At the beginning of 1979,
Kärstin Ehrnlund became the first Swedish female tournament professional. The following year, Ehrnlund became the first Swedish winner on an international professional golf tour, when she won on the
Ladies European Tour (LET) (at the time named the WPGA Tour) and by this showed the possibility for talented Swedish female golfers to turn playing professionals. The first professional tournament for women held in Sweden and also the first LET tournament in Sweden, was an invitational tournament named the
Volvo International taking place at
Albatross Golf Club in
Gothenburg in
1980 and again in
1981. At the annual meeting of the
Swedish Golf Federation in March 1983, "open golf" was introduced, which meant that, from next year both amateurs and professionals were allowed to enter all domestic competitions, international amateur tournaments excluded. Non-PGA members with a licence, as well as PGA members, were allowed to receive prize money. The new and internationally unique rules, made it possible to transform the traditionally most important amateur tournaments in the country to professional tournaments, attractive to sponsors and players.
Women's European Satellite Tour The Swedish and Spanish (known as the Banesto Tour at the time) tours did not initially feature their events on the
LET Access Series which launched in 2010. Instead they launched their own regional development tour in 2011, which featured four events from each country, named the Women's European Satellite Tour (WEST). In 2012, the tour was folded into LETAS.
Nordic Golf Tour For 2020, in cooperation between the Golf Federations of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the Ladies' Nordic Golf Tour (NGT) was introduced, with its Order-of merit ranking named Road to Creekhouse Ladies Open, including eight tournaments in three countries, six of them to be co-sanctioned by LETAS. From 2021, the Swedish Golf Tour was included in and synonymous with the
Nordic Golf Tour, and the Nordic cooperation was abandoned except for an event in Denmark which remained on the schedule until 2024. == Sponsorship ==