The 1993 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Lancôme Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season of the
Swedish Golf Tour
The Swedish Golf Tour, currently titled as the Cutter & Buck Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a developmental professional golf which was formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, as well as being owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federatio ...
, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
.
1993 was the third year with
Lancôme
Lancôme () is a French perfume and cosmetics house that distributes products internationally. A subsidiary of L'Oréal, Lancôme offers skin care, fragrances, and makeup.
History
Founded in 1935 by Guillaume d'Ornano and his business partn ...
as the main sponsor. The tour attracted international players as the
LET only featured 12 events this season. The number of events increased by two and the oldest tournament, the
Höganäs Ladies Open
The Höganäs Ladies Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour in 1984 and 1985, and on the Swedish Golf Tour between 1986 and 1994. It was always held at Mölle Golf Club in Höganäs, Sweden.
In 1990 Annika SÃ ...
, celebrated its 10th and penultimate installment, won by
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international p ...
.
A teenage
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna McBride (née Hjorth born 15 October 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She has won five times on the LPGA Tour and twice finished second in major championships.
Early years
Hjorth was born in Falun. As the youngest of three d ...
won two tournaments while
Carin Hjalmarsson
Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup te ...
won three, and captured her second
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order r ...
.
Schedule
The season consisted of 9 tournaments played between May and September, where one was a
1993 Ladies European Tour
The 1993 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1993. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Tournaments
The table below shows the 1993 ...
event.
Order of Merit
Source:
See also
*
1993 Swedish Golf Tour (men's tour)
References
External links
Official homepage of the Swedish Golf Tour
{{Swedish Golf Tour (women) seasons
Swedish Golf Tour (women)
Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The Swedish Golf Tour (SGT) for women, from 2021 synonymous with the Nordic Golf Tour (NGT) and from 2022 branded the Ahlsell Nordic Golf Tour, is a professional golf tour operated in cooperation by the golf federations in Denmark and Norway and S ...