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2006 Swedish Golf Tour

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2006 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration12 May 2006 (2006-05-12) – 6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)
Number of official events17
Order of MeritSweden Fredrik Hammarberg
2005
2007

The 2006 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2006 Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd 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 2006 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[a] Main
tour[b]
14 May St Ibb Open Skåne 250,000 Sweden Per Barth NGL
19 May Gambro Open Skåne 200,000 Sweden Johan Carlsson NGL
26 May Kinnaborg Open Västergötland 200,000 Sweden Andreas Andersson NGL
2 Jun Booz Allen Nordic Classic Södermanland 100,000 Sweden Johan Bjerhag (2)
11 Jun Telia Masters Skåne 500,000 Sweden Tony Edlund NGL
18 Jun Husqvarna Open Småland 350,000 Sweden Fredrik Orest NGL
9 Jul Skåne Open Skåne 200,000 Sweden Björn Pettersson NGL
15 Jul Salem Open Södermanland 200,000 Sweden Åke Nilsson NGL
30 Jul Hansabanka Baltic Open Latvia 425,000 Sweden Daniel Lindgren NGL
12 Aug Västerås Open Västmanland 250,000 Sweden Robert Wahlin NGL
19 Aug PGA Landmann Open Halland 300,000 Sweden Rikard Karlberg NGL
25 Aug SM Match Gotland 200,000 Sweden Andreas Ljunggren NGL
3 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Uppland 1,130,000 Argentina Rafael Echenique CHA
9 Sep Thermia Open Småland 200,000 Sweden Joakim Rask NGL
22 Sep Swedish International Södermanland 225,000 Sweden Andreas Ljunggren NGL
1 Oct TourGolf Open Skåne 600,000 Sweden Pelle Edberg NGL
6 Oct Telia Tour Final Västergötland 300,000 Sweden Pontus Leijon (1)

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 Fredrik Hammarberg 1,491
2 Sweden Pelle Edberg 1,473
3 Sweden Tony Edlund 1,430
4 Sweden Björn Pettersson 1,423
5 Sweden Per Barth 1,352

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. ^ "Telia Tour Men 2006". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Telia Tour Program 2006". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. June 2006. p. 176. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Telia Ranking Herrar 2006" [Telia Ranking Men 2006]. golfdata.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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