The 1996 Swedish Golf Tour, titled as the 1996 Telia Infomedia Golf Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th 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 Challenge Tour between 1989 and 1998.
Telia title sponsorship In December 1995, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with Telia Company, being renamed as the Telia Infomedia Golf Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(SKr)WinnerMaintour 18 May Motoman Robotics Open Småland 100,000 Daniel Olsson (1) 25 May Helsingborg Golf Open Skåne 125,000 Peter Henriksson (1) 2 Jun SIAB Open Skåne £35,000 Kalle Väinölä CHA 9 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark £35,000 Niklas Diethelm CHA 16 Jun Västerås Open Västmanland 150,000 Johan Axgren (1) 23 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark £70,000 Robert Jonsson CHA 7 Jul Uno-X Skövde Open Västergötland 100,000 Martin Erlandsson (1) 14 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland £35,000 Björn Bäck CHA 18 Aug Gefle Open Gästrikland 175,000 Chris Hanell (1) 25 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark £40,000 Adam Mednick CHA 1 Sep Kentab/RBG Open Västmanland £40,000 Max Anglert CHA 8 Sep SM Match Play Småland £50,000 Adam Mednick CHA 14 Sep Borås Open Västergötland 150,000 Kristofer Svensson (1) 28 Sep Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Skåne 1,000,000 Scott Watson CHA
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
Position Player Points1 Adam Mednick 2,3252 Johan Axgren 1,2413 Robert Jonsson 1,1424 Patrik Gottfridsson 9635 Björn Bäck 927
See also 1996 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
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