Swedish PGA Championship (women)

The Swedish PGA Championship for women is a golf tournament played annually in Sweden since 1997. It has been an event on the Swedish Golf Tour since inception and featured on the LET Access Series since 2012.[1][2][3]

Swedish PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location Sweden
Established1997
Course(s)Rotating;
Albatross Golf Club (2024)
Par72
Tour(s)Swedish Golf Tour
LET Access Series
Format54-hole stroke play
(72-hole in 1998 and 2006)
Prize fund€40,000 (2023)
Month playedAugust (2023)
Tournament record score
Aggregate54 holes: 202 (2019)
72 holes: 283 (1998)
To par54 holes: −14 (2019)
72 holes: −5 (1998)
Current champion
Denmark Natacha Host Husted

A corresponding Swedish PGA Championship for men has been played since 1970.[2]

There is also a Swedish club pro PGA championship, limited to club professionals in Sweden, with separate competitions for men, women and senior men categories.

Winners

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Year Tour(s) Winner Score Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
(SEK)
Venue Notes
PGA Championship Gothenburg
2024 SGT · LETAS   Natacha Host Husted −2 (70-72-69=211) 2 strokes   Helen Tamy Kreuzer €40,000 Albatross Golf Club [4]
2023 SGT · LETAS   Chiara Tamburlini −12 (70-66-68=204) 5 strokes   Emily Price €40,000 Kungsbacka Golf Club [5]
PGA Championship Trelleborg
2022 SGT · LETAS   Meja Örtengren (a) −2 (69-74-68=211) Playoff   Zhen Bontan €50,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [6]
2021 SGT · LETAS   Maja Stark −8 (67-70-68=205) 1 stroke   Lily May Humphreys €55,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [7]
2020 SGT · LETAS[a]   Elin Arvidsson −8 (70-69-66=205) 1 stroke   Linda Lundqvist 250,000 Tegelberga Golf Club [8]
Scandic PGA Championship
2019 SGT · LETAS   Tonje Daffinrud −14 (66-70-66=202) 2 strokes   Johanna Gustavsson
  Maja Stark (a)
€42,000 Allerum Golf Club [9]
Säljfast Ladies PGA Championship
2018 SGT   Isabella Ramsay −2 (74-73-67=214) Playoff   Sofie Bringner 175,000 Sölvesborg Golf Club [10]
Forget Foundation PGA Championship
2017 SGT · LETAS   Valentine Derrey −6 (73-68-69=210) 1 stroke   Frida Gustafsson-Spång €40,000 PGA Sweden National [11]
PGA Halmstad Ladies Open at Haverdal
2016 SGT · LETAS   María Parra (a) −9 (71-67-69=207) 2 strokes   Michele Thomson €40,000 Haverdal Golf Club [12] [b]
2015 SGT · LETAS   Isi Gabsa −5 (70-71-70=211) 3 strokes   Jessica Ljungberg €35,000 Haverdal Golf Club [13]
Kristianstad Åhus Ladies PGA Open
2014 SGT · LETAS   Isabella Ramsay −2 (73-70-71=214) 1 stroke   Emily Kristine Pedersen (a) €30,000 Kristianstad Golf Club [14]
2013 SGT · LETAS   Linn Andersson (a) +4 (69-74-77=220) Playoff   Eleanor Givens
  Caroline Martens
€30,000 Kristianstad Golf Club [15] [b]
Ljungbyhed Park PGA Ladies Open
2012 SGT · LETAS   Pamela Pretswell Asher (a) −4 (73-72-67=212) 2 strokes   Isabella Deilert (a) €30,000 Ljungbyhed Golf Club [b]
2011 SGT   Viva Schlasberg −6 (71-70-69=210) 1 stroke   Maria Ohlsson 250,000 Ljungbyhed Golf Club
VW Söderbergs Ladies Masters PGA Championship
2010 SGT   Johanna Johansson −5 (70-70-71=211) Playoff   Jacqueline Hedwall (a)
  Sanna Johansson
  Cecilie Lundgreen
  Anna Tybring
250,000 Bråviken Golf Club
PGA of Sweden National Open
2009 SGT   Elin Emanuelsson −1 (71-74-70=215) 1 stroke   Therese Nilsson
  Malin Svedelius
225,000 PGA Sweden National
PGA Open
2008 SGT   Catrin Nilsmark +3 (74-74-71=219) 1 stroke   Zuzana Masinova 300,000 Norrtelje Golf Club
PGA Gibson Open
2007 SGT   Caroline Hedwall (a) −3 (73-71-69=213) 5 strokes   Marianne Skarpnord 150,000 International Golf Club [b]
PGA by Beirut Café and NAI Svefa
2006 SGT   Sofia Johansson +11 (75-72-79-73=299) Playoff   Eva Bjärvall
  Lena Tornevall
225,000 Herresta Golf Club
Skandia PGA Open
2005 SGT   Nina Reis E (70-73-67=210) 3 strokes   Nina Karlsson 360,000 Arlandastad Golf
2004 SGT   Linda Wessberg −3 (66-72-69=207) 1 stroke   Helena Svensson 360,000 Arlandastad Golf
2003 SGT   Filippa Helmersson −5 (69-70-69=208) 6 strokes   Åsa Gottmo 360,000 Falsterbo Golf Club
2002 SGT   Helena Svensson (a) +2 (71-73-74=218) 1 stroke   Nina Reis
  Pia Koivuranta
300,000 Halmstad Golf Club [b]
2001 SGT   Maria Bodén −7 (70-73-66=209) 4 strokes   Hanna Hell 250,000 Bokskogen Golf Club
2000 SGT   Malin Burström +1 (72-72-73=217) 1 stroke   Anna Berg 200,000 Forsgården Golf Club
1999 SGT   Filippa Hansson (a) E (72-73-74=219) Playoff   Marie Hedberg 150,000 Haninge Golf Club [b]
Swedish PGA Championship
1998 SGT   Pernilla Sterner −5 (70-70-70-73=283) 5 strokes   Mia Löjdahl 100,000 Karlstad Golf Club
Aspeboda Ladies Open PGA Championship
1997 SGT   Katharina Larsson +1 (72-72-72=217) 5 strokes   Riikka Hakkarainen 85,000 Falun-Borlänge Golf Club

