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2000 Swedish Golf Tour

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2000 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration14 May 2000 (2000-05-14) – 17 September 2000 (2000-09-17)
Number of official events13
Order of MeritSweden Hampus von Post
1999
2001

The 2000 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2000 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th 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.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
15 May Gula Sidorna Grand Opening Uppland 100,000 Sweden Joakim Bäckström (1)
28 May Kinnaborg Open Västergötland 150,000 Sweden Joakim Rask NGL
4 Jun St Ibb Open Skåne 225,000 Sweden Kristofer Svensson NGL
11 Jun NCC Open Skåne 750,000 Republic of Ireland David Higgins CHA
18 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 300,000 Sweden Kristofer Svensson NGL
1 Jul golf.se Invitational Uppland 180,000 Sweden Per Larsson NGL
29 Jul Hook Masters Småland 200,000 Sweden Jesper Björklund NGL
12 Aug Skandia PGA Open Halland 400,000 Norway Morten Orveland NGL
17 Aug Sundsvall Golf Open Medelpad 150,000 Sweden Fredrick Månsson NGL
26 Aug Västerås Open Västmanland 250,000 Sweden Hampus von Post NGL
3 Sep SM Match Skåne 300,000 Sweden Björn Pettersson NGL
10 Sep DFDS Tor Line Open Halland 400,000 Sweden Linus Pettersson NGL
17 Sep Gula Sidorna Grand Prix Skåne 1,100,000 Sweden Henrik Stenson CHA

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3]

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Hampus von Post 1,450
2 Sweden Per Larsson 1,242
3 Sweden Kristofer Svensson 1,122
4 Sweden Fredrick Månsson 906
5 Sweden Linus Pettersson 809

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Alla tävlingar 2000" [All competitions 2000]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 2000. p. 248. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). "Swedish Golf Tour/Telia Tour". Golf - Den Stora Sporten (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 277–279. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Telia Ranking 2000". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 5. May 2001. p. 287. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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