2008 Swedish Golf Tour

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2008 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) – 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Number of official events14
Most wins2:
Sweden Petter Bocian
Order of Merit winnerSweden Petter Bocian
2007
2009

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments held in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Latvia.

Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) took over as main sponsor of the tour after 12 years with Telia Company, and the name was changed to the SAS Masters Tour.[1]

Most of the tournaments also featured on the 2008 Nordic Golf League (NGL) or the 2008 Challenge Tour (CHA).

Schedule

The season consisted of 14 events played between May and October.[1]

Date Tournament Venue Country Winner Purse
(SEK)
Tour Note
10 May Telenor Masters Barsebäck G&CC
St Ibb Golf Club
Sweden Sweden Petter Bocian 300,000 NGL [2]
24 May PayEx Masters Nøtterøy Golf Club Norway Sweden Kalle Edberg 300,000 NGL [3]
31 May Söderby Masters Söderby Golf Club Sweden Sweden Pehr Magnebrant 300,000 NGL [4]
6 Jun Kristianstad Masters Kristianstad Golf Club Västra Sweden Sweden Fredrik Hammarberg 300,000 NGL [5]
15 Jun Husqvarna Open Jönköping Golf Club Sweden Sweden Johan Bjerhag 500,000 NGL [6]
19 Jun Österlen Masters Österlen Golf Club Djupadal Sweden Sweden Petter Bocian 350,000 NGL [7]
27 Jul Hansabanka Baltic Open Ozo Golf Club Riga Latvia Sweden Per Barth €50,000 NGL [8]
9 Aug Pensum Invitational by Peter Forsberg Veckefjärden Golf Club Sweden Denmark Oliver Suhr 400,000 NGL [9]
22 Aug SM Match Örebro Golf Club Sweden Sweden Åke Nilsson 300,000 NGL [10]
31 Aug Gant Open Aura Golf Finland Sweden Jens Dantorp 300,000 NGL [11]
7 Sep The Dubliner Challenge Hills Golf Club Sweden Denmark Mark Haastrup €140,000 CHA [12]
14 Sep Landskrona Masters Landskrona Golf Club Sweden Sweden Anders Sjöstrand 300,000 NGL [13]
27 Sep PGA Landmann Open Haverdal Golf Club Sweden Sweden Jonas Enander-Hedin 400,000 NGL [14]
4 Oct Volkswagen Kallfors Open Kallfors Golf Club Sweden Sweden Klas Hallgren (a) 300,000 NGL [15]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit

Rank Player
1 Sweden Petter Bocian

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 SAS Masters Tour Schedule". Svensk Golf #5/2008. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Results 2008 Telenor Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Results 2008 PayEx Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Results 2008 Söderby Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Results 2008 Kristianstad Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 2008 Husqvarna Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 2008 Österlen Masters presented by Sparbanken Syd". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Results 2008 Hansabanka Baltic Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 2008 Pensum Invitational by Peter Forsberg". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 2008 SM Match". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 2008 Gant Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Results 2008 The Dubliner Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Results 2008 Landskrona Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Results 2008 PGA Landmann Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Results 2008 Volkswagen Kallfors Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.