2005 Nordic Golf League

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2005 Nordic Golf League season
Duration26 April 2005 (2005-04-26) – 9 October 2005 (2005-10-09)
Number of official events36
Most winsFinland Panu Kylliäinen (3)
Order of MeritNorway Morten Hagen
2004
2006

The 2005 Nordic Golf League was the seventh 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 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[a]
28 Apr Berlingske Open Denmark €15,000 Finland Ville Karhu (1)
6 May Eurocard Open Denmark €15,000 Norway Morten Hagen (3)
8 May DnB Open Norway €15,000 Sweden Fredrick Månsson (3)
10 May Telia Tour Opening Sweden SKr 110,000 Sweden Erik Algulin (1)
15 May Wavin Open Denmark €25,000 Denmark Knud Storgaard (1)
22 May Gambro Open Sweden SKr 175,000 Sweden Jimmy Kawalec (2)
28 May Danfoss Open Denmark €15,000 Denmark Allan Høgh Madsen (2)
28 May Fujitsu-Siemens Open Norway €15,000 Norway Lars Brovold (1)
29 May Finnish Golf Tour Opening Finland €12,000 Finland Panu Kylliäinen (2)
5 Jun Kinnaborg Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Niklas Bruzelius (1)
12 Jun Sonera Open Finland €15,000 Finland Antti Ahokas (a) (1)
12 Jun St Ibb Open Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Fredrik Söderström (3)
18 Jun Gant Open Norway €15,000 Finland Erik Stenman (2)
19 Jun Husqvarna Open Sweden SKr 350,000 Sweden Hans Edberg (2)
25 Jun Sydbank Open Denmark €25,000 Denmark Steen Ottosen (1)
2 Jul IBM/teetime.dk Open Denmark €15,000 Sweden Lars Edvinson (1)
2 Jul SM Match Sweden SKr 200,000 Sweden Mattias Nilsson (1)
7 Jul Centrebet Open Denmark €15,000 Denmark Mark Haastrup (a) (1)
10 Jul FGT 3 Finland €12,000 Finland Eero Kangasniemi (1)
10 Jul Vestfold Open Norway €12,000 Norway Henrik Bjørnstad (1)
23 Jul Gävle Energi Open Sweden SKr 200,000 Finland Panu Kylliäinen (3)
28 Jul Logida Open Denmark €12,000 Sweden Åke Nilsson (2)
5 Aug Willis Open Denmark €15,000 Sweden Per G. Nyman (1)
7 Aug Hansabanka Baltic Open Latvia €30,000 Sweden Fredrick Månsson (4)
11 Aug Telehuset Open Norway €15,000 Norway Ross Robertson (1)
14 Aug Marienlyst Open Denmark €25,000 Denmark Søren Juul (2)
26 Aug Swedish International Sweden SKr 200,000 Norway Morten Hagen (4)
3 Sep Västerås Open Sweden SKr 250,000 Sweden Tony Edlund (1)
3 Sep Hydro-Texaco Open Norway €15,000 Sweden Christian Nilsson (2)
4 Sep Holiday Club Open Finland €12,000 Finland Ari Savolainen (2)
5 Sep Base1 Open Denmark €15,000 Sweden Raimo Sjöberg (1)
9 Sep Bornholm Open Denmark €12,000 Sweden Raimo Sjöberg (2)
11 Sep Gant Open Finland €15,000 Finland Ari Savolainen (3)
18 Sep Danica Pension Open Denmark €12,000 Sweden Gustav Nyblom (1)
2 Oct Danparcs Open Denmark €12,000 Finland Panu Kylliäinen (4)
9 Oct Öresund Masters Sweden SKr 600,000 Sweden Christian Nilsson (3)

Order of Merit[edit]

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 2006 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Norway Morten Hagen 2,509 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Sweden Christian Nilsson 1,848 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
3 Finland Tuomas Tuovinen 1,715
4 Finland Panu Kylliäinen 1,670 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5 Sweden Fredrik Söderström 1,336
6 Sweden Markus Westerberg 1,294
7 Finland Mikko Korhonen 1,253
8 Sweden Jimmy Kawalec 1,215
9 Finland Jaakko Mäkitalo 1,204
10 Sweden Raimo Sjöberg 1,157

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. ^ "2005 Nordic Golf League schedule". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2005 Nordic Golf League Ranking". Nordic Golf League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2022.