2020 Nordic Golf League Explained

Year:2020
Tour:Nordic Golf League
Regular Season:
No Of Events:13
Most Wins: Mikael Lindberg (3)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Mikael Lindberg
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

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.

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.[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[3]

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinnerOWGR
points
10 Jun
24 Apr
Bravo Tours Open Denmark €25,000 n/a
26 Jun Denmark DKr 300,000 n/a
4 Jul Sweden SKr 430,000 Ludvig Åberg (a) 7
16 Jul Barsebäck Resort Masters Sweden SKr 350,000 Ludvig Åberg (a) 4
24 Jul Stockholm Trophy Sweden SKr 380,0004
28 Jul
30 May
Sweden SKr 350,0004
1 Aug
21 May
Sweden SKr 500,0004

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.[4] The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2021 Challenge Tour.[5]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 32,473 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 27,743
3 23,731
4 22,100
5 21,167
6 16,004
7 15,034
8 11,751
9 10,948
10 10,880

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Covid-19 update . 25 March 2020 . 20 April 2020 . Danish Golf Tour . 17 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200517073218/http://eccotour.org/nordicgolfleague/covid-19-update/.
  2. Web site: Announcement about rankings, Challenge Tour etc. . 20 July 2020 . 5 August 2020 . Danish Golf Tour.
  3. Web site: 2020 Nordic Golf League Schedule . 4 May 2023 . Danish Golf Tour.
  4. Web site: 2020 GolfBox Road to Europe . Danish Golf Tour . 20 October 2020.
  5. Web site: Lasse Jensen vandt Nordic League sæsonfinalen . Lasse Jensen won the Nordic League season finale . Danish . 19hul.dk . Peter . Damgaard . 9 October 2020 . 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..