2010 Swedish Golf Tour

2010 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration20 May 2010 (2010-05-20) – 2 October 2010 (2010-10-02)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Wilhelm Schauman
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The 2010 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2010 Nordea Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th 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.

Nordea title sponsorship

In October 2009, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Nordea, being renamed as the Nordea Tour.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)		 Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
22 May Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Norway Marius Thorp NGL
29 May Fredrik Jacobson Masters Halland 250,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman NGL
5 Jun Söderby Masters Uppland 425,000 Sweden Oskar Bergman NGL
12 Jun Sturup Park Masters Skåne 450,000 Sweden Adrian Axelson NGL
24 Jun Nordea Masters Norway 300,000 Sweden Marcus Palm NGL
11 Jul Gant Open Finland €40,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman NGL
30 Jul St Ibb Open Skåne 300,000 Sweden Victor Almström NGL
7 Aug Gefle Open Gästrikland 350,000 Sweden Björn Åkesson NGL
14 Aug Isaberg Open Småland 300,000 Sweden Tony Edlund NGL
21 Aug SM Match Uppland 250,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius NGL
29 Aug Landskrona Masters Skåne 450,000 Sweden Joakim Lagergren NGL
18 Sep PEAB PGA Open Skåne 400,000 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi NGL
25 Sep Krone Golf Tours Open Denmark DKr 250,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman NGL
2 Oct Helsingborg Golf Open Skåne 450,000 Sweden Joakim Bäckström NGL

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Nordea Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5]

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman 276,330
2 Sweden Victor Almström 197,031
3 Sweden Björn Åkesson 185,727
4 Sweden Tony Edlund 146,139
5 Sweden Johan Bjerhag 145,291

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 schedule, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. ^ NGL − Nordic Golf League.

References

  1. ^ "Nordea new title sponsor of Nordea Scandinavian Masters" (PDF). Nordea. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "2010 Tournament schedule". golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Hela spelschemat" [Full schedule]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 4. April 2010. p. 126. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "2010 Nordea Tour Ranking Men". golf.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Tourvinnarna drömmer om Europa" [The tour winners dream about Europe]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 2 October 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2020. På herrsidan ledde Wilhelm Schauman, stockholmaren som representerar thailändska Black Mountain, rankingen inför avslutningen men både Victor Almström, Viksjö, och Björn Åkesson, Barsebäck (tvåa respektive trea på listan), hade chansen att smita förbi. [On the men's side, Wilhelm Schauman, the Stockholmer who represents Thai Black Mountain, led the ranking before the final, but both Victor Almström, Viksjö, and Björn Åkesson, Barsebäck (second and third respectively), had the chance to sneak past.]