1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

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1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 1998 (1998-05) – September 1998 (1998-09)
Number of official events11
Most wins2 (tie):
Sweden Marie Hedberg (a)
Sweden Pernilla Sterner
Order of MeritSweden Nina Karlsson
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]

The tour extended to Finland for the first time with the inaugural Felix Finnish Ladies Open held at Aura Golf in Turku.

Pernilla Sterner and Marie Hedberg both won two tournaments and Nina Karlsson won her second Order of Merit.

Schedule[edit]

The season consisted of 11 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Finland.[2]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)		 Note Ref
31 May Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open Delsjö New Zealand Lynnette Brooky 207 (−6) Playoff Sweden Malin Burström 150,000 [3]
7 Jun Toyota Ladies Open Bokskogen Sweden Marie Hedberg (a) 217 (+1) Playoff Sweden Anna Jönsson (a)
Sweden Sara Melin		 100,000 [4]
28 Jun Körunda Ladies Open Nynäshamn Sweden Pernilla Sterner 215 (−1) 1 stroke Norway Line Berg
England Claire Duffy		 100,000 [5]
4 Jul Hook Ladies Open Hook Sweden Jessica Lindbergh (a) 211 (−5) Playoff Finland Riikka Hakkarainen
Sweden Marlene Hedblom
Sweden Sophie Gustafson		 200,000 [6]
2 Aug Felix Finnish Ladies Open Aura, Finland Sweden Susanne Westling 218 (+2) 1 stroke Sweden Maria Ekberg 150,000 [7]
9 Aug SI · Timrå Ladies Open Timrå Sweden Sara Jelander 225 (+9) 2 strokes Sweden Maria Bodén (a)
Sweden Rebecka Heinmert (a)
Sweden Sofia Johansson (a)		 150,000 [8]
30 Aug LB Data Ladies Open Öijared Sweden Nina Karlsson 211 (−5) 4 strokes Sweden Malin Burström 100,000 [9]
6 Sep Öhrlings Match-SM Varberg Sweden Helene Koch 3&2 Sweden Josefin Stålvant 100,000 [10]
13 Sep Adapt Ladies Open Upsala Sweden Marie Hedberg (a) 213 (−3) 1 stroke Sweden Nina Karlsson 100,000 [11]
20 Sep Swedish PGA Championship Karlstad Sweden Pernilla Sterner 283 (−5) 5 strokes Sweden Mia Löjdahl 100,000 [12]
27 Sep Telia Ladies Finale Johannesberg Sweden Sophie Gustafson 205 (−11) 6 strokes Sweden Anna Berg 225,000 [13]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit[edit]

Rank Player Score
1 Sweden Nina Karlsson 1,068
2 Sweden Marie Hedberg 1,035
3 Sweden Pernilla Sterner 963
4 Sweden Malin Burström 896
5 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 871
6 Sweden Susanne Westling 827
7 Sweden Riikka Hakkarainen 820
8 Sweden Linda Ericsson 726
9 Sweden Sara Jelander 707
10 Sweden Helene Koch 696

Source:[14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Svensk Golf 5/1998". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 172. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 1998 Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 1998 Toyota Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 1998 Körunda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1998 Hook Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 1998 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 1998 Timrå Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1998 LB Data Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1998 Öhrlings Match-SM". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 1998 Adapt Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 1998 PGA-Mästerskapet". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 1998 Telia Ladies Finale". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Svensk Golf 11/1998". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 107. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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