The 2023 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th 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 | 17 February 2023 – 13 October 2023 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14[a] |
| Order of Merit |  Björn Åkesson |
← 2022 2024 → | |
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[b] | Main tour[c] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb | GolfStar Winter Series I | Spain | 600,000 | William Nygård |
NGL |
| 23 Feb | GolfStar Winter Series II | Spain | 600,000 | Christofer Blomstrand |
NGL |
| 5 May | Golfkusten Blekinge | Blekinge | 470,000 | Anton Karlsson |
NGL |
| 12 May | Skåne Challenge | Skåne | 470,000 | Christofer Blomstrand |
NGL |
| 18 May | Stora Hotellet Fjällbacka Open | Bohuslän | 480,000 |  Victor H. Sidal Svendsen |
NGL |
| 25 May | Gamle Fredrikstad Open | Norway | 470,000 | Oliver Gillberg |
NGL |
| 16 Jun | Greatdays Trophy | Halland | 450,000 | Björn Åkesson |
NGL |
| 1 Jul | PGA Championship Landeryd Masters | Östergötland | 600,000 | Peter Launer Bæk |
NGL |
| 7 Jul | Arlandastad Trophy | Uppland | 470,000 | Björn Hellgren |
NGL |
| 14 Jul | Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship | Västergötland | 450,000 |  Axel Bóasson |
NGL |
| 27 Jul | Miklagard Open | Norway | 470,000 | Kristoffer Max |
NGL |
| Göteborg Open | Västergötland | – | Cancelled[d] | NGL | |
| 9 Sep | Onsjö Open | Västergötland | 470,000 | Jesper Hagborg Asp |
NGL |
| 28 Sep | Destination Gotland Open | Gotland | 470,000 | Björn Åkesson |
NGL |
| 13 Oct | The No. 1 Tour Final in Golf | Skåne | 550,000 | Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen |
NGL |
Order of Merit
editThe Order of Merit was titled as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Björn Åkesson |
349,913 |
| 2 | Oliver Gillberg |
284,150 |
| 3 | Per Längfors |
270,006 |
| 4 | Peter Launer Bæk |
248,865 |
| 5 | Axel Bóasson |
241,646 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cancelled due to Storm Hans.[3]
References
edit- ^ "2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "GolfStar Winter Series 2023". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ MoreGolf Mastercard Tour [@moregolfmastercardtour] (10 August 2023). "Inställd tävling" [Cancelled competition] (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ "2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking". Swedish Golf Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2023 – via Golfbox.
- ^ Damgaard, Peter (14 October 2023). "Björn Åkesson vandt MoreGolf Mastercard Tour ranglisten" [Björn Åkesson won the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour rankings]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
External links
edit- Official website (in Swedish)