Sand

Sand Golf Club opened its tees for play in 2006 after a long search for land by architects Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest. They selected an old potato farm just outside Jönköping and they fashioned an inland links course based on ideas gleaned from studying Scottish and Irish links courses.

There are plenty of strategically positioned sand hazards dotted around the course, comprising large fairway sand traps and nests of small pot bunkers situated close to putting surfaces. Water also comes into play at several holes, most notably at the 219-metre 3rd, where the green sits behind a large pond.

Feature holes include the 379-metre 6th (which offers a variety of approach angles to the green from a wonderful split fairway), the short par four 14th (where the fairway narrows considerably towards the green), and the right doglegged 18th, which has water to the right and a plethora of bunkers to the left of the home green.