Swedish PGA Championship (women)

The Swedish PGA Championship for women is a golf tournament played annually in Sweden since 1997. It has been an event on the Swedish Golf Tour since inception and featured on the LET Access Series since 2012.[1][2][3]

Swedish PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location Sweden
Established1997
Course(s)Various in Sweden
Kungsbacka Golf Club (2023)
Par72 (2023)
Tour(s)Swedish Golf Tour
LET Access Series
Format54-hole stroke play
(72-hole in 1998 and 2006)
Prize fund€40,000 (2023)
Month playedAugust (2023)
Tournament record score
Aggregate54 holes: 202 (2019)
72 holes: 283 (1998)
To par54 holes: −14 (2019)
72 holes: −5 (1998)
Current champion
Switzerland Chiara Tamburlini

A corresponding Swedish PGA Championship for men has been played since 1970.[2]

There is also a Swedish club pro PGA championship, limited to club professionals in Sweden, with separate competitions for men, women and senior men categories.

Winners

Year Tour(s) Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)
Venue Notes
PGA Championship Gothenburg
2023 SGT · LETAS Switzerland Chiara Tamburlini −12 (70-66-68=204) 5 strokes England Emily Price €40,000 Kungsbacka Golf Club [4]
PGA Championship Trelleborg
2022 SGT · LETAS Sweden Meja Örtengren (a) −2 (69-74-68=211) Playoff Netherlands Zhen Bontan €50,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [5]
2021 SGT · LETAS Sweden Maja Stark −8 (67-70-68=205) 1 stroke England Lily May Humphreys €55,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [6]
2020 SGT · LETAS[lower-alpha 1] Sweden Elin Arvidsson −8 (70-69-66=205) 1 stroke Sweden Linda Lundqvist 250,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [7]
Scandic PGA Championship
2019 SGT · LETAS Norway Tonje Daffinrud −14 (66-70-66=202) 2 strokes Sweden Johanna Gustavsson
Sweden Maja Stark (a)
€42,000 Allerum Golf Club [8]
Säljfast Ladies PGA Championship
2018 SGT Sweden Isabella Ramsay −2 (74-73-67=214) Playoff Sweden Sofie Bringner 175,000 Sölvesborg Golf Club [9]
Forget Foundation PGA Championship
2017 SGT · LETAS France Valentine Derrey −6 (73-68-69=210) 1 stroke Sweden Frida Gustafsson-Spång €40,000 PGA Sweden National [10]
PGA Halmstad Ladies Open at Haverdal
2016 SGT · LETAS Spain María Parra (a) −9 (71-67-69=207) 2 strokes Scotland Michele Thomson €40,000 Haverdal Golf Club [11] [lower-alpha 2]
2015 SGT · LETAS Germany Isi Gabsa −5 (70-71-70=211) 3 strokes Sweden Jessica Ljungberg €35,000 Haverdal Golf Club [12]
Kristianstad Åhus Ladies PGA Open
2014 SGT · LETAS Sweden Isabella Ramsay −2 (73-70-71=214) 1 stroke Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen (a) €30,000 Kristianstad Golf Club [13]
2013 SGT · LETAS Sweden Linn Andersson (a) +4 (69-74-77=220) Playoff England Eleanor Givens
Norway Caroline Martens
€30,000 Kristianstad Golf Club [14] [lower-alpha 2]
Ljungbyhed Park PGA Ladies Open
2012 SGT · LETAS Scotland Pamela Pretswell Asher (a) −4 (73-72-67=212) 2 strokes Sweden Isabella Deilert (a) €30,000 Ljungbyhed Golf Club [lower-alpha 2]
2011 SGT Sweden Viva Schlasberg −6 (71-70-69=210) 1 stroke Sweden Maria Ohlsson 250,000 Ljungbyhed Golf Club
VW Söderbergs Ladies Masters PGA Championship
2010 SGT Sweden Johanna Johansson −5 (70-70-71=211) Playoff Sweden Jacqueline Hedwall (a)
Sweden Sanna Johansson
Norway Cecilie Lundgreen
Sweden Anna Tybring
250,000 Bråviken Golf Club
PGA of Sweden National Open
2009 SGT Sweden Elin Emanuelsson −1 (71-74-70=215) 1 stroke Sweden Therese Nilsson
Sweden Malin Svedelius
225,000 PGA Sweden National
PGA Open
2008 SGT Sweden Catrin Nilsmark +3 (74-74-71=219) 1 stroke Czech Republic Zuzana Masinova 300,000 Norrtelje Golf Club
PGA Gibson Open
2007 SGT Sweden Caroline Hedwall (a) −3 (73-71-69=213) 5 strokes Norway Marianne Skarpnord 150,000 International Golf Club [lower-alpha 2]
PGA by Beirut Café and NAI Svefa
2006 SGT Sweden Sofia Johansson +11 (75-72-79-73=299) Playoff Sweden Eva Bjärvall
Sweden Lena Tornevall
225,000 Herresta Golf Club
Skandia PGA Open
2005 SGT Sweden Nina Reis E (70-73-67=210) 3 strokes Sweden Nina Karlsson 360,000 Arlandastad Golf
2004 SGT Sweden Linda Wessberg −3 (66-72-69=207) 1 stroke Sweden Helena Svensson 360,000 Arlandastad Golf
2003 SGT Sweden Filippa Helmersson −5 (69-70-69=208) 6 strokes Sweden Åsa Gottmo 360,000 Falsterbo Golf Club
2002 SGT Sweden Helena Svensson (a) +2 (71-73-74=218) 1 stroke Sweden Nina Reis
Finland Pia Koivuranta
300,000 Halmstad Golf Club [lower-alpha 2]
2001 SGT Sweden Maria Bodén −7 (70-73-66=209) 4 strokes Sweden Hanna Hell 250,000 Bokskogen Golf Club
2000 SGT Sweden Malin Burström +1 (72-72-73=217) 1 stroke Sweden Anna Berg 200,000 Forsgården Golf Club
1999 SGT Sweden Filippa Hansson (a) E (72-73-74=219) Playoff Sweden Marie Hedberg 150,000 Haninge Golf Club [lower-alpha 2]
Swedish PGA Championship
1998 SGT Sweden Pernilla Sterner −5 (70-70-70-73=283) 5 strokes Sweden Mia Löjdahl 100,000 Karlstad Golf Club
Aspeboda Ladies Open PGA Championship
1997 SGT Sweden Katharina Larsson +1 (72-72-72=217) 5 strokes Finland Riikka Hakkarainen 85,000 Falun-Borlänge Golf Club

