1988 Swedish Golf Tour

1988 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration5 May 1988 (1988-05-05) – 2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Number of official events17
Most winsSweden Leif Hederström (2)
Sweden Jesper Parnevik (2)
Order of MeritSweden Jesper Parnevik
1987
1989

The 1988 Swedish Golf Tour was the fifth season of the Swedish Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Sweden since it was formed in 1984.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a]
8 May Sapa Torekov Open Skåne 350,000 Sweden Carl-Magnus Strömberg (4)
14 May Lacoste Spalding Open Denmark 225,000 Sweden Leif Hederström (1)
22 May Naturgas Open Skåne 250,000 Australia Terry Price (n/a)
29 May Ramlösa Open Västergötland 300,000 Sweden Jesper Parnevik (1)
5 Jun Nescafé Cup Skåne 275,000 Sweden Jan Tilmanis (1)
12 Jun Teleannons Grand Prix Skåne 400,000 Sweden Magnus Sunesson (3)
19 Jun Stiga Open Småland 225,000 Sweden Clas Hultman (1)
26 Jun Odense Open Denmark 225,000 Sweden Jesper Parnevik (2)
3 Jul SI Trygg-Hansa Open Gästrikland 275,000 Norway Per Haugsrud (1)
10 Jul Scandinavian Tipo Trophy Finland 225,000 Sweden Daniel Westermark (1)
24 Jul SM Match Trygg-Hansa Cup Småland 325,000 Sweden Mikael Krantz (1)
7 Aug Länsförsäkringar Open Halland 500,000 Fiji Vijay Singh (n/a)
21 Aug Gevalia Open Gästrikland 300,000 Sweden Dennis Edlund (1)
28 Aug Karlstad Open Värmland 225,000 Sweden Leif Hederström (2)
11 Sep Västerås Kentab Open Västmanland 225,000 Sweden Johan Ryström (4)
18 Sep Esab Open Halland 260,000 Sweden Ove Sellberg (2)
2 Oct Volvo Albatross Småland 400,000 Sweden Nils Lindeblad (2)

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Swedish krona.[3]

Position Player Prize money (SKr)
1 Sweden Jesper Parnevik 243,100
2 Sweden Carl-Magnus Strömberg 193,000
3 Sweden Johan Ryström 187,650
4 Norway Per Haugsrud 165,650
5 Sweden Mikael Krantz 159,400

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Årets program" [This year's program]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 4. April 1988. p. 135. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Club Sweden Order of Merit, Sverige" [Club Sweden Order of Merit, Sweden]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1988. p. 80. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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