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1990 Swedish Golf Tour ...
The 1990 Swedish Golf Tour was the seventh season of the Swedish Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Sweden since it was formed in 1984, with most tournaments being incorporated into the Challenge Tour between 1989 and 1998. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1990 season. Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Swedish krona. See also *1990 Swedish Golf Tour (women) Notes References External links * {{Swedish Golf Tour seasons Swedish Golf Tour Swedish Golf Tour 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Högberg
Mikael Högberg (born 4 October 1960) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. He won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 1990 and joined the European Tour in 1991. Amateur career Högberg finished fourth at the 1982 European Youths' Team Championship and won the 1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship. He represented Sweden at the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy and finished 8th together with Carl-Magnus Strömberg and Jesper Parnevik. He represented the Continent of Europe at the 1984 St Andrews Trophy at Saunton Golf Club with a team that included Fredrik Lindgren and José María Olazábal. Professional career Högberg turned professional in 1986 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour. In his first season, he won the Esab Open and finished T9 in the Scandinavian Enterprise Open, a European Tour event. In 1990, he won the Teleannons Grand Prix on the nascent Challenge Tour, and he won the 1990 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. Högberg joined the European Tour in 1991, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Carsbo
Peter Carsbo (born 23 July 1959) is a Swedish professional golfer, winner of the Viking Open on the 1990 Challenge Tour. Career Carsbo turned professional in 1984 and played on the Swedish Golf Tour where he was runner-up at several tournaments, including the 1987 Esab Open and 1988 Stiga Open. He was semi-finalist at the 1990 SM Match. In 1987 he was part of the Swedish team that was runner-up at the Europcar Cup, together with Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg and Magnus Sunesson. His best season on the European Tour was in 1987 when he made five cuts in 12 starts and finished 159th in the Order of Merit. Professional wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (1) Team appearances Professional *Europcar Cup The Europcar Cup was a professional team golf tournament played yearly in Biarritz, France, from 1985 to 1988. The tournament was designated as an "Approved Special Event" on the European Tour schedule. A further event was planned in 1989 but was ... (representing Sweden): 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Forsbrand
Vilhelm Forsbrand (born 15 January 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. Career Forsbrand grew up playing golf at the 9-hole course at small Uddeholm Golf Club in Värmland, Sweden. By age 6 he competed in the unofficial National Youth Championship, Colgate Cup, at the 10-years age category and in 1980 he won the same competition. He turned professional in 1987, following in the footsteps of his older brother Anders, who became a six-time European Tour winner. Forsbrand played on the Swedish Golf Tour where he finished third on the 1990 Order of Merit, behind Mikael Högberg and Adam Mednick. From 1990 to 1994, the Swedish Golf Tour tournaments were co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, where he won the 1990 Västerås Open and successfully defended his title in 1991. In his rookie season on the European Tour 1991, 21 years old, he made the cut nine times, including at the Open de Baleares, Austrian Open and Volvo Open di Firenze. At the Balea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västerås Open
The Västerås Open was a golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour that featured on the Challenge Tour 1990–1994. It was played in Västerås, Sweden. The Kentab Open was first played as an amateur tournament at Västerås GC in 1978, and it was added to the Swedish Golf Tour in 1986. Starting in 1998 the tournament began rotating between Västerås GC, Frösåker G&CC, Ängsö GC and Fullerö GC. In 2007 Västerås Municipality became the main sponsor and it was rebranded the ''Västerås Mälarstaden Open''. A similarly named event, the Kentab/RBG Open, sponsored name of the 1996 Swedish PGA Championship, was played at Frösåker G&CC and featured on the 1996 Challenge Tour. Vilhelm Forsbrand, Joakim Rask and Peter Hanson Peter Daniel Hanson (born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on the European Tour and has played on the PGA Tour. Early life Hanson was born in Svedala, in Skåne county in the south of Sweden. He was first intr ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Mednick
Adam Mednick (born 9 September 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. Early life Mednick was born in Bethesda, Maryland in the United States to an American father and a Swedish mother, and moved to Sweden when he was eight years old. His great-grandparents emigrated from Kiev in the Ukraine, and the authorities in the United States changed their family name from Mednikov to Mednick. Amateur career Mednick had a successful amateur career, representing Gävle Golf Club, situated 180 kilometres north of Stockholm, Sweden, in the same player generation as club mates, European Tour winner to be, Peter Hedblom and 1988 Amateur Championship winner Cristian Härdin. When Härdin became the first Swede to play in The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April 1989, Mednick caddied for him. Mednick also caddied for Härdin at the 1988 Amateur Championship triumph, after Mednick had lost and been kicked out from the tournament in an early round. Mednick lost in the final o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Länsförsäkringar Open
