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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Nordic Golf League | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Inaugural season | 1999 |
| Countries | Based in Scandinavia[lower-alpha 1] |
| Most titles | Tournament wins: Jens Dantorp (8) Åke Nilsson (8) Tapio Pulkkanen (8) Joakim Rask (8) |
| Related competitions | Danish Golf Tour Finnish Tour Norwegian Golf Tour Swedish Golf Tour |
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
| Year | Winner | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Björn Åkesson | 61,884 |
| 2022 |  John Axelsen | 53,303 |
| 2021 | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen | 43,578 |
| 2020 | Mikael Lindberg | 32,473 |
| 2019 | Niklas Nørgaard Møller | 47,891 |
| 2018 |  Aksel Olsen | 48,181 |
| 2017 |  Axel Bóasson | 45,260 |
| 2016 | Mark Haastrup | 54,457 |
| 2015 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 62,652 |
| 2014 | Jacob Glennemo | 64,988 |
| 2013 | Jesper Kennegård | 46,591 |
| 2012 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 52,260 |
| 2011 | Jens Dantorp | 61,167 |
| 2010 | Wilhelm Schauman | 30,869 |
| 2009 | Lasse Jensen | 32,396 |
| 2008 | Petter Bocian | 24,510 |
| 2007 | Rikard Karlberg | 25,005 |
| 2006 | Pontus Ericsson | 2,207 |
| 2005 | Morten Hagen | 2,509 |
| 2004 | Peter Malmgren | 1,974 |
| 2003 | Øyvind Rojahn | 1,820 |
| 2002 | Joakim Kristiansson | 1,990 |
| 2001 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 2,159 |
| 2000 | Morten Orveland | 2,147 |
| 1999 | Patrik Gottfridson | 28,516 |
Notes
- Schedules have also included events in Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Spain.
References
- "Third Level Tours Relaunched as the Satellite Tours". 21 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "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.