2015 Nordic Golf League

2015 Nordic Golf League season
Duration	21 February 2015 – 10 October 2015
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Tapio Pulkkanen (5)
Order of Merit	Tapio Pulkkanen
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The 2015 Nordic Golf League was the 17th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

OWGR inclusion

In July, it was announced that all Nordic Golf League events, beginning with the Master Promo Championship, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points at the minimum level of 4 points for the winner of a 54-hole event.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner^[a]	OWGR points
23 Feb	Lumine Lakes Open	Spain	€55,000	Peter Vejgaard (1)	n/a
28 Feb	Lumine Hills Open	Spain	€55,000	Eirik Tage Johansen (4)	n/a
12 Mar	Mediter Real Estate Masters	Spain	DKr 375,000	Daniel Jennevret (2)	n/a
17 Mar	PGA Catalunya Resort Championship	Spain	DKr 375,000	Åke Nilsson (5)	n/a
1 May	Bravo Tours Open	Denmark	DKr 300,000	Daniel Løkke (1)	n/a
8 May	NorthSide Charity Challenge	Denmark	DKr 400,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (4)	n/a
13 May	Stora Hotellet Bryggan Fjällbacka Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Gabriel Axell (1)	n/a
23 May	Trummenäs Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Simon Forsström (1)	n/a
30 May	Kitchen Joy Championship	Denmark	DKr 300,000	Per Barth (3)	n/a
5 Jun	Thisted Forsikring Championship	Denmark	DKr 375,000	Eric Blom (1)	n/a
12 Jun	Österlen PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Patrick Winther (1)	n/a
18 Jun	Nordea Challenge	Norway	€40,000	Benjamin Poke (1)	n/a
26 Jun	ECCO German Masters	Germany	€45,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (5)	n/a
28 Jun	SM Match	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Björn Hellgren (2)	n/a
3 Jul	Katrineholm Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Gustav Adell (4)	n/a
12 Jul	Finnish Open	Finland	€50,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (6)	n/a
25 Jul	Master Promo Championship	Finland	€40,000	Oliver Lindell (a) (1)	4
31 Jul	Made in Denmark Qualifier	Denmark	DKr 375,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (7)	4
8 Aug	Isaberg Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Anton Wejshag (2)	4
14 Aug	Holtsmark Open	Norway	SKr 400,000	Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1)	4
23 Aug	Landeryd Masters	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Christopher Lang (1)	4
29 Aug	K-Supermarket Kamppi Open	Finland	€30,000	Kristian Krogh Johannessen (2)	4
4 Sep	Willis Masters	Denmark	DKr 300,000	Daniel Jennevret (3)	4
13 Sep	Kristianstad Åhus Open	Sweden	SKr 600,000	Tapio Pulkkanen (8)	4
19 Sep	Danæg PGA Championship	Denmark	DKr 337,500	Nicolai Tinning (1)	4
27 Sep	GolfUppsala Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Richard Pettersson (3)	4
3 Oct	Race to HimmerLand	Denmark	DKr 375,000	Christofer Blomstrand (1)	4
10 Oct	Tourfinal Vellinge Open	Sweden	SKr 450,000	Mark Haastrup (2)	4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the Road to Europe and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2016 Challenge Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Tapio Pulkkanen	62,652	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Eirik Tage Johansen	42,785
3	Eric Blom	38,191
4	Kristian Krogh Johannessen	35,803
5	Simon Forsström	34,005
6	Daniel Løkke	33,187
7	Björn Hellgren	32,650
8	Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen	31,273
9	Peter Vejgaard	26,863
10	Daniel Jennevret	26,586

Notes

^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Nordic Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nordic Golf League as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 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.
^ "2015 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "2015 Road to Europe". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^ "Haastrup vandt da Løkkes Challenge Tour drøm brast" [Haastrup won when Løkke's Challenge Tour dream was shattered] (in Danish). Danish Golf Tour. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023. Dermed kan der ikke længere pilles ved GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking, hvor den endelige top-10 for 2015 ser således ud. (Top-5 er klar til Challenge Tour 2016) [Thus, the GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking can no longer be tampered with, where the final top-10 for 2015 looks like this. (Top-5 ready for Challenge Tour 2016)]

[3] The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Nordic Golf League events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Nordic Golf League as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

[1] "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 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.

[2] "2015 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[4] "2015 Road to Europe". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

[5] "Haastrup vandt da Løkkes Challenge Tour drøm brast" [Haastrup won when Løkke's Challenge Tour dream was shattered] (in Danish). Danish Golf Tour. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023. Dermed kan der ikke længere pilles ved GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking, hvor den endelige top-10 for 2015 ser således ud. (Top-5 er klar til Challenge Tour 2016) [Thus, the GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking can no longer be tampered with, where the final top-10 for 2015 looks like this. (Top-5 ready for Challenge Tour 2016)]

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