2020 Nordic Golf League

2020 Nordic Golf League season
Duration23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) – 9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)
Number of official events13[a]
Most winsSweden Mikael Lindberg (3)
Order of MeritSweden Mikael Lindberg
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The 2020 Nordic Golf League is the 22nd season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

In-season changes

The season started with four events in Spain, and was later suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] After the hiatus, the schedule was subject to change and several tournaments were postponed, cancelled or due to travel restrictions, became unofficial events for Order of Merit ranking purposed.[2]

The tour announced in July that only the top three players (rather than the traditional five) on the final Order of Merit would receive Challenge Tour status for the 2021 season.[3]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] OWGR
points
25 Feb Lumine Hills Open Spain SKr 550,000 Denmark Marcus Helligkilde (2) 4
1 Mar Lumine Lakes Open Spain SKr 550,000 Sweden Mikael Lindberg (3) 4
7 Mar ECCO Tour Spanish Masters Spain DKr 375,000 Denmark Jeppe Huldahl (2) 4
11 Mar PGA Catalunya Resort Championship Spain DKr 375,000 Denmark Jeppe Huldahl (3) 4
30 Apr Elisefarm Open Sweden – Cancelled[4] –
8 May Jyske Bank Made in Denmark Qualifier Denmark – Postponed[5] –
5 Jun The 12 Twelve - Players Charity Denmark – Postponed[5] –
10 Jun Samsø Pro-Am Classic Denmark – Postponed[5] –
18 Jun Gamle Fredrikstad Open Norway – Postponed[5] –
26 Jun Sand Golf Club Open Sweden – Cancelled[4] –
9 Jul Kongsvinger Open Norway – Cancelled[4] –
7 Aug Thisted Forsikring Championship Denmark €35,000 Sweden Mikael Lindberg (4) 4
14 Aug Landeryd Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Robin Petersson (1) 4
21 Aug Esbjerg Open Denmark €35,000 Denmark Niklas Nørgaard (3) 4
27 Aug V Sport Golf Challenge Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Joakim Wikström (2) 4
29 Aug Timberwise Finnish Open Finland – Cancelled –
4 Sep
16 May		 TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open Sweden SKr 420,000 Sweden Pelle Edberg (5) 4
18 Sep Ledreborg Palace Golf Masters Denmark €30,000 Sweden Mikael Lindberg (5) 4
24 Sep Visby Open Sweden SKr 380,000 Sweden Joakim Wikström (3) 4
4 Oct Race to HimmerLand Denmark €40,000 Sweden Jesper Svensson (1) 4
9 Oct Lindbytvätten Tour Final Sweden SKr 400,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (5) 4

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Nordic Golf League, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner OWGR
points
10 Jun
24 Apr		 Bravo Tours Open Denmark €25,000 Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen n/a
26 Jun Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Marcus Helligkilde n/a
4 Jul Katrineholm Open Sweden SKr 430,000 Sweden Ludvig Åberg (a) 7
16 Jul Barsebäck Resort Masters Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Ludvig Åberg (a) 4
24 Jul Stockholm Trophy Sweden SKr 380,000 Sweden Mikael Lindberg 4
28 Jul
30 May		 SM Match Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Martin Eriksson 4
1 Aug
21 May		 PGA Championship Bråviken Open Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Björn Hellgren 4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the GolfBox Road to Europe and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2021 Challenge Tour.[7]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Sweden Mikael Lindberg 32,473 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Denmark Marcus Helligkilde 27,743
3 Denmark Jeppe Huldahl 23,731
4 Finland Lauri Ruuska 22,100
5 Sweden Joakim Wikström 21,167
6 Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy 16,004
7 Denmark Lasse Jensen 15,034
8 Sweden Martin Eriksson 11,751
9 Sweden Robin Petersson 10,948
10 Sweden Per Längfors 10,880

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A further eight tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or postponed.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "Covid-19 update". Danish Golf Tour. 25 March 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2020 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Announcement about rankings, Challenge Tour etc". Danish Golf Tour. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Updated Golf Tour Schedule" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "ECCO Tour Postpones the next 4 events". Danish Golf Tour. 19 March 2020. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 GolfBox Road to Europe". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ Damgaard, Peter (9 October 2020). "Lasse Jensen vandt Nordic League sæsonfinalen" [Lasse Jensen won the Nordic League season finale]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 May 2023. Både Mikael Lindberg, Marcus Helligkilde og Jeppe Huldahl havde også et Challenge Tour kort i år, men deres nye kategorier fra Nordic League kort er bedre, end dem de havde. [Both Mikael Lindberg, Marcus Helligkilde and Jeppe Huldahl also had a Challenge Tour card this year, but their new categories from Nordic League cards are better than the ones they had.]