2002 Swedish Golf Tour

The 2002 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2002 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Swedish Golf Tour.

2002 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration14 May 2002 (2002-05-14) – 22 September 2002 (2002-09-22)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Joakim Kristiansson
2001
2003

Most tournaments also featured on the 2002 Nordic Golf League.

Sweden's oldest golf club, Göteborg Golf Club, hosted its first SGT event in 2002, in conjunction with its centennial celebration. The total purse for the season was SEK 4,725,000.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)
Winner[lower-alpha 1]Main
tour[lower-alpha 2]
Ref.
15 MayTelia Grand OpeningVästergötland100,000Sweden Johan EdforsNGL[3]
26 MayKinnaborg OpenVästergötland175,000Sweden Joakim KristianssonNGL[4]
1 JunSt Ibb OpenSkåne230,000Sweden Fredrik OrestNGL[5]
16 JunHusqvarna OpenSmåland300,000Sweden Hans EdbergNGL[6]
30 JunSM MatchUppland300,000Sweden Fredrik OrestNGL[7]
14 JulSundbyholm OpenSödermanland250,000Sweden Max AnglertNGL[8]
26 JulGibson Scandinavia Brollsta OpenUppland175,000Sweden Marcus NorgrenNGL[9]
8 AugTietoEnator OpenVärmland175,000Sweden Joakim KristianssonNGL[10]
17 AugGula Sidorna OpenUppland250,000Sweden Hampus von PostNGL[11]
25 AugSkandia PGA OpenHalland€95,000France Thomas BescancenezCHA[12]
30 Augmatch.golf.seSmåland200,000Sweden Joakim KristianssonNGL[13]
7 SepVästerås OpenVästmanland250,000Sweden Jonas WåhlstedtNGL[14]
15 SepTelia Grand PrixSkåne1,100,000England Matthew BlackeyCHA[15]
22 SepSt Arild OpenSkåne175,000Sweden Martin ErlandssonNGL[16]

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[17]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Sweden Joakim Kristiansson1,754
2Sweden Fredrik Orest1,653
3Sweden Markus Westerberg1,095
4Sweden Peter Gustafsson983
5Sweden Jonas Wåhlstedt933

See also

Notes

  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

  1. "2002 Telia Tour". Svensk Golf #5 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 277. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  3. "Results 2002 Telia Grand Opening". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "Results 2002 Kinnaborg Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. "Results 2002 St Ibb Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. "Results 2002 Husqvarna Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. "Results 2002 SM Match". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. "Results 2002 Sundbyholm Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. "Results 2002 Gibson Scandinavia Brollsta Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. "Results 2002 TietoEnator Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. "Results 2002 Gula Sidorna Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. "Results 2002 Skandia PGA Ope". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  13. "Results 2002 Match Golf.se". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. "Results 2002 Västerås Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  15. "Results 2002 Telia Grand Prix". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  16. "Results 2002 St Arild Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  17. "Telia Ranking". Telia Tour (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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