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1998 Swedish Golf Tour

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1998 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration11 June 1998 (1998-06-11) – 4 October 1998 (1998-10-04)
Number of official events14
Most winsSweden Peter Hanson (2)
Order of MeritSweden Fredrik Larsson
1997
1999

The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1998 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th 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 Challenge Tour between 1989 and 1998.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
14 Jun NCC Open Skåne £40,000 Sweden Johan Ryström CHA
20 Jun Onsöy Open Norway 200,000 Norway Morten Hagen (1)
28 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 210,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (a) (2)
5 Jul GE Capital Bank Open Skåne 200,000 Sweden Adam Mednick (1)
12 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland £40,000 France Christian Cévaër CHA
9 Aug Västerås Open Västmanland 150,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (a) (3)
23 Aug Saab Open Södermanland 300,000 Sweden Hans Edberg (1)
30 Aug Navision Open Golf Championship Denmark £40,000 Denmark Søren Hansen CHA
6 Sep Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Halland £45,000 United States Kevin Carissimi CHA
6 Sep Audi Open Norway 200,000 Sweden Tomas Körberg (a) (1)
13 Sep Tor Line Open Halland 350,000 Sweden Johan Bjerhag (1)
20 Sep Swedish PGA Championship Värmland 200,000 Sweden Ulrik Gustafsson (1)
27 Sep AP Parts Motoman Open Småland 150,000 Sweden Fredrik Widmark (1)
4 Oct Telia Grand Prix Skåne £85,000 Sweden Mats Lanner CHA

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Fredrik Larsson 968
2 Sweden Adam Mednick 937
3 Sweden Ulrik Gustafsson 901
4 Sweden Fredrik Widmark 900
5 Sweden Peter Hanson (a) 881

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. As most Swedish Golf Tour events are incorporated into the Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Telia Tour 1998". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1998. p. 165. Retrieved 13 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. ^ "Telia Ranking Herrar" [Telia Ranking Men]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1998. p. 106. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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