Nordic Golf League Explained

Nordic Golf League
Current Season:2024 Nordic Golf League
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Sport:Golf
Founded:1999
Inaugural:1999
Countries:Based in Scandinavia
Most Champs:Tournament wins:
Jens Dantorp (8)
Åke Nilsson (8)
Tapio Pulkkanen (8)
Joakim Rask (8)
Related Comps:Danish Golf Tour
Finnish Tour
Norwegian Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour

The Nordic Golf League is one of the third-tier men's professional golf tours, recognised by the European Tour, also known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the Order of Merit at the end of each season earn status to play on the second tier Challenge Tour for the following season.[1]

The tour is based in Scandinavia, and incorporates tournaments from the national tours of Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. In years past, the Nordic Golf League incorporated tournaments from the now defunct Norwegian Golf Tour.

Since July 2015, Nordic Golf League tournaments have carried Official World Golf Ranking points.[2]

Nordic Golf League competitors who went on to win on the European Tour include Lucas Bjerregaard, Alexander Björk, Kristoffer Broberg, Rikard Karlberg, Mikko Korhonen, Morten Ørum Madsen, Christian Nilsson, and Thorbjørn Olesen.

Order of Merit winners

YearWinnerPoints
61,884
53,303
43,578
32,473
47,891
48,181
45,260
54,457
62,652
64,988
46,591
52,260
61,167
30,869
32,396
24,510
25,005
2,207
2,509
1,974
1,820
1,990
2,159
2,147
28,516

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Third Level Tours Relaunched as the Satellite Tours . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212228/http://20ys.sportcal.com/m/m_release.aspx?t=p&articleid=50993&PressText= . 21 April 2006 . 30 October 2022.
  2. Web site: OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours . Official World Golf Ranking . 15 July 2015 . 7 April 2023 . Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015..