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2010 Nordic Golf League

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2010 Nordic Golf League season
Duration7 March 2010 (2010-03-07) – 16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)
Number of official events30
Most winsSweden Wilhelm Schauman (3)
Order of MeritSweden Wilhelm Schauman
2009
2011

The 2010 Nordic Golf League was the 12th 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 2010 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a] Other
tours[b]
9 Mar La Manga Masters I Spain €30,000 Denmark Thomas Nørret (3)
13 Mar La Manga Masters II Spain €30,000 Norway Jan-Are Larsen (2)
17 Mar Titleist Trophy Spain €50,000 Sweden Pontus Ericsson (2)
13 May JELD-WEN Masters Denmark DKr 275,000 Denmark Thomas Nørret (4)
22 May Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Norway Marius Thorp (4)
29 May Fredrik Jacobson Masters Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman (3)
30 May Finnish Tour Opening Finland €15,000 Finland Joonas Granberg (2)
5 Jun Söderby Masters Sweden SKr 425,000 Sweden Oskar Bergman (1)
12 Jun Danfoss Masters Denmark DKr 275,000 Denmark Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen (1)
12 Jun Sturup Park Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Adrian Axelson (1)
18 Jun Golf Experten Open Denmark DKr 250,000 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (a) (1)
19 Jun Finnish Tour 2 Finland €15,000 Finland Tuomas Tuovinen (2)
24 Jun Nordea Masters Norway SKr 300,000 Sweden Marcus Palm (2)
30 Jun Unibake Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Gustav Adell (1)
3 Jul Finnish Tour 3 Finland €15,000 Finland Jani Christoffer Perttilä (1)
11 Jul Gant Open Finland €40,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman (4)
30 Jul St Ibb Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Victor Almström (1)
31 Jul Green Eagle Classic Germany €30,000 Sweden Gustav Adell (2) EPD
7 Aug Gefle Open Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Björn Åkesson (1)
14 Aug Isaberg Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Tony Edlund (5)
21 Aug SM Match Sweden SKr 250,000 Norway Christian Aronsen (4)
29 Aug Landskrona Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Joakim Lagergren (1)
3 Sep Peltomäki Golf Open Finland €15,000 Finland Jani Christoffer Perttilä (2)
8 Sep Samsø Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden David Palm (1)
11 Sep Finnish Tour 6 Finland €15,000 Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (a) (2)
18 Sep PEAB PGA Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi (2)
19 Sep Finnish Tour Final Finland €15,000 Finland Thomas Sundström (7)
25 Sep Krone Golf Tours Open Denmark DKr 250,000 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman (5)
2 Oct Helsingborg Golf Open Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Joakim Bäckström (4)
16 Oct Backtee Race to HimmerLand Denmark DKr 750,000 Denmark Knud Storgaard (3)

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 earned status to play on the 2011 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Sweden Wilhelm Schauman 30,869 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Björn Åkesson 28,940
3 Sweden Marcus Palm 28,669
4 Denmark Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen 25,653
5 Sweden Gustav Adell 24,988
6 Sweden Johan Bjerhag 24,698
7 Denmark Knud Storgaard 23,513
8 Denmark Thomas Nørret 21,992 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
9 Sweden Joakim Bäckström 21,822
10 Sweden Victor Almström 21,227

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. ^ EPD − EPD Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Nordic Golf League schedule". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2010 Nordic Golf League Ranking". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2022.