1988 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 1988 Swedish Golf Tour was the third season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Denmark.[1]

1988 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 1988 (1988-05) – August 1988 (1988-08)
Number of official events8
Most wins2 (tie):
Sweden Helen Alfredsson
Sweden Marie Wennersten
Order of Merit winnerSweden Sofia Grönberg
1987
1989

The tour shared Tournament Directors with the 1988 Swedish Golf Tour, Hans Ström, Bengt Norström and Claes Grönberg, plus Charlotte Montgomery. The player council consisted of Pia Nilsson, Hillewi Hagström, Viveca Hoff and Liv Wollin.

Tournaments were played over 54 holes with no cut, the SI and LET events over 72 holes with cuts.[2]

Schedule

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The season consisted of 8 tournaments played between May and August, where two events were included on the 1988 Ladies European Tour.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)
Note Ref
22 May Kanthal Höganäs Open Mölle Golf Club   Marie Wennersten 218 1 stroke   Katrin Möllerstedt 50,000 [3]
18 Jun Ängsö Ladies Open Ängsö   Pia Nilsson 220 3 strokes   Helene Andersson
  Elisabet Johanson
50,000 [4]
2 Jul SI Trygg-Hansa Open Hässleholm   Helen Alfredsson (a) 290 8 strokes   Sofia Grönberg 50,000 [5]
24 Jul SM Match Trygg-Hansa Cup Jönköping   Helen Alfredsson (a) 3&2   Carin Koch 80,000 [6]
7 Aug Aspeboda Ladies Open Falun-Borlänge   Marie Wennersten 216 1 stroke   Viveca Hoff 50,000 [7]
14 Aug Danish Ladies Open Rungsted   Florence Descampe 285 4 strokes   Peggy Conley
  Laura Davies
  Liselotte Neumann
650,000 LET event [8]
21 Aug Gothenburg Ladies Open Delsjö Golf Club   Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 275 3 strokes   Peggy Conley 650,000 LET event [9]
28 Aug IBM Ladies Open Haninge   Sofia Grönberg 224 2 strokes   Pia Nilsson
  Maria Lindbladh
50,000 [10]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit

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The sponsored name was the ICA-Kuriren Order of Merit.

Rank Player Score
1   Sofia Grönberg 34,000
2   Anna Oxenstierna 32,000
3   Gisela Cunningham 30,500

Source:[11]

See also

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References

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  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 4/1988". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 137. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 1988 Kanthal Höganäs Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 1988 Ängsö Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 1988 Swedish International". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 1988 SM Trygg-Hansa Cup". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 1988 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 1988 Danish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 1988 Gothenburg Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 1988 IBM Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Svensk Golf 10/1988". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 83. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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