2001 Swedish Golf Tour

The 2001 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2001 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th 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.

2001 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration13 May 2001 (2001-05-13) – 16 September 2001 (2001-09-16)
Number of official events14
Order of MeritSweden Marcus Norgren
2000
2002

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
14 May Telia Grand Opening Uppland 100,000   Jonas Runnquist (1)
20 May Kinnaborg Open Västergötland 175,000   Joakim Grönhagen NGL
3 Jun NCC Open Skåne 840,000   Benn Barham CHA
10 Jun St Ibb Open Skåne 225,000   Björn Pettersson NGL
17 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 300,000   Johan Bjerhag NGL
30 Jun Match golf.se Uppland 200,000   Björn Bäck NGL
15 Jul Sundbyholm Open Södermanland 250,000   Joakim Bäckström NGL
11 Aug Sundsvall Golf Open Medelpad 175,000   Marcus Norgren NGL
16 Aug TietoEnator Open Värmland 175,000   Jesper Björklund NGL
26 Aug Skandia PGA Open Skåne 800,000   Christophe Pottier CHA
2 Sep SM Match Skåne 300,000   Fredrik Widmark NGL
8 Sep Västerås Open Västmanland 250,000   Fredrick Månsson NGL
16 Sep Telia Grand Prix Uppland 1,100,000   Jamie Donaldson 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   Marcus Norgren 879
2   Björn Bäck 831
3   Björn Pettersson 798
4   Fredrick Månsson 747
5   Johan Bjerhag 745

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. ^ "Tävlingar på Telia Tour Herrar 2001" [Competitions for Telia Tour Men 2001]. golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2001. Retrieved 9 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. ^ "Rankinglista Telia Tour Herrar 2001" [Ranking list Telia Tour Men 2001]. golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 December 2001. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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