Danish PGA Championship

Last updated
Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location Farsø, Denmark
Established1993
Course(s)HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort
Par73
Length6,855 yards (6,268 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Danish Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund DKr  300,000
Month playedJune
Final year2020
Tournament record score
Aggregate201 Sebastian Söderberg (2013)
To par−17 Marcus Helligkilde (2020)
Final champion
Flag of Denmark.svg Marcus Helligkilde
Location Map
Denmark physical map.svg
Icona golf.svg
HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort
Location in Denmark

The Danish PGA Championship was a golf tournament in the Nordic Golf League held in Denmark. From 1993 to 1997 it was an event on the Challenge Tour. [1]

Contents

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship
2020 DNK Flag of Denmark.svg Marcus Helligkilde 202−172 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Niklas Nørgaard HimmerLand
2019: No tournament
Jyske Bank PGA Championship
2018 NGL Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Glennemo 204−121 stroke Flag of Norway.svg Anders Strand Ellingsberg Silkeborg
2017 NGL Flag of Denmark.svg Oskar Ambrosius (a)203−134 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Simonsen Silkeborg
2016 NGL Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen 204−121 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Philip Ulveman Juel-Berg Silkeborg
Danæg PGA Championship
2015 NGL Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Tinning 207−9Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Karlsson Skjoldenæsholm
Jyske Bank PGA Championship
2014 NGL Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Larsson 212−23 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Søgaard
Silkeborg
Actona PGA Championship
2013 NGL Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Söderberg 201−9Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Daniel Løkke Holstebro
Freja PGA Championship
2012 NGL Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Malmgren 205−11Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
HimmerLand
Actona PGA Championship
2011 NGL Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Ørum Madsen 210−62 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen Lübker
2010: No tournament
Ledreborg Danish PGA Championship
2009 NGL Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Jensen 202−113 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Bruzelius Copenhagen
2005–2008: No tournament
ECCO Open - Danish PGA Championship
2004 NGL Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Gyllengahm (a)212−45 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Jespersen Simons
1998–2003: No tournament
Toyota Danish PGA Championship
1997 CHA Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge 202−142 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Martin Erlandsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen
Odense Eventyr
1996 CHA Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Mednick 202−111 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Gottfridson Helsingor
1995 CHA Flag of France.svg François Lamare 209−72 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Happel
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson
Sollerod
1994 CHA Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Overbring 204−122 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Ben Tinning Gilleleje
1993 CHA Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Andersson 207−62 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Strångert Vallensbaek

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes

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