2008 Swedish Golf Tour

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2008 SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Swedish Golf Tour.

2008 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) – 4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
Number of official events15
Order of MeritSweden Petter Bocian
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2009 →

Most tournaments also featured on the 2008 Nordic Golf League.

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]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(SKr)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]Main
tour[lower-alpha 2]		Ref.
10 MayTelenor MastersSkåne300,000Sweden Petter BocianNGL[2]
24 MayPayEx MastersNorway300,000Sweden Kalle EdbergNGL[3]
31 MaySöderby MastersUppland300,000Sweden Pehr MagnebrantNGL[4]
7 JunKristianstad MastersSkåne300,000Sweden Fredrik HammarbergNGL[5]
15 JunHusqvarna OpenSmåland500,000Sweden Johan BjerhagNGL[6]
19 JunÖsterlen MastersSkåne350,000Sweden Petter BocianNGL[7]
27 JulHansabanka Baltic OpenLatvia€50,000Sweden Per BarthNGL[8]
9 AugPensum InvitationalÅngermanland400,000Denmark Oliver SuhrNGL[9]
22 AugSM MatchNärke300,000Sweden Åke NilssonNGL[10]
31 AugGant OpenFinland300,000Sweden Jens DantorpNGL[11]
7 SepDubliner ChallengeVästergötland€140,000Denmark Mark HaastrupCHA[12]
14 SepLandskrona MastersSkåne300,000Sweden Anders SjöstrandNGL[13]
21 SepVisma MastersDenmark€50,000Sweden Magnus Persson AtleviNGL[14]
27 SepPGA Landmann OpenHalland400,000Sweden Jonas Enander-HedinNGL[15]
4 OctVolkswagen Kallfors OpenSödermanland300,000Sweden Klas HallgrenNGL[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 Petter Bocian200,684
2Sweden Åke Nilsson186,670
3Denmark Oliver Suhr168,854
4Sweden Johan Bjerhag146,301
5Sweden Gustav Adell141,978

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. "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 Visma Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  15. "Results 2008 PGA Landmann Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  16. "Results 2008 Volkswagen Kallfors Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  17. "SAS Masters Tour OoM Herrar". Golf.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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