilsson |
NGL |
| 31 Aug | Gant Open | Finland | 300,000 | Jens Dantorp |
NGL |
| 7 Sep | Dubliner Challenge | Västergötland | €140,000 | Mark Haastrup |
CHA |
| 14 Sep | Landskrona Masters | Skåne | 300,000 | Anders Sjöstrand |
NGL |
| 21 Sep | Visma Masters | Denmark | €50,000 | Magnus Persson Atlevi |
NGL |
| 27 Sep | PGA Landmann Open | Halland | 400,000 | Jonas Enander-Hedin |
NGL |
| 4 Oct | Volkswagen Kallfors Open | Södermanland | 300,000 | Klas Hallgren |
NGL |
Order of Merit edit
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petter Bocian |
200,684 |
| 2 | Åke Nilsson |
186,670 |
| 3 | Oliver Suhr |
168,854 |
| 4 | Johan Bjerhag |
146,301 |
| 5 | Gustav Adell |
141,978 |
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
- ^ "Masters Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 75. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "SAS Masters Tour Herrar 2008" [SAS Masters Tour Men 2008]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "SAS Masters Tour 2008". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "SAS Masters Tour OoM Herrar" [SAS Masters Tour OoM Men]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2022.