The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.
The tour extended to Finland for the first time with the inaugural Felix Finnish Ladies Open held at Aura Golf in Turku.
Pernilla Sterner and Marie Hedberg both won two tournaments and Nina Karlsson won her second Order of Merit.
Schedule The season consisted of 11 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Finland.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upPurse(SEK)NoteRef Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open Delsjö Lynnette Brooky 207 (−6) Playoff Malin Burström 150,000 Toyota Ladies Open Bokskogen Marie Hedberg (a) 217 (+1) Playoff Anna Jönsson (a) Sara Melin 100,000 Körunda Ladies Open Nynäshamn Pernilla Sterner 215 (−1) 1 stroke Line Berg Claire Duffy 100,000 Hook Ladies Open Hook Jessica Lindbergh (a) 211 (−5) Playoff Riikka Hakkarainen Marlene Hedblom Sophie Gustafson 200,000 Felix Finnish Ladies Open Aura, Finland Susanne Westling 218 (+2) 1 stroke Maria Ekberg 150,000 SITimrå Ladies Open Timrå Sara Jelander 225 (+9) 2 strokes Maria Bodén (a) Rebecka Heinmert (a) Sofia Johansson (a) 150,000 LB Data Ladies Open Öijared Nina Karlsson 211 (−5) 4 strokes Malin Burström 100,000 Öhrlings Match-SM Varberg Helene Koch 3&2 Josefin Stålvant 100,000 Adapt Ladies Open Upsala Marie Hedberg (a) 213 (−3) 1 stroke Nina Karlsson 100,000 Swedish PGA Championship Karlstad Pernilla Sterner 283 (−5) 5 strokes Mia Löjdahl 100,000 Telia Ladies Finale Johannesberg Sophie Gustafson 205 (−11) 6 strokes Anna Berg 225,000
Order of Merit Rank Player Score1 Nina Karlsson 1,0682 Marie Hedberg 1,0353 Pernilla Sterner 9634 Malin Burström 8965 Sophie Gustafson 8716 Susanne Westling 8277 Riikka Hakkarainen 8208 Linda Ericsson 7269 Sara Jelander 70710 Helene Koch 696 Source:
See also 1998 Swedish Golf Tour (men's tour)
References
External links Official homepage of the Swedish Golf Tour