(a) denotes amateur

  1. ^ The 2020 tournament was removed from the LETAS schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Amateur winners received no prize money, which is distributed amongst the best placed professional(s).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 273. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Tävlingar, PGA Mästerskapen" [Tournaments, PGA Championships] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden.
  3. ^ "PGA Mästerskapen – Tidigare vinnare" [PGA Championships – Previous winners] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden.
  4. ^ "2024 PGA Championship Gothenburg". LET Access Series. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 PGA Championship Gothenburg". LET Access Series. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Amateur Örtengren storms to win in her homeland". LET Access Series. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "2021 PGA Championship by Trelleborgs kommun". LET Access Series. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Swedish Golf Tour, Spelschema 2020" [Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule 2020]. Swedish Golf Federation. 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Daffinrud Clinches Scandic PGA Title With Two Shot Victory At Allerum". LET Access Series. 31 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Isabella Ramsay hämtade in sju slag: "Vissa dagar har man flytet"" [Isabella Ramsay came back from seven strokes: "Some days you have got the flow"]. Swedish Golf Federation. 2 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Valentine Derrey avgjorde med en birdie på sista hålet" [Valentine Derrey won with birdie on the last hole]. PGA of Sweden. 25 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Parra Wins PGA Halmstad Ladies Open At Haverdal". LET Access Series. 21 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Victory For Gabsa In Sweden". LET Access Series. 24 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Kristianstad Ahus Ladies PGA Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Andersson Wins Play Off In Kristianstad". LET Access Series. 18 May 2013.
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