(a) denotes amateur

  1. The 2020 tournament was removed from the LETAS schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Amateur winners received no prize money, which is distributed amongst the best placed professional(s).

See also

References

  1. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 273. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. "Tävlingar, PGA Mästerskapen" [Tournaments, PGA Championships] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden.
  3. "PGA Mästerskapen – Tidigare vinnare" [PGA Championships – Previous winners] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden.
  4. "2023 PGA Championship Gothenburg". LET Access Series. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. "Amateur Örtengren storms to win in her homeland". LET Access Series. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. "2021 PGA Championship by Trelleborgs kommun". LET Access Series. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. "Swedish Golf Tour, Spelschema 2020" [Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule 2020]. Swedish Golf Federation. 7 February 2020.
  8. "Daffinrud Clinches Scandic PGA Title With Two Shot Victory At Allerum". LET Access Series. 31 August 2019.
  9. "Isabella Ramsay hämtade in sju slag: "Vissa dagar har man flytet"" [Isabella Ramsay came back from seven strokes: "Some days you have got the flow"]. Swedish Golf Federation. 2 August 2018.
  10. "Valentine Derrey avgjorde med en birdie på sista hålet" [Valentine Derrey won with birdie on the last hole]. PGA of Sweden. 25 May 2017.
  11. "Parra Wins PGA Halmstad Ladies Open At Haverdal". LET Access Series. 21 May 2016.
  12. "Victory For Gabsa In Sweden". LET Access Series. 24 May 2015.
  13. "Kristianstad Ahus Ladies PGA Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  14. "Andersson Wins Play Off In Kristianstad". LET Access Series. 18 May 2013.
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