The Scandinavian Masters is an annual

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tournament on the European Tour played in

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. In 2020 the tournament became co-sanctioned with the

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and rebranded as the Scandinavian Mixed, in which both male and female golfers compete.

History

The tournament had its origins in the

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and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open, which, in 1973, became the first Swedish stop on the European Tour schedule. In 1991, the SEO merged with the PLM Open, with the resultant tournament being called the Scandinavian Masters. The Scandinavian Masters was generally the only European Tour event to be held in

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, and in 2013 had a prize fund of , which was at the lower end of the scale for European Tour events held in the tour's home continent. Until 2011, the tournament was played at the end of July or the beginning of August each year. For 2012, it moved to the first weekend in June, and was played from Wednesday to Saturday to allow players more time to travel to the following week's U.S. Open. From 2013 to 2017 it was played in late May/early June, two weeks before the U.S. Open, but in 2018 it was played in August. In 2019

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passed management of the tournament on to the European Tour, which renamed it Scandinavian Invitation.

Mixed event

In 2020 the European Tour and Ladies European Tour created the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika, for the first time bringing 78 men and 78 women together to compete in the same tournament for the same prize money, but playing from different tees.

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points are offered for both tours, along with points toward the European Tour's and LET's respective season-long competitions, as well as

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and

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points, if applicable, which require the results to be divided between men and women. The first event was originally scheduled to take place in June 2020, however it was cancelled like many other events at the time, due to the

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. The event did return in June 2021, with

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winning the inaugural mixed event; shooting a final-round 64 to beat Adrián Otaegui by one shot.

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was the highest placed female; finishing in third place. The 2022 event created history as Linn Grant became the first woman to win on the European Tour. She won by nine strokes ahead of

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and Marc Warren. The next best-placed female was

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, 14 strokes behind Grant.

Venues

The following venues have been used since the founding of the Scandinavian Masters in 1991.

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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