Nordic Golf League

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Nordic Golf League
Current season, competition or edition:
Golf current event.svg 2024 Nordic Golf League
Sport Golf
Founded1999
First season1999
CountriesBased in Scandinavia [lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp (8)
Flag of Sweden.svg Åke Nilsson (8)
Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen (8)
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Rask (8)
Related
competitions		 Danish Golf Tour
Finnish Tour
Norwegian Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour

The Nordic Golf League is one of the third-tier men's professional golf tours, recognised by the European Tour, also known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the Order of Merit at the end of each season earn status to play on the second tier Challenge Tour for the following season. [1]

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The tour is based in Scandinavia, and incorporates tournaments from the national tours of Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. In years past, the Nordic Golf League incorporated tournaments from the now defunct Norwegian Golf Tour.

Since July 2015, Nordic Golf League tournaments have carried Official World Golf Ranking points. [2]

Nordic Golf League competitors who went on to win on the European Tour include Lucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Kristoffer Broberg, Rikard Karlberg, Mikko Korhonen, Morten Ørum Madsen, Christian Nilsson, and Thorbjørn Olesen.

Order of Merit winners

YearWinnerPoints
2024 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Sandorg 54,099
2023 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson 61,884
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg John Axelsen 53,303
2021 Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 43,578
2020 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lindberg 32,473
2019 Flag of Denmark.svg Niklas Nørgaard 47,891
2018 Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Olsen 48,181
2017 Flag of Iceland.svg Axel Bóasson 45,260
2016 Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup 54,457
2015 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen 62,652
2014 Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Glennemo 64,988
2013 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Kennegård 46,591
2012 Flag of Denmark.svg Lucas Bjerregaard 52,260
2011 Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp 61,167
2010 Flag of Sweden.svg Wilhelm Schauman 30,869
2009 Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Jensen 32,396
2008 Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian 24,510
2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Karlberg 25,005
2006 Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Ericsson 2,207
2005 Flag of Norway.svg Morten Hagen 2,509
2004 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Malmgren 1,974
2003 Flag of Norway.svg Øyvind Rojahn 1,820
2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Kristiansson 1,990
2001 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vibe-Hastrup 2,159
2000 Flag of Norway.svg Morten Orveland 2,147
1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Gottfridson 28,516

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Schedules have also included events in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Spain.

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References

  1. ↑ "Third Level Tours Relaunched as the Satellite Tours". 21 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "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.
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