The Swedish PGA Championship for men is a golf tournament played annually in Sweden since 1970. It has been an event on the Swedish Golf Tour schedule since 1984 and the Nordic Golf League 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 *Swedish Golf Tour *Nordic Golf League *Swedish PGA Championship (women) *List of sporting events in Sweden {{Short description, none This is a list of sporting events in Sweden that are held on an annual basis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teleannons Grand Prix
The Telia Challenge Waxholm was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour 1990–1991 and 1996–2007 and the Swedish Golf Tour from 1985. It was always played in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... Winners Notes References External linksOfficial coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Swedish Golf Tour events Golf tournaments in Sweden Recurring sporting events established in 1985 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007 1985 establishments in Sweden 2007 disestablishments in Sweden Defunct sports competitions in Sweden {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Cantero
José María Cantero (born 8 June 1959) is an Argentine professional golfer who played on the Challenge Tour, the European Tour and the Tour de las Americas. Cantero turned professional in 1985. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 1990–1994 and he won three tournaments, all three of them taking place in Sweden, on this tour. In 1990, he finished 8th in the Challenge Tour Rankings. In 1991, he placed 14th at the Lancia Martini Italian Open on the European Tour. In 1994, he played three tournaments on United States second tier Nike Tour, later named the Korn Ferry Tour. His best finish was tied 12th at the 1994 NIKE Central Georgia Open. Since the late 1990s, Cantero only played a few tournaments a year and only in South America. Since 2005, he has not been playing on any main golf tour. Professional wins (13) Asia Golf Circuit wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (3) Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1) Argentine Tour wins (7) *1987 Norpatagonico Open, Paran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gevalia Open
The Gevalia Open was a golf tournament held at Gävle Golf Club in Gävle, Sweden 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, 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 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 .... Winners Notes References {{reflist External linksCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Swedish Golf Tour events Golf tournaments in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan O'Connell (golfer)
Eoghan O'Connell (born 13 August 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Wrexham. He began his youth playing career in the Republic of Ireland, joined the academy of Scottish club Celtic in 2011 and made his first-team debut three years later. While at the club he was loaned to Oldham Athletic, Cork City and Walsall. In 2017, he signed with English third-tier club Bury and after two seasons with The Shakers, he moved in the summer of 2019 to Rochdale before moving to Charlton Athletic in 2022. On 31 January 2023, Deadline Day, he moved to Wrexham. O'Connell is a cousin of former Irish rugby captain Paul O'Connell and has been capped at youth international level. Club career Celtic O'Connell played for the College Corinthians and Avondale United Irish academy teams, before switching to the Celtic Academy in 2011. On 9 January 2014, he made his first-team debut in a 3–1 victory over Turkish club Trabzonspor in the Turkish Airlines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM Match Play
The Swedish Match Play Championship is a golf tournament played since 1904, held for both men and women. It is the oldest and most traditional golf tournament in Sweden. The name SM is shortening in Swedish language for "Svenska Mästerskapet" (the Swedish Championship). History From the first tournament in 1904 (for men) and 1911 (for women) until 1983, it was an amateur tournament, from 1910 open only for Swedish citizens, and the winner was the official Swedish champion. Since 1984, except 1985, the tournament has been open to both amateurs and professionals and for foreign citizens. If a foreigner wins, the best placed Swedish player becomes Swedish champion of the year. The men's tournament is part of the Swedish Golf Tour since 1986 and the Nordic Golf League since 1999. It featured on the Challenge Tour between 1990 and 1999. The women's tournament is part of the women's Swedish Golf Tour since 1986. The first tournament was held 9–10 October 1904, organized by Göteb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Lindgren (golfer)
Fredrik Lindgren (born 28 March 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. Lindgren played 202 events on the European Tour 1991–2000 where his best performances were runner-up at the 1992 Murphy's English Open and a third place at the 1994 Italian Open.Fredrik Lindgren Bio European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016 Lindgren also played on the where he won the 1990 and the 1998 Albarella International Open, and finished runner-up at the 1997 Alianca UAP Challenger and the 1998 |