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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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Although Reykjavik Golf Club was founded in 1934, the Grafarholt course opened for play in 1963 and a Swede, Niels Skjold, designed it.

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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.

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Kidjaberg Golf Club (located to the east of Reykjavik) has been an 18-holer since 2005 and the course lies on the banks of the glacial river Hvitá and it’s no pushover as the Icelandic Championship was held here in 2010.

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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.

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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.

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Leynir Golf Club in Akranes is the home course of Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson, Iceland’s only representative on the European Tour to date.

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The course at Akureyri Golf Club is called Jaðarsvöllur and it’s situated in the north east of Iceland at the head of the long Eyjafiordur Bay.

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The Hólmsvöllur course at Suðurnesja was constructed on farmland and involved the removal of stonewalls and boulders before the fairways could be shaped.

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Golf at Borgarnes started modestly in 1973 with a rudimentary course which was turned into a 9-hole layout by Torvaldur Asgeirsson and architect Hannes Thorsteinsson in 1998, before being extended to its current 18-hole, 5,338-metre configuration in 2007.

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Thorlakshofn Golf Club lies along the shore on black sandy terrain and represents the best example of a links course in Iceland.

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The coast road that runs from Grindavík to Hafnir bisects the 18-hole course at Golfklúbbur Grindavíkur and the layout itself has a split personality. Several holes are routed through lava fields, some are laid out on linksland and others play over former agricultural ground.

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The course at Golfklúbbur Öndverðarness dates back to 1974, when a number of like-minded freemasons from Reykjavik decided to form their own golf club. Today, the layout extends to 5,366 metres from the back tees, playing to a par of 71.

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Opened in 2006, the 9-hole Geysir Golf Course lies close to the hot spring area in Haukadalur. Don’t be surprised if either the Geysir or Strokkur geysers erupt whilst playing a game here among the mud pots and fumaroles.

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Hveragerdi Golf Club was founded in 1993 but two years passed before the club’s initial 6-hole course was set out on either side of the Varmá River. Another three holes were added in 2000 to fashion the 9-hole layout that’s now in play.

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The Hella course at Golfklúbbur Hellu is set 15 kilometres from the Icelandic coast, but despite its inland location, the layout has, in places, the look of a links course. Founded with 9 holes in 1952, the 18 holes in play today date from 1986 and are located between Hella and Hvolsvöllur.

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Founded in the mid-1980s, Golfklúbbsins Flúðir started out with a modest 6-hole track before another three holes were then introduced. The 16th of June 2001 was an important day, marking the inauguration of the new clubhouse and the current 18-hole layout.

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Siglufjördur Golf Club reached its half-century in 2020 and “Sigló” celebrated in 2019 when architect Edwin Roald completed the renovation of its 9-hole par 36 layout, which measures 2,600 metres. Roald said: “It’s short and sweet with unparalleled sights and sounds.”

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Located next to Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland, Vik Golf Course is an early 1990s 9-hole layout from Hannes Thorsteinsson which is routed along the base of towering basalt cliffs overlooking the nearby coastline.

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Featuring back-to-back par threes at the 3rd and 4th holes, the 9-hole course at Golfklúbbur Selfoss is laid out on the banks of the Ölfusá river, where golfers enjoy stunning views of the nearby Ingolfsfjall mountain.

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Golfklúbbur Hornafjörður’s 9-hole Silfurnesvöllur course was remodelled by Edwin Roald in 2004, when the architect expanded the club’s original layout to the north of the coastal property, bringing the sea into play now on eight holes.

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The small town of Húsavík lies on the eastern shores of Skjalfandi Bay. In 1967, some locals decided to form Golfklúbbur Húsavíkur and their efforts resulted in the formation of a 9-hole course four years later.