The 1996 Swedish Golf Tour was the eleventh 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 ...
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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 ...
, in her rookie year as a professional, won three tournaments and the
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 ...
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Schedule
The season consisted of 10 tournaments played between May and September, where two events were included on the
1996 Ladies European Tour
The 1996 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1996. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Tournaments
The table below shows the 1996 ...
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Order of Merit
Source:
See also
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1996 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 ...