The Swedish PGA Championship for men is a
golf tournament
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
played annually in
Sweden
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since 1970. It has been an event on the
Swedish Golf Tour schedule since 1984 and the
Nordic Golf League
The Nordic Golf League is one of the four PGA European Tour-recognised third-tier men's professional golf tours that are known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second t ...
since 1999.
History
From its beginning in 1970, it was a championship for members of the PGA of Sweden. Since 1986, the tournament has been open to foreign players. The tournament was part of the
Challenge Tour from 1990 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2005.
Since 1984, when tournament professionals had been dominating the event for several years, there is also a Swedish PGA Club Pro Championship, limited to club professionals in Sweden, with separate competitions for men, women and senior men categories.
The
Swedish PGA Championship for women has been played since 1997.
Winners
See also
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Swedish Golf Tour
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Nordic Golf League
The Nordic Golf League is one of the four PGA European Tour-recognised third-tier men's professional golf tours that are known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second t ...
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Swedish PGA Championship (women)
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This is a list of sporting events in Sweden that are held on an annual basis.
Open to everyone
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Notes
References
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External links
Moregolf Mastercard TourPGA of SwedenCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site (2005)
Former Challenge Tour events
Swedish Golf Tour events
Golf tournaments in Sweden