2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]

2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season
DurationMay 2008 (2008-05) – October 2008 (2008-10)
Number of official events12
Most wins2:
Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
Order of MeritCzech Republic Zuzana Masinova
← 2007
2009 →

Scandinavian Airlines replaced Telia Company as the tour's main sponsor and minimum purse for tournaments were raised to SEK 300,000. The sponsorship agreement amounted to a total of SEK 55 million and included the men's SAS Masters (formerly Scandinavian Masters) and women's SAS Masters in Norway.[2]

The Swedish International, held since 1962 and included on the tour since its inception in 1986, was discontinued.

Teenage twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall finished top at the inaugural SAS Masters Tour event. Catrin Nilsmark and Czech Republic's Zuzana Masinova both won two events, and Masinova won the Order of Merit thanks to three runner-up finishes.

25 places at the LET event Göteborg Masters was reserved for players of the tour.[3]

Schedule

The season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.[2]

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse
(SEK)		NoteRef
10 MayTelenor MastersBarsebäck/St IbbSweden Caroline Hedwall (a)216 (+2)2 strokesSweden Jacqueline Hedwall (a)300,000[4]
6 JunIT-Arkitekterna Ladies OpenBotkyrkaSweden Catrin Nilsmark219 (+3)2 strokesSweden Josefin Leijon
Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova		300,000[5]
5 JulKungsängen Queens MastersKungsängenSweden Anna Becker216 (+6)3 strokesSweden Antonella Cvitan
Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova
Finland Jenni Kuosa		300,000[6]
13 JulFelix Finnish Ladies OpenAura, FinlandCzech Republic Zuzana Masinova207 (−6)6 strokesEngland Sarah Heath
Sweden Lotta Lovén		300,000[7]
1 AugSmådalarö Gård OpenSmådalarö GårdSweden Johanna LundbergSweden Josefin Leijon300,000[lower-alpha 1][8]
22 AugSM MatchÖrebroSweden Anna Nordqvist (a)Sweden Lisa Hed300,000[9]
30 AugPGA OpenNorrteljeSweden Catrin Nilsmark219 (+3)1 strokeCzech Republic Zuzana Masinova300,000[10]
7 SepVW Söderberg Ladies MastersBråvikenSweden Sanna Johansson216 (E)1 strokeSweden Johanna Lundberg300,000[11]
13 SepSvensk Biogas MastersLanderydSweden Johanna Westerberg211 (−5)7 strokesSweden Antonella Cvitan
England Emma Weeks		300,000[12]
21 SepGöteborg MastersLyckeFrance Gwladys Nocera259 (−29)11 strokesSweden Nina Reis€250,000LET event[13]
26 SepMölle MastersMölleEngland Emma Weeks211 (+1)PlayoffSweden Eva Bjärvall300,000[14]
4 OctVolkswagen OpenKallforsCzech Republic Zuzana Masinova215 (−1)2 strokesSweden Karin Börjeskog300,000[15]

  Swedish PGA Championship
  Swedish Matchplay Championship

  1. Stableford tournament.

Order of Merit

An official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2009.[16] The two qualifiers received Exemption Category 7, ahead of the 30 Q-School graduates with Category 8A. Johanna Lundberg received the second card, as Catrin Nilsmark was already exempt in Category 2, after winning an LET major, the Evian Masters.[17]

RankPlayer
1Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova
2Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
3Sweden Johanna Lundberg

See also

References
  1. Jansson, Anders (2008). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 204. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. "Starkt schema för SAS Masters Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. "Results 2008 Telenor Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. "Results 2008 IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. "Results 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. "Results 2008 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. "Results 2008 Smådalarö Gård Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. "Results 2008 SM Match Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. "Results 2008 PGA Open Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. "Results 2008 VW Söderberg Ladies Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. "Results 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. "Results 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. "Results 2008 Mölle Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. "Results 2008 Volkswagen Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 201. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. "2009 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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