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2023 Swedish Golf Tour

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2023 Swedish Golf Tour season
Duration17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) – 13 October 2023 (2023-10-13)
Number of official events14[a]
Order of MeritSweden Björn Åkesson
2022
2024

The 2023 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th 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 2023 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(SKr)
Winner[b] Main
tour[c]
19 Feb GolfStar Winter Series I Spain 600,000 Sweden William Nygård NGL
23 Feb GolfStar Winter Series II Spain 600,000 Sweden Christofer Blomstrand NGL
5 May Golfkusten Blekinge Blekinge 470,000 Sweden Anton Karlsson NGL
12 May Skåne Challenge Skåne 470,000 Sweden Christofer Blomstrand NGL
18 May Stora Hotellet Fjällbacka Open Bohuslän 480,000 Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen NGL
25 May Gamle Fredrikstad Open Norway 470,000 Sweden Oliver Gillberg NGL
16 Jun Greatdays Trophy Halland 450,000 Sweden Björn Åkesson NGL
1 Jul PGA Championship Landeryd Masters Östergötland 600,000 Denmark Peter Launer Bæk NGL
7 Jul Arlandastad Trophy Uppland 470,000 Sweden Björn Hellgren NGL
14 Jul Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship Västergötland 450,000 Iceland Axel Bóasson NGL
27 Jul Miklagard Open Norway 470,000 Denmark Kristoffer Max NGL
11 Aug Göteborg Open Västergötland Cancelled[d] NGL
9 Sep Onsjö Open Västergötland 470,000 Sweden Jesper Hagborg Asp NGL
28 Sep Destination Gotland Open Gotland 470,000 Sweden Björn Åkesson NGL
13 Oct The No. 1 Tour Final in Golf Skåne 550,000 Denmark Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen NGL

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was titled as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5]

Position Player Points
1 Sweden Björn Åkesson 349,913
2 Sweden Oliver Gillberg 284,150
3 Sweden Per Längfors 270,006
4 Denmark Peter Launer Bæk 248,865
5 Iceland Axel Bóasson 241,646

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  2. ^ 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 schedule, details of these wins are displayed there instead.
  3. ^ NGL − Nordic Golf League.
  4. ^ Cancelled due to Storm Hans.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "GolfStar Winter Series 2023". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ MoreGolf Mastercard Tour [@moregolfmastercardtour] (10 August 2023). "Inställd tävling" [Cancelled competition] (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "2023 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking". Swedish Golf Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2023 – via Golfbox.
  5. ^ Damgaard, Peter (14 October 2023). "Björn Åkesson vandt MoreGolf Mastercard Tour ranglisten" [Björn Åkesson won the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour rankings]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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