Vasatorp (TC)

Vasatorps Golfklubb has been holding championship events ever since the late 1970s. The original course – built by Ulf Widerström, former head of the Skanska construction company – was ready for play in 1974 and within six years, it had produced Scandinavian Enterprise Open champions such as Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle and Greg Norman.

After a relatively dormant period, the club is again gearing up to host more European Tour events and a measure of its ambition was the unveiling in 2008 of a new 18-hole TC (Tournament Course) designed by American Steve Forrest.

In actual fact, the new TC (Tournament Course) is not entirely new as it consists of nine remodeled and nine original holes – within a golf complex that now extends to 54 holes – where the old nine holes are characterised by stands of beautiful mature oak and pine trees and the new nine holes have been laid out on open ground with spectator mounding separating the fairways.

Two of the best holes on the course are found at the short par four 8th and the tough par four 13th. The former is routed towards a tempting two-tiered green positioned at the end of a lake that runs the full left side of the fairway and the latter plays like a short, double doglegged par five with water protecting the left side of the green.