2015 Nordic Golf League

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2015 Nordic Golf League season
Duration21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) – 10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)
Number of official events28
Most wins Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (5)
Order of Merit Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen
2014
2016

The 2015 Nordic Golf League was the 17th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

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OWGR inclusion

In July, it was announced that all Nordic Golf League events, beginning with the Master Promo Championship, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event. [1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner [a] OWGR
points
23 FebLumine Lakes OpenSpain€55,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Vejgaard (1)n/a
28 FebLumine Hills OpenSpain€55,000 Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Tage Johansen (4)n/a
12 MarMediter Real Estate MastersSpainDKr 375,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Jennevret (2)n/a
17 MarPGA Catalunya Resort ChampionshipSpainDKr 375,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Åke Nilsson (5)n/a
1 MayBravo Tours OpenDenmarkDKr 300,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Daniel Løkke (1)n/a
8 MayNorthSide Charity ChallengeDenmarkDKr 400,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (4)n/a
13 MayStora Hotellet Bryggan Fjällbacka OpenSwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Gabriel Axell (1)n/a
23 MayTrummenäs OpenSwedenSKr 350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Forsström (1)n/a
30 MayKitchen Joy ChampionshipDenmarkDKr 300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Barth (3)n/a
5 JunThisted Forsikring ChampionshipDenmarkDKr 375,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Blom (1)n/a
12 Jun Österlen PGA Open SwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Patrick Winther (1)n/a
18 JunNordea ChallengeNorway€40,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Poke (1)n/a
26 JunECCO German MastersGermany€45,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (5)n/a
28 Jun SM Match SwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hellgren (2)n/a
3 Jul Katrineholm Open SwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Adell (4)n/a
12 Jul Finnish Open Finland€50,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (6)n/a
25 JulMaster Promo ChampionshipFinland€40,000 Flag of Finland.svg Oliver Lindell (a) (1)4
31 JulMade in Denmark QualifierDenmarkDKr 375,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (7)4
8 AugIsaberg OpenSwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Wejshag (2)4
14 AugHoltsmark OpenNorwaySKr 400,000 Flag of Norway.svg Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1)4
23 AugLanderyd MastersSwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Lang (1)4
29 AugK-Supermarket Kamppi OpenFinland€30,000 Flag of Norway.svg Kristian Krogh Johannessen (2)4
4 SepWillis MastersDenmarkDKr 300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Jennevret (3)4
13 SepKristianstad Åhus OpenSwedenSKr 600,000 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (8)4
19 Sep Danæg PGA Championship DenmarkDKr 337,500 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Tinning (1)4
27 SepGolfUppsala OpenSwedenSKr 400,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Pettersson (3)4
3 OctRace to HimmerLandDenmarkDKr 375,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christofer Blomstrand (1)4
10 Oct Tourfinal Vellinge Open SwedenSKr 450,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup (2)4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Road to Europe and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour. [4]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen 62,652Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Tage Johansen 42,785
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Eric Blom 38,191
4 Flag of Norway.svg Kristian Krogh Johannessen 35,803
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Forsström 34,005
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Daniel Løkke 33,187
7 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hellgren 32,650
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen 31,273
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Vejgaard 26,863
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Jennevret 26,586

See also

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Nordic Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nordic Golf League as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

  1. "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2023. Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015.
  2. "2015 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. "2015 Road to Europe". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. "Haastrup vandt da Løkkes Challenge Tour drøm brast" [Haastrup won when Løkke's Challenge Tour dream was shattered] (in Danish). Danish Golf Tour. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023. Dermed kan der ikke længere pilles ved GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking, hvor den endelige top-10 for 2015 ser således ud. (Top-5 er klar til Challenge Tour 2016)[Thus, the GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking can no longer be tampered with, where the final top-10 for 2015 looks like this. (Top-5 ready for Challenge Tour 2016)]