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2013 Nordic Golf League season
Duration15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) – 5 October 2013 (2013-10-05)
Number of official events24
Most winsSweden Jesper Kennegård (3)
Order of MeritSweden Jesper Kennegård
2012 2014

The 2013 Nordic Golf League was the 15th season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner
17 Mar Mediter Real Estate Masters Spain €40,000 Sweden Richard Pettersson (1)
22 Mar ECCO Spanish Open Spain €40,000 Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard (3)
27 Apr PEAB PGA Grand Opening Sweden SKr 500,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius (6)
4 May Freja Championship Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Jesper Kennegård (1)
11 May DAT Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen (3)
24 May Landskrona Masters Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Tony Edlund (6)
1 Jun Bravo Tours Open Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Jeff Winther (2)
7 Jun Samsø Pro-Am Classic Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Richard Pettersson (2)
15 Jun Wisby Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Jesper Kennegård (2)
20 Jun Nordea Challenge Norway SKr 350,000 Sweden Anton Wejshag (1)
28 Jun Mercedes-Benz Matchplay Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Joakim Rask (8)
5 Jul Katrineholm Open Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Joakim Wikström (1)
14 Jul Gant Open Finland €40,000 Sweden Patrik Sjöland (2)
27 Jul Finnish Open Finland €60,000 Denmark Kasper Kjær Estrup (1)
2 Aug Mørk Masters Norway €50,000 Estonia Mark Suursalu (1)
3 Aug SM Match Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Jesper Kennegård (3)
10 Aug Isaberg Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Joakim Lagergren (3)
17 Aug ECCO Tournament of Champions Denmark DKr 300,000 Denmark Jeff Winther (3)
25 Aug Landeryd Masters Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Björn Hellgren (1)
6 Sep Willis Masters Denmark DKr 300,000 Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (1)
13 Sep Arlandastad MoreGolf Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Alexander Björk (2)
20 Sep Actona PGA Championship Denmark DKr 375,000 Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (2)
28 Sep Tourfinal Svedala Open Sweden SKr 450,000 Sweden Jesper Billing (2)
5 Oct Backtee Race to HimmerLand Denmark DKr 450,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (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. The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2014 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Sweden Jesper Kennegård 46,591 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Niclas Johansson 32,155
3 Denmark Jeff Winther 30,173
4 Sweden Patrik Sjöland 29,633 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
5 Sweden Joakim Rask 28,525 Promoted to Challenge Tour
6 Sweden Alexander Björk 28,350
7 Sweden Jesper Billing 26,401
8 Sweden Richard Pettersson 25,817
9 Denmark Anders Schmidt Hansen 20,357
10 Sweden Alexander Jacobsson 20,030

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. "2013 Nordic Golf League Schedule". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. "2013 Road to Europe". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. "Lasse Jensen vandt finalen – Jeff Winther på Challenge Tour" [Lasse Jensen won the final – Jeff Winther on the Challenge Tour] (in Danish). Danish Golf Tour. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2023. Mens Jensen tog sig af sejren, så handlede dagens afslutning også om at få fordelt de fem pladser til Challenge Touren i næste sæson. Her var Jesper Kennegård, som vinder af ranglisten allerede inden denne uge, og Niclas Johansson sikre på at kvalificere sig. Jeff Winther på tredjepladsen og Joakim Rask på femtepladsen endte også med at holde sin plads i top-5 efter dagens nervepirrende runde, hvor de selv spillede sekundære roller. [While Jensen took care of the victory, the end of the day was also about distributing the five places for the Challenge Tour next season. Jesper Kennegård, winner of the rankings even before this week, and Niclas Johansson were sure to qualify. Jeff Winther in third place and Joakim Rask in fifth place also ended up holding his place in the top-5 after the day's nerve-wracking round, where they played secondary roles themselves.]
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