The 2016 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2016 Nordea Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd 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 | 26 February 2016 – 15 October 2016 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 19 |
| Order of Merit |  Mark Haastrup |
← 2015 2017 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2016 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[a] | Main tour[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb | Lumine Lakes Open | Spain | €55,000 |  Björn Hellgren |
NGL |
| 4 Mar | Lumine Hills Open | Spain | €55,000 |  Niclas Hellberg |
NGL |
| 23 Apr | Black Mountain Invitational | Thailand | 405,000 | Malcolm Kokocinski (1) |
|
| 29 Apr | Grundfos Masters | Germany | €40,000 | Oliver Suhr |
NGL |
| 21 May | Stora Hotellet Bryggan Fjällbacka Open | Bohuslän | 400,000 | Per Längfors |
NGL |
| 28 May | Trummenäs Open | Blekinge | 350,000 | Mikael Lindberg |
NGL |
| 11 Jun | Österlen PGA Open | Skåne | 400,000 | Ola Johansson |
NGL |
| 23 Jun | Borre Open | Norway | €40,000 |  Jarand Ekeland Arnøy |
NGL |
| 2 Jul | SM Match | Uppland | 400,000 | Mark Haastrup |
NGL |
| 9 Jul | Kristianstad Åhus Open | Skåne | 600,000 | Ola Johansson |
NGL |
| 6 Aug | Made in Denmark European Tour Qualifier | Denmark | DKr 300,000 | Daniel Løkke |
NGL |
| 13 Aug | Isaberg Open | Småland | 400,000 | Mark Haastrup |
NGL |
| 20 Aug | Norwegian Open | Norway | €50,000 | Oscar Lengdén |
NGL |
| 28 Aug | Landeryd Masters | Östergötland | 400,000 | Oskar Bergman |
NGL |
| 17 Sep | Star for Life Challenge | Skåne | 400,000 | Mark Haastrup |
NGL |
| 23 Sep | Thisted Forsikring Championship | Denmark | DKr 300,000 | Kasper Kjær Estrup |
NGL |
| 1 Oct | GolfUppsala Open | Uppland | 400,000 | Niklas Lindström |
NGL |
| 8 Oct | Race to HimmerLand | Denmark | DKr 375,000 | Alexander Wennstam |
NGL |
| 15 Oct | Tourfinal Vellinge Open | Skåne | 450,000 | Mark Haastrup |
NGL |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was titled as the Nordea Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Haastrup |
467,164 |
| 2 | Alexander Wennstam |
278,645 |
| 3 | Oscar Lengdén |
275,783 |
| 4 | Ola Johansson |
254,992 |
| 5 | Niklas Lindström |
222,279 |
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 schedule, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
- ^ NGL − Nordic Golf League.
References
edit- ^ "2016 Swedish Golf Tour" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Nordea Tour 2016". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 3. March 2016. p. 30. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "2016 Nordea Tour Ranking". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Damgaard, Peter (15 October 2016). "Mark Flindt Haastrup vandt sæsonfinalen i Sverige" [Mark Flindt Haastrup won the season finale in Sweden]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
Haastrup vandt også Nordea Tour ranglisten, hvilket han allerede var sikker på inden sæsonfinalen.
[Haastrup also won the Nordea Tour rankings, which he was already sure of before the season finale.]
External links
edit- Official website (in Swedish)