1996 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration16 May 1996 (1996-05-16) – 28 September 1996 (1996-09-28)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Adam Mednick
1995
1997

The 1996 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1996 Telia Infomedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th 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.

Telia title sponsorship

In December 1995, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Telia Company, being renamed as the Telia Infomedia Golf Tour.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[2][3]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Main
tour[lower-alpha 2]
18 MayMotoman Robotics OpenSmåland100,000Sweden Daniel Olsson (1)
25 MayHelsingborg Golf OpenSkåne125,000Sweden Peter Henriksson (1)
2 JunSIAB OpenSkåne£35,000Finland Kalle VäinöläCHA
9 JunHimmerland OpenDenmark£35,000Sweden Niklas DiethelmCHA
16 JunVästerås OpenVästmanland150,000Sweden Johan AxgrenCHA
23 JunTeam Erhverv Danish OpenDenmark£70,000Sweden Robert JonssonCHA
7 JulUno-X Skövde OpenVästergötland100,000Sweden Martin Erlandsson (1)
14 JulVolvo Finnish OpenFinland£35,000Sweden Björn BäckCHA
18 AugGefle OpenGästrikland175,000Sweden Chris Hanell (1)
25 AugToyota Danish PGA ChampionshipDenmark£40,000Sweden Adam MednickCHA
1 SepKentab/RBG OpenVästmanland£40,000Sweden Max AnglertCHA
8 SepSM Match PlaySmåland£50,000Sweden Adam MednickCHA
14 SepBorås OpenVästergötland150,000Sweden Kristofer Svensson (1)
28 SepTelia InfoMedia Grand PrixSkåne1,000,000England Scott WatsonCHA

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Sweden Adam Mednick2,325
2Sweden Johan Axgren1,241
3Sweden Robert Jonsson1,142
4Sweden Patrik Gottfridsson963
5Sweden Björn Bäck927

See also

Notes

  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

  1. "Nytt slutspel värt miljone" [New playoff worth millions]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 14 October 2023. Därefter gällde det att finna en långsiktig samarbetspartner, villig att helhjärtat satsa på SGT. Det var naturligt att valet föll på Telia-koncernen... [Next it was a matter of finding a long-term partner, willing to invest wholeheartedly in SGT. It was natural that the choice fell on the Telia Group...]
  2. "Tävlingsarrangörerna 1996" [Competition organisation 1996]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 1996. p. 90. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. "Telia InfoMedia Ranking 1996". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1996. p. 91. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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