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1989 Swedish Golf Tour

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1989 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration19 May 1989 (1989-05-19) – 24 September 1989 (1989-09-24)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Magnus Sunesson
1988
1990

The 1989 Swedish Golf Tour was the sixth 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 1989 season.[1][2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
21 May Naturgas Open Skåne 250,000 England Jeff Hall CHA
28 May Ramlösa Open Västergötland 300,000 Germany Heinz-Peter Thül CHA
4 Jun Nescafé Cup Skåne 300,000 Sweden Thomas Nilsson CHA
11 Jun Teleannons Grand Prix Skåne 500,000 Sweden Mats Lanner CHA
18 Jun Stiga Open Småland 250,000 Sweden Thomas Nilsson CHA
2 Jul Volvo Albatross Småland 400,000 Sweden Magnus Sunesson CHA
9 Jul Wermland Open Värmland 400,000 Sweden Anders Gillner CHA
16 Jul Scandinavian Tipo Trophy Finland 250,000 Denmark René Michelsen CHA
30 Jul SM Match Play Uppland 325,000 Sweden Magnus Grankvist CHA
13 Aug Gevalia Open Gästrikland 400,000 Sweden Mats Lanner CHA
27 Aug Esab Open Halland 250,000 Sweden Carl-Magnus Strömberg CHA
10 Sep Västerås Kentab Open Västmanland 325,000 Sweden Clas Hultman CHA
17 Sep SI Aragon Open Närke 400,000 Sweden Anders Gillner CHA
24 Sep Länsförsäkringar Open Halland 600,000 Sweden Leif Hederström CHA

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was titled as the Diners Club Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Swedish krona.[4]

Position Player Prize money (SKr)
1 Sweden Magnus Sunesson 245,250
2 Sweden Anders Gillner 203,550
3 Sweden Mats Lanner 163,300
4 Sweden Magnus Grankvist 160,100
5 Sweden Thomas Nilsson 157,750

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. ^ "Årets program" [This year's program]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 1989. p. 121. Retrieved 15 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. ^ "Swedish Golf Tour 1989". Svensk Golf. No. 12. December 1989. pp. 68–69. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Diners Club Order of Merit, Sverige" [Diners Club Order of Merit, Sweden]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1989. p. 79. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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