1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women)

The 1998 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the Telia Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.^[1]

1998 Swedish Golf Tour (women) season

Duration	May 1998 (1998-05) – September 1998 (1998-09)
Number of official events	11
Most wins	2 (tie): Marie Hedberg (a) Pernilla Sterner
Order of Merit	Nina Karlsson
← 1997 1999 →

The tour extended to Finland for the first time with the inaugural Felix Finnish Ladies Open held at Aura Golf in Turku.

Pernilla Sterner and Marie Hedberg both won two tournaments and Nina Karlsson won her second Order of Merit.

Schedule

The season consisted of 11 tournaments played between May and September, where one event was held in Finland.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (SEK)	Note	Ref
31 May	Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open	Delsjö	Lynnette Brooky	207 (−6)	Playoff	Malin Burström	150,000		[3]
7 Jun	Toyota Ladies Open	Bokskogen	Marie Hedberg (a)	217 (+1)	Playoff	Anna Jönsson (a) Sara Melin	100,000		[4]
28 Jun	Körunda Ladies Open	Nynäshamn	Pernilla Sterner	215 (−1)	1 stroke	Line Berg Claire Duffy	100,000		[5]
4 Jul	Hook Ladies Open	Hook	Jessica Lindbergh (a)	211 (−5)	Playoff	Riikka Hakkarainen Marlene Hedblom Sophie Gustafson	200,000		[6]
2 Aug	Felix Finnish Ladies Open	Aura, Finland	Susanne Westling	218 (+2)	1 stroke	Maria Ekberg	150,000		[7]
9 Aug	SI · Timrå Ladies Open	Timrå	Sara Jelander	225 (+9)	2 strokes	Maria Bodén (a) Rebecka Heinmert (a) Sofia Johansson (a)	150,000		[8]
30 Aug	LB Data Ladies Open	Öijared	Nina Karlsson	211 (−5)	4 strokes	Malin Burström	100,000		[9]
6 Sep	Öhrlings Match-SM	Varberg	Helene Koch	3&2		Josefin Stålvant	100,000		[10]
13 Sep	Adapt Ladies Open	Upsala	Marie Hedberg (a)	213 (−3)	1 stroke	Nina Karlsson	100,000		[11]
20 Sep	Swedish PGA Championship	Karlstad	Pernilla Sterner	283 (−5)	5 strokes	Mia Löjdahl	100,000		[12]
27 Sep	Telia Ladies Finale	Johannesberg	Sophie Gustafson	205 (−11)	6 strokes	Anna Berg	225,000		[13]

  National Championship tournaments

Order of Merit

Rank	Player	Score
1	Nina Karlsson	1,068
2	Marie Hedberg	1,035
3	Pernilla Sterner	963
4	Malin Burström	896
5	Sophie Gustafson	871
6	Susanne Westling	827
7	Riikka Hakkarainen	820
8	Linda Ericsson	726
9	Sara Jelander	707
10	Helene Koch	696

Source:^[14]

See also

• 1998 Swedish Golf Tour (men's tour)