The Scandinavian Masters was an annual

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tournament on the

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played in

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. In 2020, the tournament became co-sanctioned with the

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

History

The tournament had its origins in the

Volvo Open The Volvo Open was an invitational golf tournament played in Sweden in 1970 and 1971. It was the first major international golf tournament played in Sweden. The 1970 event was played on two courses; the first 36 holes at the par 71 course at D ...

and the

Scandinavian Enterprise Open The Scandinavian Enterprise Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played in Sweden until 1990, when it had a prize fund of £400,000, which was mid-range for the tour at that time. In 1991, the tournament was merged with fell ...

, which, in 1973, became the first Swedish stop on the European Tour schedule. In 1991, the SEO merged with the

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, 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

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. 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

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and

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, 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

Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving forc ...

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

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by one shot.

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was the highest placed female; finishing in third place. The 2022 event created history as

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became the first woman to win on the

. She won by nine strokes ahead of

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and

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. The next best-placed female was

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, 14 strokes behind Grant.

went on to win again in 2024, beating

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and

Sebastian Söderberg Jan Sebastian Söderberg (born 19 September 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Söderberg was born in Eksjö in Småland, Sweden, but grew up playing golf at Delsjö Golf Club in Gothenburg on the west coast o ...

by one shot. The 2024 event proved to be the final edition of the tournament and in October 2024 it was confirmed that the tournament would not return in 2025.

Venues

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

Winners

Notes

References

External links

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Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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