2008 Swedish Golf Tour

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2008 SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th 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.

2008 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) – 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Number of official events15
Order of MeritSweden Petter Bocian
2007
2009

Scandinavian Airlines title sponsorship

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In March, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Scandinavian Airlines, being renamed as the SAS Masters Tour.[1]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
10 May Telenor Masters Skåne 300,000   Petter Bocian NGL
24 May PayEx Masters Norway 300,000   Kalle Edberg NGL
31 May Söderby Masters Uppland 300,000   Pehr Magnebrant NGL
7 Jun Kristianstad Masters Skåne 300,000   Fredrik Hammarberg NGL
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 500,000   Johan Bjerhag NGL
19 Jun Österlen Masters Skåne 350,000   Petter Bocian NGL
27 Jul Hansabanka Baltic Open Latvia €50,000   Per Barth NGL
9 Aug Pensum Invitational Ångermanland 400,000   Oliver Suhr NGL
22 Aug SM Match Närke 300,000   Åke Nilsson NGL
31 Aug Gant Open Finland 300,000   Jens Dantorp NGL
7 Sep Dubliner Challenge Västergötland €140,000   Mark Haastrup CHA
14 Sep Landskrona Masters Skåne 300,000   Anders Sjöstrand NGL
21 Sep Visma Masters Denmark €50,000   Magnus Persson Atlevi NGL
27 Sep PGA Landmann Open Halland 400,000   Jonas Enander-Hedin NGL
4 Oct Volkswagen Kallfors Open Södermanland 300,000   Klas Hallgren NGL

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4]

Position Player Points
1   Petter Bocian 200,684
2   Åke Nilsson 186,670
3   Oliver Suhr 168,854
4   Johan Bjerhag 146,301
5   Gustav Adell 141,978

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 Nordic Golf League or Challenge Tour schedules, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  2. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.

References

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  1. ^ "Masters Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 75. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "SAS Masters Tour Herrar 2008" [SAS Masters Tour Men 2008]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ "SAS Masters Tour 2008". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2008. p. 76. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ "SAS Masters Tour OoM Herrar" [SAS Masters Tour OoM Men]. golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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