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 Swedish Golf Tour (currently known as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons), is a developmental professional golf formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Swede ...

, the main

professional golf tour Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women; most are based in a specific geographical region, although some to ...

in Sweden since it was formed in 1984, with most tournaments being incorporated into the

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between 1989 and 1998.

Telia title sponsorship

In December 1995, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with

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, being renamed as the Telia Infomedia Golf Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.

Order of Merit

The

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was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

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