2005 Nordic Golf League Explained

Year:2005
Tour:Nordic Golf League
Regular Season:
No Of Events:36
Most Wins: Panu Kylliäinen (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Morten Hagen
Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 Nordic Golf League was the seventh season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner
28 Apr Berlingske Open Denmark €15,000 Ville Karhu (1)
6 May Eurocard Open Denmark €15,000 Morten Hagen (3)
8 May DnB Open Norway €15,000 Fredrick Månsson (3)
10 May Sweden SKr 110,000 Erik Algulin (1)
15 May Wavin Open Denmark €25,000 Knud Storgaard (1)
22 May Gambro Open Sweden SKr 175,000 Jimmy Kawalec (2)
28 May Danfoss Open Denmark €15,000 Allan Høgh Madsen (2)
28 May Fujitsu-Siemens Open Norway €15,000 Lars Brovold (1)
29 May Finnish Golf Tour Opening Finland €12,000 Panu Kylliäinen (2)
5 Jun Kinnaborg Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Niklas Bruzelius (1)
12 Jun Sonera Open Finland €15,000 Antti Ahokas (a) (1)
12 Jun Sweden SKr 250,000 Fredrik Söderström (3)
18 Jun Gant Open Norway €15,000 Erik Stenman (2)
19 Jun Sweden SKr 350,000 Hans Edberg (2)
25 Jun Sydbank Open Denmark €25,000 Steen Ottosen (1)
2 Jul IBM/teetime.dk Open Denmark €15,000 Lars Edvinson (1)
2 Jul Sweden SKr 200,000 Mattias Nilsson (1)
7 Jul Centrebet Open Denmark €15,000 Mark Haastrup (a) (1)
10 Jul FGT 3 Finland €12,000 Eero Kangasniemi (1)
10 Jul Vestfold Open Norway €12,000 Henrik Bjørnstad (1)
23 Jul Sweden SKr 200,000 Panu Kylliäinen (3)
28 Jul Logida Open Denmark €12,000 Åke Nilsson (2)
5 Aug Willis Open Denmark €15,000 Per G. Nyman (1)
7 Aug Latvia €30,000 Fredrick Månsson (4)
11 Aug Telehuset Open Norway €15,000 Ross Robertson (1)
14 Aug Marienlyst Open Denmark €25,000 Søren Juul (2)
26 Aug Sweden SKr 200,000 Morten Hagen (4)
3 Sep Sweden SKr 250,000 Tony Edlund (1)
3 Sep Hydro-Texaco Open Norway €15,000 Christian Nilsson (2)
4 Sep Holiday Club Open Finland €12,000 Ari Savolainen (2)
5 Sep Base1 Open Denmark €15,000 Raimo Sjöberg (1)
9 Sep Bornholm Open Denmark €12,000 Raimo Sjöberg (2)
11 Sep Gant Open Finland €15,000 Ari Savolainen (3)
18 Sep Danica Pension Open Denmark €12,000 Gustav Nyblom (1)
2 Oct Danparcs Open Denmark €12,000 Panu Kylliäinen (4)
9 Oct Öresund Masters Sweden SKr 600,000 Christian Nilsson (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2006 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 2,509 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 1,848 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
3 1,715
4 1,670 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 1,336
6 1,294
7 1,253
8 1,215
9 1,204
10 1,157

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Nordic Golf League schedule . Nordic Golf League . 18 October 2022 . 17 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617123333/http://www.golfdata.se/nl/nl_sida_tpro.asp?AR=2005.
  2. Web site: 2005 Nordic Golf League Ranking . Nordic Golf League . 18 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617123152/http://www.golfdata.se/nl/nl_rank_lista_1.asp?QTOUR=NL&QAR=2005&QSORT=R&QLISTA=1 . 17 June 2008.