The history of the men's Swedish Golf Tour is closely linked to the history of professional golf in Sweden. Until the late 1960s, the main, and usually only, professional tournament in Sweden was the
Dunlop Cup, played 1932–1968. From 1958, the Penfold Cup was added as a yearly professional tournament in Sweden. In 1969, a conflict between the
Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden, resulted in that no professional tournaments were sanctioned by the federation to take place in the country. Starting in 1970, the Dunlop Cup was transformed to the official
Swedish PGA Championship, which became the most important tournament on a small but soon growing professional circuit in Sweden. At this time, the majority of the club professionals in Sweden were
British and none of the Swedish PGA members were tournament professionals. A point system at the few existing tournaments decided the yearly selection of the two best professionals, who were Swedish citizens, to represent Sweden at the
World Cup, usually played far away in the world and long after the Swedish golf season was concluded. Understandably, the Swedish teams usually had difficulties to be competitive. The first Swedish tournament professionals appeared in the early 1970s, with Jan Rosell as the very first in 1971, soon followed by Bengt Malmqvist and
Gunnar Mueller. From 1977, only tournament professionals have represented Sweden in the World Cup. In 1970, the first international world class 72-hole golf tournament in Sweden took place, the invitational tournament
Volvo Open, with
Jack Nicklaus and
Lanny Wadkins in the field, at
Delsjö Golf Club and
Royal Drottningholm Golf Club. The same year, when tournament professionals already had been dominating the Swedish PGA Championship and the other domestic professional tournaments for several years, a Swedish Club pro PGA Championship, limited to instructing professionals in Sweden and not included in the SGT, was established. The first year, 1984, the SGT consisted of seven tournaments with a total prize amount of SKr 1.3 million and winners' share between SKr 25,000 and SKr 50,000 for each tournament. Except that, the
European Tour tournament in Sweden, the
1984 Scandinavian Enterprise Open (SEO), with a prize fund of SKr 1.5 million, was included in the SGT. As the best Swedish players were expected to mainly compete abroad, two Order of Merit standings were counted, one with total money won by SGT-members, with other main tours included, and one with only SGT tournaments counted. One of the purposes with two rankings was to select players to represent Sweden at the World Cup. The first Order of Merit (Total) was won by
Anders Forsbrand and the first Order of Merit (SGT) was won by
Mats Lanner, who won the final tournament Kullenberg Playoff at Björn Borg Sports Club, Lindö,
Stockholm. The year after, the tour grew to nine tournaments, of which one had a first prize of SKr 100,000. Beyond that, the
1985 SEO was included in the SGT. The 1985 Order of Merit (Total) was won by
Ove Sellberg and the Order of Merit (SGT) was won by
Per-Arne Brostedt. In 1988, a company, Svenska Golftourerna AB, was founded, owned equally by the PGA of Sweden and the Swedish Golf Federation, to organize the two Swedish Golf Tours for men and women. Its first chairperson was Ola Öqvist. Until 1996, the SGT Order of Merit standings was decided by money won and since 1997 a point system has been in force. In 1999, the
Nordic Golf League (NGL) was established and came to include the SGT, as well as the national golf tour of Denmark and tournaments in Finland and Norway. As the European Tour and the Challenge Tour have become stronger and richer, players have usually stayed to the tour on the highest level they have been qualified for, why the SGT Order of Merit (total) have lost its significance in favor of the NGL Order of Merit. The top five players on the NGL rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second tier Challenge Tour for the following year. Since July 2015, the NGL carry
Official World Golf Ranking points. Since 2018 the Swedish Golf Federation drives the tour in its own organization. In 2020, the men's Swedish Golf Tour initially included 16 scheduled tournaments, held in four countries, beginning in February and ending in October. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 schedule was subject to change. The Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden decided on June 2, of a restart of the
2020 tour on July 2–4 with Katrineholm Open hosted by
Robert Karlsson at Katrineholm Golf Club. Only two scheduled tournaments in
Spain in February took place before a three months break. In July 2023, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with
Cutter & Buck, being renamed as the
Cutter & Buck Tour from 2024. ==Order of Merit winners==