2011 Nordic Golf League Explained

Year:2011
Tour:Nordic Golf League
Regular Season:
No Of Events:26
Most Wins: Jens Dantorp (4)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Jens Dantorp
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Nordic Golf League was the 13th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner
3 Mar Backtee Spanish Open Spain €30,000 Anders Sjöstrand (4)
7 Mar ECCO Spanish Open Spain €30,000 Joakim Lagergren (2)
11 Mar Mediter Real Estate Masters Spain €30,000 Krister Eriksson (1)
1 May Sweden SKr 500,000 Steven Jeppesen (1)
6 May JELD-WEN Masters Denmark DKr 250,000 David Palm (2)
13 May Samsø Classic Denmark DKr 300,000 Knud Storgaard (4)
20 May Danfoss Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Joakim Bäckström (5)
28 May PayEx Invitational Sweden SKr 400,000 Victor Almström (2)
4 Jun Söderby Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Mathias Johansson (1)
11 Jun Sturup Park Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Jens Dantorp (3)
18 Jun Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Niklas Nørgaard (a) (1)
23 Jun Nordea Open Norway SKr 350,000 Mattias Eliasson (3)
2 Jul Mørk Masters Norway DKr 300,000 Kristoffer Broberg (1)
8 Jul Sweden SKr 300,000 Joakim Rask (7)
16 Jul Finland €60,000 Morten Ørum Madsen (1)
31 Jul Gant Open Finland €40,000 Toni Karjalainen (3)
5 Aug Denmark DKr 300,000 Morten Ørum Madsen (2)
13 Aug Isaberg Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Johan Wahlqvist (2)
18 Aug Sweden SKr 250,000 Niklas Bruzelius (4)
21 Aug Sweden SKr 400,000 Steven Jeppesen (2)
28 Aug Landskrona Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Andreas Högberg (3)
9 Sep Bravo Tours Open Denmark DKr 300,000 Jens Dantorp (4)
17 Sep Telenor Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Gustav Adell (3)
24 Sep Golf Experten Open Denmark DKr 300,000 Jens Dantorp (5)
2 Oct Sweden SKr 450,000 Felix Fihn (1)
8 Oct Backtee Race to HimmerLand Denmark DKr 520,000 Jens Dantorp (6)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2012 Challenge Tour.

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 61,167 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 40,523
3 37,640 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4 30,133
5 29,262
6 28,630 Promoted to Challenge Tour
7 26,650
8 23,155
9 20,501
10 19,769

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 ECCO Tour Calendar . Danish Golf Tour . 13 October 2022 . 5 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155245/http://www.eccotour.org/.
  2. Nordea Tour 2011 . Svensk Golf . sv . 124 . March 2011 . 10 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Nordic Golf League Ranking 2011 . Nordic Golf League . 13 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511062922/http://www.golfdata.se/nl/nl_rank_lista_1.asp?QAR=2011&QTOUR=NL&QLISTA=1&QSORT=R . 11 May 2012.