2024 Nordic Golf League

2024 Nordic Golf League season
Duration16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) – 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
Number of official events31
Most winsSweden Christofer Rahm (3)
Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen (3)
Order of MeritSweden Jesper Sandborg
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The 2024 Nordic Golf League was the 26th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a] OWGR
points
18 Feb GolfStar Winter Series (Links) Spain SKr 630,000 Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen (2) 1.38
22 Feb GolfStar Winter Series (Forest) Spain SKr 630,000 Sweden Christofer Rahm (1) 1.33
27 Feb ECCO Tour Spanish Open Spain €50,000 Sweden Christofer Rahm (2) 1.49
2 Mar ECCO Tour Catalunya Championship Spain €50,000 Denmark Alexander George Frances (3) 1.44
9 Apr ECCO Tour Polish Masters Poland €50,000 Sweden Benjamin Hjort (1) 1.18
13 Apr Sand Valley Championship Poland €50,000 Sweden Albin Tidén (1) 1.20
17 Apr Sand Valley Spring Series Final Poland €50,000 Sweden Sebastian Petersen (3) 1.18
26 Apr Bravo Tours Open Denmark €40,000 Denmark Jens Kristian Thysted (1) 0.75
3 May Golfkusten Blekinge Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Albin Bergström (1) 1.25
18 May Stora Hotellet Fjällbacka Open Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Christofer Rahm (3) 1.30
23 May Gamle Fredrikstad Open Sweden SKr 470,000 Denmark Malthe Tandrup Laustsen (1) 0.75
31 May Smørum Open Denmark €40,000 Denmark Mads Heller (a) (1) 0.83
7 Jun Samsø Classic Pro-Am Denmark €35,000 Denmark Jens Kristian Thysted (2) 0.85
14 Jun Greatdays Trophy Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Sebastian Petersen (4) 0.87
21 Jun Danish Golf Open Denmark €40,000 Norway Philip Linberg Bondestad (a) (1) 0.83
29 Jun PGA Championship Landeryd Masters Sweden SKr 620,000 Sweden Jesper Sandborg (1) 1.23
5 Jul OnTee Grand Prix Sweden SKr 500,000 Denmark Christian Jacobsen (3) 1.15
12 Jul Göteborg Open Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Tobias Ruth (3) 1.27
26 Jul Holtsmark Open Norway SKr 470,000 Norway Sebastian Eidsæther Syr (1) 0.79
2 Aug Esbjerg Open Denmark €35,000 Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy (5) 1.01
9 Aug Forsbacka Open Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Jesper Sandborg (2) 1.28
16 Aug Skåne Challenge Sweden SKr 500,000 Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen (3) 1.27
24 Aug Timberwise Finnish Open Finland €50,000 Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen (4) 0.54
30 Aug Footjoy Finnish Swing Finland €50,000 Denmark Anders Emil Ejlersen (1) 0.67
7 Sep SM Match Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Oliver Gillberg (4) 1.22
13 Sep H2O x Danish.Golf Championship Denmark €35,000 Denmark Alexander George Frances (4) 0.74
19 Sep Great Northern Challenge Denmark DKr 500,000 Sweden Oliver Gillberg (5) 1.51
27 Sep Titleist Championship Sweden SKr 550,000 Sweden Hugo Townsend (1) 1.18
4 Oct Trust Forsikring Championship Denmark €40,000 Denmark Christian Jacobsen (4) 0.90
10 Oct Destination Gotland Open Sweden SKr 600,000 Sweden Anton Karlsson (2) 1.07
18 Oct Road to Europe Final Denmark €35,000 Denmark Peter Launer Bæk (4) 1.05

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the GolfBox 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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2025 Challenge Tour.[b][4][5][6]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Sweden Jesper Sandborg 54,099 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Albin Bergström 52,366
3 Denmark Christian Jacobsen 45,270 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4 Denmark Alexander George Frances 44,370 Qualified for European Tour (Top 20 in Q School)
5 Denmark Jens Kristian Thysted 43,520 Promoted to Challenge Tour
6 Sweden Oliver Gillberg 40,115
7 Sweden Hugo Townsend 34,552
8 Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen 33,421 Promoted to Challenge Tour[b]
9 Sweden Sebastian Petersen 32,585
10 Sweden Christofer Rahm 32,498 Finished in Top 70 of Challenge Tour Rankings

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.
  2. ^ a b Despite finishing outside the top five on the Order of Merit; Svendsen also earned promotion to the Challenge Tour by winning three times during the 2024 Nordic Golf League season.[7]

References

  1. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". Danish Golf. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Tävlingsprogram" [Competition program] (in Swedish). Cutter & Buck Tour. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 GolfBox Road to Europe". Danish Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  4. ^ Damgaard, Peter (10 October 2024). "Breaking: Top-5 + 3 sejre på Nordic League giver Challenge Tour kort" [Breaking: Top-5 + 3 wins on the Nordic League gives the Challenge Tour card]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Peter Bæk vinder i Frederikshavn – Fire danskere får CT-kort" [Peter Bæk wins in Frederikshavn – Four Danes get CT cards] (in Danish). Danish Golf. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Sandborg set for Challenge Tour return following Nordic Golf League promotion". European Tour. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  7. ^ Damgaard, Peter (24 August 2024). "Victor H Sidal Svendsen får CT kort efter sejr i Timberwise Finnish Open" [Victor H Sidal Svendsen gets CT shortly after victory in the Timberwise Finnish Open]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 18 October 2024.