Nordic Golf League

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] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, other rules were decided for qualification for the 2021 Challenge Tour.

Nordic Golf League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Nordic Golf League
SportGolf
Founded1999
Inaugural season1999
CountriesBased in Scandinavia[lower-alpha 1]
Most titlesTournament wins:
8:
Sweden Jens Dantorp
Sweden Åke Nilsson
Finland Tapio Pulkkanen
Sweden Joakim Rask
Related
competitions		Danish Golf Tour
Finnish Tour
Norwegian Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Official websitehttp://www.nordicgolfleague.com/

The tour is based in Scandinavia, and incorporates tournaments from the national tours of Denmark (Danish Golf Tour, currently titled as the ECCO Tour for sponsorship reasons), Finland (Finnish Tour) and Sweden (Swedish Golf Tour, currently titled as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons). Formerly, the Nordic Golf League incorporated tournaments from the now defunct Norwegian Golf Tour.

Beginning in July 2015, Nordic Golf League tournaments carry Official World Golf Ranking points.[2]

Notable alumni, 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
2022Denmark John Axelsen53,303
2021Sweden Christopher Feldborg Nielsen43,578
2020Sweden Mikael Lindberg32,473
2019Denmark Niklas Nørgaard Møller47,891
2018Norway Aksel Olsen48,181
2017Iceland Axel Bóasson45,260
2016Denmark Mark Haastrup54,457
2015Finland Tapio Pulkkanen62,652
2014Sweden Jacob Glennemo64,988
2013Sweden Jesper Kennegård46,591
2012Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard52,260
2011Sweden Jens Dantorp61,167
2010Sweden Wilhelm Schauman30,869
2009Denmark Lasse Jensen32,396
2008Sweden Petter Bocian24,510
2007Sweden Rikard Karlberg25,005
2006Sweden Pontus Ericsson2,207
2005Norway Morten Hagen2,509
2004Sweden Peter Malmgren1,974
2003Norway Øyvind Rojahn1,820
2002Sweden Joakim Kristiansson1,990
2001Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup2,159
2000Norway Morten Orveland2,147
1999Sweden Patrik Gottfridson28,516

See also

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

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". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
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