Gevalia Open
Golf tournament held in Gävle, Sweden
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The Gevalia Open was a golf tournament held at Gävle Golf Club in Gävle, Sweden from 1978. It featured on the Swedish Golf Tour from its inception in 1984 and on the Challenge Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was re-named the Gefle Open in 1991, using the archaic spelling of Gävle.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gävle, Sweden |
| Established | 1978 |
| Course | Gävle Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour Swedish Mini Tour Future Series |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 2018 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Mats Lanner (1991) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Pontus Nyholm | |
| Location map | |
  Gävle GC Location in Sweden | |
In 2011 European Tour winner Peter Hedblom, the most successful player to represent Gävle Golf Club, hosted the tournament.[1] The years 1999–2004 and 2006–2007 the club hosted the Gefle Ladies Open instead, on the women's Swedish Golf Tour.[2]
Winners
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilmetro Gefle Open | |||||||
| 2018 | Pontus Nyholm |
134 | −10 | 4 strokes | Oskar Bergman |
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| 2017 | William Nygård |
143 | −1 | Playoff | Rasmus Holmberg Oliver Pousette |
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| 2016 | Philip Eriksson |
134 | −10 | 3 strokes | Nicklas Glans |
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| 2012–2015: No tournament | |||||||
| Gefle Open | |||||||
| 2011 | NGL | Steven Jeppesen |
208 | −8 | 1 stroke | Kristoffer Broberg |
[1] |
| 2010 | NGL | Björn Åkesson |
201 | −15 | 4 strokes | Benny Ahlenbäck Peter Hedblom |
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| 2009 | Alexander Bergström |
137 | −7 | 2 strokes | Victor Almström |
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| 2008 | Cristian Härdin |
140 | −4 | 1 stroke | Erik Oja |
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| 2006–07: No tournament | |||||||
| Gävle Energi Open | |||||||
| 2005 | NGL |  Panu Kylliäinen |
212 | −4 | Playoff | Johan Bjerhag Pehr Magnebrant |
[3] |
| 1997–2004: No tournament | |||||||
| Gefle Open | |||||||
| 1996 | SWE | Chris Hanell (a) |
208 | −8 | 3 strokes | Niclas Johnsson |
[4] |
| 1995 | SWE | Daniel Fornstam |
210 | −6 | 1 stroke | Niklas Diethelm Robert Löfqvist |
[5] |
| 1992–1994: No tournament | |||||||
| 1991 | CHA | Mats Lanner (4) | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Magnus Rosenbäck | [6][7] |
| Gevalia Open | |||||||
| 1990 | CHA |  José Cantero | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Mats Lanner | [8][9] |
| 1989 | CHA | Mats Lanner (3) | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Joakim Haeggman | [10] |
| 1988 | SWE | Dennis Edlund | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Peter Dahlberg Per-Arne Brostedt | [11] |
| 1987 | SWE | Mats Lanner (2) | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | Mikael Högberg | [12] |
| 1986 | SWE | Mats Lanner | 277 | −11 | 6 strokes |  Anders Sørensen | [13] |
| 1985 | SWE | Magnus Grankvist | 286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Gunnar Mueller | [14] |
| 1984 | SWE | Anders Forsbrand | 278 | −10 | 4 strokes | Clas Hultman | [15] |
| 1983 | Magnus Persson |
287 | −1 | 1 stroke | Mats Lanner Jan Sonnevi |
[16][17] | |
| 1982 | Per Andersson |
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| 1981 | Jan Andhagen |
283 | −5 | 16 strokes | Hans Wirtavuori |
[18] | |
| 1980 | Anders Johnsson |
289 | +1 | 7 strokes | Mikael Högberg |
[19] | |
| 1979 | Jan Grönkvist |
295 | +7 | 1 stroke | William Löfqvist |
[20] | |
| 1978 | Freddy Carlsson |
299 | +11 | 1 stroke | Ove Sellberg |
[21] | |
Notes
- CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; SWE − Swedish Golf Tour.