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. 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.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.
DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinnerOWGRpoints25 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 Timberwise Finnish Open Finland – Cancelled – 4 Sep16 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 Lindbytvätten Tour Final 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 countryPurseWinnerOWGRpoints10 Jun24 Apr Bravo Tours Open Denmark €25,000 Emily Kristine Pedersen n/a26 Jun Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Marcus Helligkilde n/a4 Jul Katrineholm Open Sweden SKr 430,000 Ludvig Åberg (a) 716 Jul Barsebäck Resort Masters Sweden SKr 350,000 Ludvig Åberg (a) 424 Jul Stockholm Trophy Sweden SKr 380,000 Mikael Lindberg 428 Jul30 May SM Match Sweden SKr 350,000 Martin Eriksson 41 Aug21 May PGA Championship Bråviken Open Sweden SKr 500,000 Björn Hellgren 4
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. The top three players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2021 Challenge Tour.
PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned1 Mikael Lindberg 32,473 Promoted to Challenge Tour2 Marcus Helligkilde 27,7433 Jeppe Huldahl 23,7314 Lauri Ruuska 22,100 5 Joakim Wikström 21,167 6 Jarand Ekeland Arnøy 16,004 7 Lasse Jensen 15,034 8 Martin Eriksson 11,751 9 Robin Petersson 10,948 10 Per Längfors 10,880
See also 2020 Danish Golf Tour 2020 Swedish Golf Tour
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