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14-870: The tournament had its origins in the Volvo Open and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open , which, in 1973, became the first Swedish stop on the European Tour schedule. In 1991, the SEO merged with the PLM Open , with the resultant tournament being called the Scandinavian Masters. The Scandinavian Masters was generally the only European Tour event to be held in Scandinavia , and in 2013 had a prize fund of € 1,500,000, which

28-460: A few weeks prior to the 1960 Open championship that he "had the game" to win and that "you can beat me". He beat the rising star of American golf Arnold Palmer into second place, and it was Palmer who deprived him of his title in 1961. Although he never regained The Open title, Kel Nagle had six top-five finishes at the Open between 1960 and 1966 (ages 39 to 45). His best result in a United States major

42-658: A late start on pro golf, as he played no golf between ages 19 and 24, and turned pro at age 25 (1946). He made up for lost time by winning at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975. During his early career, he had a long swing and was regarded as the longest hitter on the Australasia tour, as evidenced by the Australian press dubbing him as "the Pymble Crusher". By age 39 (in 1960, when he won The Open Championship), Nagle had shortened his swing and become

56-532: A straight hitter with what Gary Player described as "the best short game out here". Although he had won over 30 tournaments in Australia, and had won the Canada Cup for Australia in partnership with five-time Open champion Peter Thomson in 1954 and 1959, Nagle was a shock winner of The Open, as he was 39 years old but had never finished in the top-10 at a major championship before. Thomson told Nagle

70-534: The European Tour's and LET's respective season-long competitions, as well as Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup 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 COVID-19 pandemic . The event did return in June 2021, with Jonathan Caldwell winning

84-661: The U.S. Open, but in 2018 it was played in August. In 2019 Lagardère Group passed management of the tournament on to the European Tour, which renamed it Scandinavian Invitation. In 2020 the European Tour and Ladies European Tour created the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika , 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. Official World Golf Ranking points are offered for both tours, along with points toward

98-675: The first European Tour tournament in Sweden, the Scandinavian Enterprise Open took place for the first time. Kel Nagle Kelvin David George Nagle AM (21 December 1920 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975. Nagle was born in North Sydney . Because of five-and-a-half years of World War II military service (1939–45), Nagle got

112-454: The founding of the Scandinavian Masters in 1991. 57°29′N 11°59′E  /  57.483°N 11.983°E  / 57.483; 11.983 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

126-517: The inaugural mixed event; shooting a final-round 64 to beat Adrián Otaegui by one shot. Alice Hewson was the highest placed female; finishing in third place. The 2022 event created history as Linn Grant became the first woman to win on the European Tour . She won by nine strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson and Marc Warren . The next best-placed female was Gabriella Cowley , 14 strokes behind Grant. The following venues have been used since

140-508: The par 71 course at Delsjö Golf Club near Gothenburg on Wednesday and Thursday and the final 36 holes at the par 72 course at Drottningholm Golf Club near Stockholm on Saturday and Sunday. The participation of Jack Nicklaus , visiting Sweden for the second year in a row after an exhibition there in 1969, were the big attraction and he finished second, one stroke behind winner Jean Garaïalde . Other world well-known players taking part were Peter Thomson and Lanny Wadkins . The 1971 event

154-562: The year he turned 50, Nagle was ranked among the top ten players in the world on the McCormack's World Golf Rankings , the forerunner of the modern world ranking system. Nagle played on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) in the U.S. in the 1980s, when he was in his 60s and early 70s. His best finishes were a pair of T-3s: at the 1981 Eureka Federal Savings Classic and the 1982 Peter Jackson Champions . In July 2007, Nagle

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168-572: Was also played on two courses, the first 36 holes at the par 71 links course at Falsterbo Golf Club in the very south of Sweden and the final 36 holes at the par 72 course at Lysegården Golf Club, north of Gothenburg. The tournament took place at the same time as the Dunlop Masters which meant that only a few of the leading British golfers took part. The tournament was won by 50-year-old Kel Nagle . Other well-known participants were Doug Sanders and Hubert Green . Two years later, in 1973 ,

182-428: 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 U.S. Open . From 2013 to 2017 it was played in late May/early June, two weeks before

196-479: Was second in the 1965 U.S. Open —the year after he won the Canadian Open —when he and Gary Player finished the 72-hole tournament in a tie. Nagle lost to Player the next day in an 18-hole playoff, during which Nagle hit a female spectator in the forehead on the fifth hole and was visibly affected to the point that he hit another spectator on the same hole. Player won the playoff by 3 strokes. As late as 1970,

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