The 2002 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2002 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th 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.
| Duration | 14 May 2002 – 22 September 2002 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14 |
| Order of Merit |  Joakim Kristiansson |
← 2001 2003 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May | Telia Grand Opening | Västergötland | 100,000 | Johan Edfors |
NGL |
| 26 May | Kinnaborg Open | Västergötland | 175,000 | Joakim Kristiansson |
NGL |
| 1 Jun | St Ibb Open | Skåne | 230,000 | Fredrik Orest |
NGL |
| 16 Jun | Husqvarna Open | Småland | 300,000 | Hans Edberg |
NGL |
| 30 Jun | SM Match | Uppland | 300,000 | Fredrik Orest |
NGL |
| 14 Jul | Sundbyholm Open | Södermanland | 250,000 | Max Anglert |
NGL |
| 26 Jul | Gibson Scandinavia Brollsta Open | Uppland | 175,000 | Marcus Norgren |
NGL |
| 8 Aug | TietoEnator Open | Värmland | 175,000 | Joakim Kristiansson |
NGL |
| 17 Aug | Gula Sidorna Open | Uppland | 250,000 | Hampus von Post |
NGL |
| 25 Aug | Skandia PGA Open | Halland | €95,000 |  Thomas Bescancenez |
CHA |
| 30 Aug | match.golf.se | Småland | 200,000 | Joakim Kristiansson |
NGL |
| 7 Sep | Västerås Open | Västmanland | 250,000 | Jonas Wåhlstedt |
NGL |
| 15 Sep | Telia Grand Prix | Skåne | 1,100,000 |  Matthew Blackey |
CHA |
| 22 Sep | St Arild Open | Skåne | 175,000 | Martin Erlandsson |
NGL |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joakim Kristiansson |
1,759 |
| 2 | Fredrik Orest |
1,653 |
| 3 | Markus Westerberg |
1,095 |
| 4 | Peter Gustafsson |
983 |
| 5 | Jonas Wåhlstedt |
933 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.
References
edit- ^ "Telia Tour 2002". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 2002. p. 255. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Telia Ranking 2002". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in Swedish)