2009 Nordic Golf League

2009 Nordic Golf League season
Duration13 January 2009 (2009-01-13) – 21 October 2009 (2009-10-21)
Number of official events40
Most winsDenmark Lasse Jensen (3)
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (3)
Finland Thomas Sundström (3)
Order of MeritDenmark Lasse Jensen
2008
2010

The 2009 Nordic Golf League was the 11th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
15 Jan Nations Cup Spain €15,000 England Sean Elliott (n/a) Hi5
22 Jan Oliva Nova Open Spain €15,000 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (2) Hi5
29 Jan Open de Quara Spain €15,000 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (3) Hi5
12 Feb Valle del Este Spain €15,000 England Peter Finch (n/a) Hi5
19 Feb El Valle - Polaris World Spain €22,500 Norway Marius Thorp (3) Hi5
26 Feb Hacienda Riquelme Polaris World Open Spain €22,500 Denmark Peter Møller Hansen (2) Hi5
12 Mar Villaitana Open Spain €17,500 Spain Carlos García Simarro (n/a) Hi5
19 Mar Altorreal European Open Spain €15,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius (2) Hi5
2 Apr La Rioja Alta Spain €15,000 Germany John Blanks (n/a) Hi5
9 Apr Sojuela Golf la Rioja Spain €30,000 Finland Thomas Sundström (4) Hi5
1 May St Ibb Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (2)
10 May Danfoss Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Mattias Eliasson (1)
16 May Sturup Park Masters Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman (1)
23 May Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Norway Peter Kaensche (1)
30 May FGT Opening Finland €15,000 Finland Thomas Sundström (5)
30 May Fredrik Jacobson Masters Sweden SKr 225,000 Sweden Jonas Enander-Hedin (2)
6 Jun Söderby Masters Sweden SKr 425,000 Sweden Joakim Rask (6)
12 Jun FGT II Finland €15,000 Finland Toni Karjalainen (2)
13 Jun Salem Becker Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Andreas Hedlund (1)
21 Jun Unibake Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Mattias Eliasson (2)
21 Jun Galvin Green Tour I Norway €15,000 Norway Paul Nilbrink (1)
12 Jul Gant Open Finland SKr 550,000 Sweden Anders Sjöstrand (2)
29 Jul Green Eagle Classic Germany €30,000 Germany Constantin Schwierz (n/a) EPD
2 Aug Capitals Masters Lithuania €20,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (1)
15 Aug JELD-WEN Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (4)
15 Aug Pensum Invitational Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Fredrik Hammarberg (2)
22 Aug SM Match Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Tony Edlund (4)
30 Aug FGT IV Finland €15,000 Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (a) (1)
30 Aug Landskrona Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (2)
6 Sep Ledreborg Danish PGA Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (3)
6 Sep Galvin Green Tour II Norway €15,000 Norway Paul Nilbrink (2)
12 Sep Kinnaborg Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius (3)
13 Sep FGT V Finland €15,000 Finland Erik Stenman (4)
19 Sep FGT Final Finland €20,000 Finland Thomas Sundström (6)
19 Sep Västerås Mälarstaden Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Mårten Milling (a) (1)
26 Sep PGA of Sweden National Open Sweden SKr 275,000 Sweden Alexander Björk (1)
4 Oct ECCO Tour Championship Denmark €180,000 Portugal José-Filipe Lima (n/a) CHA
10 Oct Volkswagen Kallfors Open Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman (2)
21 Oct ECCO Tour Qualification Denmark DKr 100,000 Sweden Anders Sjöstrand (3)
25 Oct Backtee Race to HimmerLand Denmark €100,000 Sweden Fredrik Henge (1)

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Nordic Golf League, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner
10 Dec Samanah Masters Morocco €70,000 England Daniel Brooks

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2010 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Denmark Lasse Jensen 32,396 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Mattias Eliasson 30,327
3 Sweden Anders Sjöstrand 27,580
4 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 26,036 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
5 Sweden Fredrik Henge 24,484 Promoted to Challenge Tour
6 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius 23,000
7 Sweden Joakim Rask 22,636
8 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman 20,162
9 Sweden Tony Edlund 19,351
10 Finland Thomas Sundström 16,767

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; EPD − EPD Tour; Hi5 − Hi5 Pro Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2009 Nordic Golf League schedule". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2009 Nordic Golf League Ranking" (PDF). Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2022.