1985 Swedish Golf Tour

1985 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration31 May 1985 (1985-05-31) – 14 September 1985 (1985-09-14)
Number of official events9
Most winsSweden Mats Lanner (2)
Order of MeritSweden Per-Arne Brostedt
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The 1985 Swedish Golf Tour was the second season of the Swedish Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Sweden since it was formed in 1984.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)		 Winner[a]
2 Jun Martini Cup Skåne 150,000 Sweden Ove Sellberg (1)
9 Jun Maggi Cup Skåne 150,000 Sweden Nils Lindeblad (1)
16 Jun Owell Open Småland 200,000 Sweden Mats Lanner (3)
7 Jul PLM Open Skåne 350,000 England Denis Durnian (n/a)
28 Jul Karlstad Open Värmland 150,000 Sweden Peter Bäckbom (1)
11 Aug SI Wang Open Skåne 200,000 Sweden Mats Lanner (4)
18 Aug Gevalia Open Gästrikland 175,000 Sweden Magnus Grankvist (1)
25 Aug PGA Club Sweden Open Östergötland 200,000 Sweden Per-Arne Brostedt (2)
14 Sep Stiab Grand Prix Skåne 306,000 United States Rick Hartmann (n/a)

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Prize money (SKr)
1 Sweden Per-Arne Brostedt 147,775
2 Sweden Mats Lanner 143,860
3 Sweden Nils Lindeblad 96,825
4 Sweden Ove Sellberg 85,100
5 Sweden Peter Carsbo 82,955

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.

References

  1. ^ "Spelprogrammet" [Game schedule]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. June 1985. p. 34. Retrieved 17 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. ^ "1985 Epson Order of Merit". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1985. p. 50. Retrieved 17 October 2023.