2008 Swedish Golf Tour

2008 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) – 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Number of official events15
Order of MeritSweden Petter Bocian
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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.

Scandinavian Airlines title sponsorship

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

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 Sweden Petter Bocian NGL
24 May PayEx Masters Norway 300,000 Sweden Kalle Edberg NGL
31 May Söderby Masters Uppland 300,000 Sweden Pehr Magnebrant NGL
7 Jun Kristianstad Masters Skåne 300,000 Sweden Fredrik Hammarberg NGL
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 500,000 Sweden Johan Bjerhag NGL
19 Jun Österlen Masters Skåne 350,000 Sweden Petter Bocian NGL
27 Jul Hansabanka Baltic Open Latvia €50,000 Sweden Per Barth NGL
9 Aug Pensum Invitational Ångermanland 400,000 Denmark Oliver Suhr NGL
22 Aug SM Match Närke 300,000 Sweden Åke Nilsson NGL
31 Aug Gant Open Finland 300,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp NGL
7 Sep Dubliner Challenge Västergötland €140,000 Denmark Mark Haastrup CHA
14 Sep Landskrona Masters Skåne 300,000 Sweden Anders Sjöstrand NGL
21 Sep Visma Masters Denmark €50,000 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi NGL
27 Sep PGA Landmann Open Halland 400,000 Sweden Jonas Enander-Hedin NGL
4 Oct Volkswagen Kallfors Open Södermanland 300,000 Sweden Klas Hallgren NGL

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Petter Bocian 200,684
2 Sweden Åke Nilsson 186,670
3 Denmark Oliver Suhr 168,854
4 Sweden Johan Bjerhag 146,301
5 Sweden Gustav Adell 141,978

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 Nordic Golf League or Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.

References

  1. ^ "Masters Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 75. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "SAS Masters Tour 2008". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ "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.