The Gevalia Open was a
golf tournament held at Gävle Golf Club in
Gävle
Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...
,
Sweden
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from 1978. It featured on the
Swedish Golf Tour from its inception in 1984 and on the
Challenge Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was re-named the Gefle Open in 1991, using the archaic spelling of Gävle.
In 2011 European Tour winner
Peter Hedblom
Peter Mikael Hedblom (born 20 January 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early years
Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. When he was just a few years old, he followed his father Olle, a former bandy player, who later became a golf club ...
, the most successful player to represent Gävle Golf Club, hosted the tournament.
The years 1999–2004 and 2006–2007 the club hosted the Gefle Ladies Open instead, on the women's
Swedish Golf Tour.
Winners
Notes
References
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External links
Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Former Challenge Tour events
Swedish Golf Tour events
Golf tournaments in Sweden