The SAS Masters Tour, is a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association. There are separate tours for men and women. The tour is designed to help Swedish golfers to reach the standard of play needed to qualify for the European Tour, Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

 or Ladies European Tour

Ladies European Tour

The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...

 (LET).

Men's SAS Masters Tour

In 2008 the men's tour consisted of fifteen events. The richest event was the SEK

Swedish krona

The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...

 1,328,600 Dubliner Challenge

Dubliner Challenge

The Dubliner Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played in 2008 at Hllls Golf Club in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was won by Denmark's Mark Haastrup.-Winners:-External links:*...

, which is co-sanctioned with the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, the official developmental tour operated by the PGA European Tour

PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

. The other events had purses ranging from SEK 300,000 to SEK 500,000. Most of the events are played over 54 holes.

Men's SAS Masters Tour events carry points in the Nordic League

Nordic League (golf)

The Nordic League is one of the four PGA European Tour-recognised third-tier men's professional golf tours that are collectively known as the Satellite Tour...

 competition, which is one of four European Tour recognised third tier tours, and is run in collaboration by the national golf associations of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Women's SAS Masters Tour

In 2008 the women's tour consisted of twelve events with prize funds of SEK 300,000. In 2005 it became the first official feeder tour for the LET. The top two players from the top five on the Women's SAS Masters Tour ranking that do not already have exempt status on the LET qualify for the membership of the LET for the following season, and the remainder of the top ten players on the SAS Masters Tour are exempted into the final stage of the LET Qualifying School

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

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External links

• Official site - mainly in Swedish
• Information in English