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2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]

2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 2008 (2008-05) – October 2008 (2008-10)
Number of official events12
Most wins2:
Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
Order of MeritCzech Republic Zuzana Masinova
← 2007
2009 →

Scandinavian Airlines replaced Telia Company as the tour's main sponsor and minimum purse for tournaments were raised to SEK 300,000. The sponsorship agreement amounted to a total of SEK 55 million and included the men's SAS Masters (formerly Scandinavian Masters) and women's SAS Masters in Norway.[2]

The Swedish International, held since 1962 and included on the tour since its inception in 1986, was discontinued.

Teenage twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall finished top at the inaugural SAS Masters Tour event. Catrin Nilsmark and Czech Republic's Zuzana Masinova both won two events, and Masinova won the Order of Merit thanks to three runner-up finishes.

25 places at the LET event Göteborg Masters was reserved for players of the tour.[3]

Schedule

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The season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.[2]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)		 Note Ref
10 May Telenor Masters Barsebäck/St Ibb   Caroline Hedwall (a) 216 (+2) 2 strokes   Jacqueline Hedwall (a) 300,000 [4]
6 Jun IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open Botkyrka   Catrin Nilsmark 219 (+3) 2 strokes   Josefin Leijon
  Zuzana Masinova		 300,000 [5]
5 Jul Kungsängen Queens Masters Kungsängen   Anna Becker 216 (+6) 3 strokes   Antonella Cvitan
  Zuzana Masinova
  Jenni Kuosa		 300,000 [6]
13 Jul Felix Finnish Ladies Open Aura, Finland   Zuzana Masinova 207 (−6) 6 strokes   Sarah Heath
  Lotta Lovén		 300,000 [7]
1 Aug Smådalarö Gård Open Smådalarö Gård   Johanna Lundberg   Josefin Leijon 300,000 [a] [8]
22 Aug SM Match Örebro   Anna Nordqvist (a)   Lisa Hed 300,000 [9]
30 Aug PGA Open Norrtelje   Catrin Nilsmark 219 (+3) 1 stroke   Zuzana Masinova 300,000 [10]
7 Sep VW Söderberg Ladies Masters Bråviken   Sanna Johansson 216 (E) 1 stroke   Johanna Lundberg 300,000 [11]
13 Sep Svensk Biogas Masters Landeryd   Johanna Westerberg 211 (−5) 7 strokes   Antonella Cvitan
  Emma Weeks		 300,000 [12]
21 Sep Göteborg Masters Lycke   Gwladys Nocera 259 (−29) 11 strokes   Nina Reis €250,000 LET event [13]
26 Sep Mölle Masters Mölle   Emma Weeks 211 (+1) Playoff   Eva Bjärvall 300,000 [14]
4 Oct Volkswagen Open Kallfors   Zuzana Masinova 215 (−1) 2 strokes   Karin Börjeskog 300,000 [15]

  Swedish PGA Championship
  Swedish Matchplay Championship

  1. ^ Stableford tournament.

Order of Merit

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An official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2009.[16] The two qualifiers received Exemption Category 7, ahead of the 30 Q-School graduates with Category 8A. Johanna Lundberg received the second card, as Catrin Nilsmark was already exempt in Category 2, after winning an LET major, the Evian Masters.[17]

Rank Player
1   Zuzana Masinova
2   Catrin Nilsmark
3   Johanna Lundberg

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2008). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 204. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Starkt schema för SAS Masters Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 2008 Telenor Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 2008 IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 2008 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 2008 Smådalarö Gård Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 2008 SM Match Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 2008 PGA Open Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 2008 VW Söderberg Ladies Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Results 2008 Mölle Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Results 2008 Volkswagen Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 201. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. ^ "2009 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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