Year: | 2001 |
Tour: | Nordic Golf League |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 23 |
Most Wins: | Björn Bäck (3) Mads Vibe-Hastrup (3) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | Mads Vibe-Hastrup |
Prevseason: | 2000 |
Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2001 Nordic Golf League was the third season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner | |
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25 Apr | Titleist Open | Denmark | DKr 80,000 | Joakim Grönhagen (1) | |
13 May | Sola Open | Norway | €8,000 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1) | |
20 May | Kinnaborg Open | Sweden | SKr 175,000 | Joakim Grönhagen (2) | |
27 May | Audi Open | Denmark | €20,000 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup (2) | |
10 Jun | Canon Masters | Finland | €8,000 | Pasi Purhonen (2) | |
10 Jun | Sweden | SKr 225,000 | Björn Pettersson (3) | ||
10 Jun | Siemens Open | Norway | €8,000 | Anders Eriksen (1) | |
17 Jun | Sonera-Kiitolinja Open | Finland | €10,000 | Thomas Sundström (1) | |
17 Jun | Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Johan Bjerhag (1) | ||
30 Jun | Match golf.se | Sweden | SKr 200,000 | Björn Bäck (1) | |
8 Jul | Wilson Rebild Open | Denmark | DKr 150,000 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup (3) | |
15 Jul | Sundbyholm Open | Sweden | SKr 250,000 | Joakim Bäckström (1) | |
19 Jul | MGA Russian Cup | Russia | US$20,000 | Jonas Runnquist (1) | |
29 Jul | Sorknes Birkebeiner Open | Norway | €8,000 | Björn Bäck (2) | |
11 Aug | Sundsvall Golf Open | Sweden | SKr 175,000 | Marcus Norgren (1) | |
16 Aug | TietoEnator Open | Sweden | SKr 175,000 | Jesper Björklund (2) | |
19 Aug | Norway | €30,000 | Björn Bäck (3) | ||
26 Aug | Griffin Open | Denmark | DKr 150,000 | Ben Tinning (1) | |
31 Aug | Viking Line Challenge | Finland | €8,000 | Magnus Carlsson (1) | |
2 Sep | Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Fredrik Widmark (4) | ||
7 Sep | PGA Finnish Championship | Finland | €10,000 | Anssi Kankkonen (1) | |
8 Sep | Sweden | SKr 250,000 | Fredrick Månsson (2) | ||
23 Sep | Sparebanken 1 Open | Norway | €20,000 | Kristofer Svensson (3) |
The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top four players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2002 Challenge Tour.
Position | Player | Points | Status earned | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2,159 | Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings) | ||
2 | 1,939 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
3 | 1,326 | |||
4 | 1,322 | |||
5 | 1,182 | |||
6 | 1,117 | |||
7 | 1,004 | |||
8 | 914 | |||
9 | 912 | |||
10 | 905 | Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School) |