The 2022 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed moves to a new home this season as Halmstad Golf Club plays host to the innovative event.
Tournament hosts Henrik Stenson and Annika Sorenstam tee it up alongside defending champion Jonathan Caldwell and in-form Ladies European Tour stars Maja Stark and Linn Grant, but will it be a man or a woman lifting the trophy on Sunday?
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Favourite - Alex Noren
The home favourite is the highest-ranked male player in the field this week as he goes in search of DP World Tour win number 11.
Four of those victories came in as many months in 2016 and since then he has claimed two Rolex Series wins at the 2017 BMW PGA Championship and 2018 Open de France.
His victory in Paris was his latest but he has two worldwide top tens in 2022 and has twice been a winner on home soil in his career.
Form horse - Maja Stark
The Swede only turned professional last season but to say her introduction to the paid ranks has been successful would be a dramatic understatement.
A two-time winner on the LET last season, she added a third title at this year's Women's NSW Open and sits top of the Race to Costa del Sol, with five other top tens from her seven starts.
Stark also has a fine record in mixed competition, finishing in the top 20 at this event last season and second earlier this year at the Asian Mixed Stableford.
Wild card - Joakim Lagergren
Another home player, Lagergren has been one of the most consistent performers on Tour since a third successful trip to the Qualifying School in 2014, although 2022 has been a challenge so far.
He had missed six of seven cuts coming into last week's Porsche European Open but revealed he felt he had been playing better than he had been scoring.
A top five in Germany saw him look very much back to his usual self and with two top tens in DP World Tour events on home soil, he could well maintain that momentum this week.
