2020 Nordic Golf League

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The 2020 Nordic Golf League is the 22nd season of the Nordic Golf League (NGL), one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. The season started with four events in Spain.[1][2] After a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was subject to change and several tournaments were postponed, cancelled or, due to travel restrictions, taken away from the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit Golfbox Road to Europe.[1]

The tour announced on 20 July 2020, that (provided that at least 10 events would be completed, which was done on August 7) the top three players on the final Order of Merit receive a Challenge Tour category for the 2021 season, placed bottom of category 13, 14 and 15 respectively.[3]

Qualifying School First Stage for the 2021 Nordic Golf League season took place over 36 holes in Sweden 30 September – 1 October 2020 at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Stockholm Golf Club and Kungsbacka Golf Club simultaneously and in Denmark 6–7 October 2020 at Greve Golf Club. 15 spots divided between the three Swedish venues and 9 spots at the Danish competition were available for a new temporary category, 7A. Due to the fact that the 2020 Nordic Golf League categories has been frozen and will also apply for 2021, no final qualifier was played.[4][5]

Schedule[]

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR Prize fund
23–25 Feb Spain Denmark Marcus Helligkilde 4 SEK 550,000
28 Feb – 1 Mar Spain Sweden 4 SEK 550,000
5–7 Mar Spain Denmark Jeppe Huldahl 4 DKK 375,000
9–11 Mar Spain Denmark Jeppe Huldahl 4 DKK 375,000
22–24 Apr [a] Denmark Postponed[b] – €30,000
28–30 Apr Sweden Cancelled[c] – SEK 380,000
6–8 May [a] Denmark Postponed[b] – €35,000
19–21 May PGA Championship Sweden Cancelled[c] – SEK 455,000
4–5 Jun [a] Denmark Postponed[b] – €35,000
8–10 Jun [a] Denmark Postponed[b] – €30,000
16–18 Jun [a] Norway Postponed[b] – SEK 425,000
24–26 Jun Sweden Cancelled[c] – SEK 430,000
2–4 Jul [d] Sweden Sweden Ludvig Åberg (a) 7 SEK 430,000
7–9 Jul Norway Cancelled – SEK 425,000
14-16 Jul [d] Sweden Sweden Ludvig Åberg (a) 4 SEK 350,000
22–24 Jul [d] Sweden Sweden 4 SEK 380,000
28–30 May
26–28 Jul[e]		 SM Match[a] Sweden Sweden 4 SEK 430,000
30 Jul – 1 Aug PGA Championship Bråviken Open[d] Sweden Sweden Björn Hellgren 4 SEK 500,000
6–7 Aug Denmark Sweden 4 €35,000
12–14 Aug Sweden Sweden 4 SEK 400,000
19–21 Aug Denmark Denmark 4 €35,000
25–27 Aug Sweden Sweden 4 SEK 350,000
27–29 Aug Timberwise Finnish Open Finland Cancelled – €55,000
14–16 May
2–4 Sep[f]		 Sweden Sweden Pelle Edberg 4 SEK 480,000
16–18 Sep Denmark Sweden 4 €30,000
22–24 Sep Sweden Sweden 4 SEK 430,000
2–4 Oct Denmark Sweden Jesper Svensson 4 €40,000
7–9 Oct Sweden Denmark Lasse Jensen 4 SEK 400,000

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Listed as "Not NGL" on revised schedule
  2. ^ a b c d e Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
  3. ^ a b c Cancelled by SGF due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
  4. ^ a b c d Listed as "Not NGL" on revised schedule but still earned OWGR points
  5. ^ Rescheduled from 26–28 May
  6. ^ Rescheduled from 14–16 May

Graduates[]

The top three players on the Nordic Golf League Ranking earned Challenge Tour cards for 2021.[8]

Rank Player Country Points Status earned
1  Sweden 32,473 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Marcus Helligkilde  Denmark 27,743
3 Jeppe Huldahl  Denmark 23,731
4  Finland 22,100
5  Sweden 21,167
6  Norway 16,004
7 Lasse Jensen  Denmark 15,034
8  Sweden 11,751
9  Sweden 10,948
10  Sweden 10,880

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Nordic Golf League Schedule". Nordic Golf League. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Covid-19 Update". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Announcement about rankings, Challenge Tour etc". Ecco Tour. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ "ECCO Tour and Nordic Golf League 2021 Q-School played 6-7 October near Copenhagen". Ecco Tour. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Re-ranking, categories 2021 and Q-school, Information Qualifying school 2021 (in Swedish)". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ "ECCO Tour Postpones the next 4 events". Ecco Tour. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Updated Golf Tour Schedule". Swedish Golf Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. ^ "GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking 2020". Nordic Golf League. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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