2006 Nordic Golf League Explained

Year:2006
Tour:Nordic Golf League
Regular Season:
No Of Events:43
Most Wins: Morten Hedegaard (2)
Christoffer Lange (2)
Andreas Ljunggren (2)
Jaakko Mäkitalo (2)
Janne Martikainen (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Pontus Ericsson
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Nordic Golf League was the eighth season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinnerOther
tours
24 Feb Winter Series #1 Portugal €15,000 Jaakko Mäkitalo (3)
3 Mar Winter Series #2 Portugal €15,000 Petter Bocian (1)
10 Mar Winter Series #3 Portugal €15,000 Robert Johansén (1)
27 Apr IBM Open Denmark €15,000 John Davies (1)
4 May Brundtland Open Denmark DKr 225,000 Peter Malmgren (3)
7 May DnB NOR Open Norway €15,000 Jan-Are Larsen (1)
11 May Eurocard Open Denmark €15,000 Christoffer Lange (1)
14 May Sweden SKr 250,000 Per Barth (1)
19 May Gambro Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Johan Carlsson (a) (1)
21 May Fujitsu-Siemens Open Norway €15,000 Martin Dahl (1)
26 May Kinnaborg Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Andreas Andersson (1)
27 May FGT Opening Finland €12,000 Tuomas Tuovinen (1)
1 Jun Dangaard Telekom - Fleggard Leasing Open Denmark DKr 225,000 Janne Martikainen (3)
11 Jun Sonera Open Finland €15,000 Mika Lehtinen (2)
11 Jun Telia Masters Sweden SKr 500,000 Tony Edlund (2)
18 Jun Sweden SKr 350,000 Fredrik Orest (3)
22 Jun Herning Open Denmark €15,000 Fredrik Ohlsson (1)
27 Jun DG Event Open Denmark €25,000 Steen Ottosen (2)
2 Jul Danfoss Open Denmark €15,000 Peter Ankersø (1)
6 Jul Ladbrokes Golf Championship Denmark DKr 225,000 Peter Jespersen (1)
9 Jul Finland €15,000 Jaakko Mäkitalo (4)
9 Jul Interspons Open Norway €15,000 Eirik Tage Johansen (2)
9 Jul Skåne Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Björn Pettersson (4)
15 Jul Salem Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Åke Nilsson (3)
25 Jul Centrebet Open Denmark €15,000 Morten Hedegaard (1)
30 Jul Latvia SKr 425,000 Daniel Lindgren (1)
9 Aug Aller Masters Denmark DKr 225,000 Pontus Ericsson (1)
12 Aug Sweden SKr 250,000 Robert Wahlin (1)
13 Aug Willis Open Denmark €15,000 Janne Martikainen (4)
19 Aug Bornholm Masters Denmark €25,000 Lars Edvinson (2)
19 Aug Sweden SKr 300,000 Rikard Karlberg (1)
20 Aug Sony Ericsson Open Norway €15,000 Christian Aronsen (1)
25 Aug Sweden SKr 200,000 Andreas Ljunggren (5)
27 Aug Hansabank Estonian Open Estonia €25,000 Casimir Collin (1)
27 Aug Denmark €130,000 James Heath (n/a) CHA
3 Sep Hydro-Texaco Open Norway €15,000 Knut Børsheim (a) (1)
9 Sep Gant Open Finland €15,000 Antti Ahokas (2)
9 Sep Thermia Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Joakim Rask (2)
22 Sep Sweden SKr 225,000 Andreas Ljunggren (6)
24 Sep Ingram Micro Open Denmark €15,000 Christoffer Lange (2)
1 Oct TourGolf Masters Sweden SKr 600,000 Pelle Edberg (4)
6 Oct Smørum Open Denmark €15,000 Morten Hedegaard (2)
14 Oct Scanplan Tour Final Denmark €15,000 Per G. Nyman (2)

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 earned status to play on the 2007 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 2,207 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 1,851
3 1,846
T4 1,711
Christoffer Lange
6 1,682
7 1,670
8 1,665
9 1,583
10 1,569

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 Nordic Golf League schedule . Nordic Golf League . 17 October 2022 . 17 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617123338/http://www.golfdata.se/nl/nl_sida_tpro.asp?AR=2006.
  2. Web site: 2006 Nordic Golf League Ranking . Nordic Golf League . 17 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070815170208/http://www.golfdata.se/nl/nl_rank_lista_1.asp?QAR=2006&QTOUR=NL&QLISTA=1&QSORT=R . 15 August 2007.