2000 Nordic Golf League

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2000 Nordic Golf League season
Duration29 April 2000 (2000-04-29) – 24 September 2000 (2000-09-24)
Number of official events24
Most winsNorway Morten Orveland (3)
Order of MeritNorway Morten Orveland
1999
2001

The 2000 Nordic Golf League was the second season of the Nordic Golf League, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a]
1 May P4 Open Norway NKr 100,000 Norway Morten Orveland (1)
14 May Vår Bank og Forsikring Cup Norway NKr 100,000 Sweden Andreas Ljunggren (1)
28 May Kinnaborg Open Sweden SKr 150,000 Sweden Joakim Rask (1)
4 Jun St Ibb Open Sweden SKr 225,000 Sweden Kristofer Svensson (1)
11 Jun Canon Masters Finland FIM 60,000 Finland Mikko Manerus (1)
12 Jun Arendal Norge Norway NKr 100,000 Norway Øyvind Rojahn (2)
17 Jun Sonera-Kiitolinja Open Finland FIM 70,000 Finland Mikael Piltz (5)
17 Jun Norge PGA Larvik Norway NKr 100,000 Denmark Martin D. Jakobsen (1)
18 Jun Husqvarna Open Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Kristofer Svensson (2)
25 Jun Hydro-Texaco Open Norway NKr 100,000 Sweden Patric Linden (1)
1 Jul Wilson Rebild Open Denmark DKr 125,000 Sweden Andreas Ljunggren (2)
1 Jul golf.se Invitational Sweden SKr 180,000 Sweden Per Larsson (2)
29 Jul Hook Masters Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Jesper Björklund (1)
29 Jul Birkebeiner Open Norway NKr 100,000 Norway Morten Orveland (2)
12 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Norway Morten Orveland (3)
17 Aug Sundsvall Open Sweden SKr 150,000 Sweden Fredrick Månsson (1)
26 Aug Västerås Open Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Hampus von Post (1)
27 Aug Griffin Open Denmark DKr 150,000 Denmark Jesper Kjærbye (1)
3 Sep Russian Cup Russia US$20,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (1)
3 Sep SM Match Sweden SKr 300,000 Sweden Björn Pettersson (2)
3 Sep PGA Mesterskapet Norway NKr 100,000 Norway Don Bell (1)
10 Sep DFDS Tor Line Open Sweden SKr 400,000 Sweden Linus Pettersson (1)
17 Sep Audi Open Norway NKr 100,000 Norway Martin Vikström (1)
24 Sep Soumen PGA Finland FIM 70,000 Finland Pasi Purhonen (1)

Order of Merit[edit]

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

Position Player Points
1 Norway Morten Orveland 2,147
2 Sweden Per Larsson 1,700
3 Sweden Andreas Ljunggren 1,623
4 Sweden Peter Hanson 1,354
5 Sweden Hampus von Post 1,288

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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[edit]

  1. ^ "2000 Nordic Golf League schedule". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2000 Nordic Golf League Ranking". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2022.