Iceland
Iceland is different… very different. It’s a country of contrast and contradiction. Not least because it’s icy but also because it has a landscape, which could easily have landed from Mars. Anyway, the county is an ice capped marvel, with the odd glacier, many geysers a few volcanoes and lots of waterfalls. Basically it has a bit of everything, including perhaps the tastiest seafood in the world and perhaps the loveliest people too. But there’s much more to Iceland than that. Factor in 24 hours of summer daylight and what have you got?
Keilir Golf Club
Iceland
Keilir Golf Club
The Keilir clubhouse commands spectacular views out over the Atlantic Ocean across the bay to "Snaefellsjokull" the glacier where Jules Verne’s "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" took place.
Brautarholt Golf Club
Iceland
Brautarholt Golf Club
Brautarholt was designed by Edwin Roald and the golf course fits the landscape beautifully, with fairways and greensites following the natural contours of the coastline...
Oddur (Urrida)
Iceland
Oddur (Urrida)
Oddur Golf Club was designed as a member’s track rather than a tough layout, but the club hosted the Icelandic Golf Championship in 2006 and players then realised it wasn’t as easy as they imagined.
Reykjavik (Korpa)
Iceland
Reykjavik (Korpa)
Hannes Thorsteinsson, the prolific Icelandic architect, designed the second course at the venerable Reykjavik Golf Club and the Korpa opened its eighteen tees for play in 1997.
Reykjavik (Grafarholt)
Iceland
Reykjavik (Grafarholt)
Although Reykjavik Golf Club was founded in 1934, the Grafarholt course opened for play in 1963 and a Swede, Niels Skjold, designed it.
Vestmannaeyja
Iceland
Vestmannaeyja
Golf was first played here at Vestmannaeya Golf Club in 1938. Today’s 18-hole layout is a short but spectacular par 70, which measures 5,820 yards.
Mosfellsbaer (Hlidavollur)
Iceland
Mosfellsbaer (Hlidavollur)
In 2014, the golf clubs of Bakkakot and Kjolur merged to create Golfklúbbur Mosfellsbaer. The Hlidavollur course in Mosfellsbaer had been extended to eighteen holes two years earlier, with fairways laid out next to the black sand beach of Faxafloi Bay.
GKG Leirdalsvöllur (Leirdalur)
Founded in 1994, GKG remodelled its golf facility thirteen years later to fashion the 18-hole Leirdalur course and the 9-hole Mýrin layout. The former is now a championship length track extending to 6,000 metres with par set at 71.
Leynir - Akranes
Iceland
Leynir - Akranes
Leynir Golf Club in Akranes is the home course of Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson, Iceland’s only representative on the European Tour to date.
