2012 Nordic Golf League

2012 Nordic Golf League season
Duration16 March 2012 (2012-03-16) – 6 October 2012 (2012-10-06)
Number of official events25
Most winsDenmark Lucas Bjerregaard (2)
Sweden Kristoffer Broberg (2)
Sweden Jens Dantorp (2)
Sweden David Palm (2)
Order of MeritDenmark Lucas Bjerregaard
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The 2012 Nordic Golf League was the 14th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a]
18 Mar ECCO Spanish Open Spain €45,000 Norway Christian Aronsen (5)
23 Mar Mediter Real Estate Masters Spain €45,000 Sweden Jens Fahrbring (1)
28 Apr PEAB PGA Grand Opening Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Niklas Lemke (1)
4 May Sydbank Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Jeff Winther (1)
11 May Club La Santa Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark John Davies (2)
17 May Elisefarm Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (7)
26 May Söderby Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard (1)
2 Jun Svedala Open Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Marcus Larsson (1)
8 Jun Samsø Classic Denmark DKr 250,000 Denmark Steen Tinning (1)
17 Jun Danjord Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Norway Peter Kaensche (2)
21 Jun Nordea Open Norway SKr 350,000 Sweden Kristoffer Broberg (2)
29 Jun Bravo Tours Open Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden David Palm (3)
6 Jul Katrineholm Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Kristoffer Broberg (3)
14 Jul TehoSport Finnish Open Finland €60,000 Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (a) (3)
29 Jul Gant Open Finland €40,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius (5)
5 Aug Mørk Masters Norway DKr 300,000 Norway Kenneth Svanum (1)
11 Aug Isaberg Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard (2)
18 Aug SM Match Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Jesper Billing (1)
26 Aug Landskrona Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Jacob Glennemo (1)
1 Sep Meri Teijo Open Finland €25,000 Finland Miki Kuronen (a) (1)
7 Sep Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Jonathan Ågren (1)
15 Sep Solkusten Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden David Palm (4)
21 Sep Freja PGA Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Peter Malmgren (4)
30 Sep Nordea Tour Championship Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Johan Carlsson (2)
6 Oct Backtee Race To HimmerLand Denmark DKr 520,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (8)

Order of Merit

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 2013 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard 52,260 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Johan Carlsson 41,786
3 Sweden Jens Fahrbring 35,275
4 Sweden Pontus Leijon 29,205
5 Sweden Jacob Glennemo 29,141 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
6 Sweden David Palm 23,492 Promoted to Challenge Tour
7 Sweden Niclas Johansson 23,434
8 Denmark Jeff Winther 22,553
9 Sweden Gustav Adell 22,504
10 Sweden Victor Hielte 19,229

See also

Notes

  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.

References

  1. ^ "2012 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "2012 Nordic Golf League Ranking". Danish Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2023.