The 2021 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 2021 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th 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.
| Duration | 18 February 2021 – 15 October 2021 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 14[a] |
| Order of Merit |  Adam Blommé |
← 2020 2022 → | |
In-season changes
editThe 2021 season initially consisted of 18 tournaments. Two tournaments, the Winter Series, planned to be played in Spain 18–28 February was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Gamle Fredrikstad Open was also planned to be played in Norway, from 25–27 May, but was also cancelled due to the pandemic. 14 scheduled tournaments remained, to take place from May to October; two in Finland, one in Norway and 11 in Sweden.
Schedule
editThe following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (SKr) |
Winner[b] | Main tour[c] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumine Hills Open | Spain | – | Cancelled[1] | NGL | |
| Lumine Lakes Open | Spain | – | Cancelled[1] | NGL | |
| 6 May | Lindbytvätten Grand Opening | Öland | 420,000 | Hampus Bergman
|
NGL |
| 22 May | TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open | Bohuslän | 350,000 | Robert S. Karlsson
|
NGL |
| Gamle Fredrikstad Open | Norway | – | Cancelled | ||
| 4 Jun | Stockholm Trophy | Södermanland | 420,000 | Jesper Kennegård
|
NGL |
| 24 Jun | Halmstad Challenge | Halland | 400,000 |  Nicolai Nøhr Madsen
|
NGL |
| 2 Jul | Junet Open | Småland | 430,000 | Lasse Jensen
|
NGL |
| 10 Jul | Live It Katrineholm Open | Södermanland | 430,000 | Hannes Rönneblad
|
NGL |
| 24 Jul | Audi Finnish PGA Golf Tour Championship | Finland | €40,000 |  Niclas Hellberg
|
NGL |
| 31 Jul | Göteborg Open | Västergötland | 420,000 | Jonathan Ågren
|
NGL |
| 16 Aug | Bråviken Open | Östergötland | 400,000 | Adam Eineving
|
NGL |
| 21 Aug | PGA Championship Landeryd Masters | Östergötland | 600,000 | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
|
NGL |
| 4 Sep | Timberwise Finnish Open | Finland | €55,000 | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
|
NGL |
| 24 Sep | Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship | Västergötland | 430,000 | Sebastian Petersen
|
NGL |
| 30 Sep | Visby Open | Gotland | 400,000 |  Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
|
NGL |
| 15 Oct | MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Final | Skåne | 500,000 | Sebastian Petersen
|
NGL |
Order of Merit
editThe 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]
| Position | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Blommé |
217,371 |
| 2 | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen |
193,373 |
| 3 | Sebastian Petersen |
187,688 |
| 4 | Björn Åkesson |
182,600 |
| 5 | Lasse Jensen |
180,023 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
- ^ 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.
- ^ NGL − Nordic Golf League.
References
edit- ^ a b c Damgaard, Peter (2 February 2021). "MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Winter Series er aflyst" [MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Winter Series has been cancelled]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "2021 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Nu blir det more golf på touren" [Now it will be more golf on the tour]. Golfa! (in Swedish). No. 1. Swedish Golf Federation. 16 March 2021. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "MoreGolf Mastercard Tour Ranking 2021" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
External links
edit- Official website (in Swedish)