A list of golf courses in Sweden by region and district.
Year | Golf Clubs | Change |
---|---|---|
1900 | – | – |
1910 | 4 | – |
1920 | 4 | – |
1930 | 10 | 150% |
1940 | 22 | 120% |
1950 | 33 | 50% |
1960 | 59 | 79% |
1970 | 110 | 86% |
1980 | 149 | 35% |
1990 | 271 | 82% |
2000 | 396 | 46% |
2020 | 450 | 14% |
As of January 2024, the number of golf clubs organized by the Swedish Golf Federation (SGF) was 446. [2] [3]
The premier courses are concentrated in the vicinity of the metropolitan areas of Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg, with some exceptions such as Visby GC on the island of Gotland, and Sand GC near Jönköping.
Golf Digest has continually ranked Swedish courses since 1993. Svensk Golf, the former monthly publication of the Swedish Golf Federation, in 2020 published an updated ranking using the same methodology. [4]
Links courses include Falsterbo GC, Flommen GC, Ljunghusen GC, Grönhögen Golf Links and Helsingborg GC – Viken Links.
Sweden has hosted the Solheim Cup twice, 2003 at Barsebäck G&CC and 2007 at Halmstad GC. [5]
On the European Tour the Scandinavian Enterprise Open was played 1973–1990, rotating between Royal Drottningholm GC, Bokskogen GC, Vasatorp GC, Linköping GC and Ullna GC. The PLM Open, played 1984–1990, mainly rotated between the links courses Falsterbo GC, Ljunghusen GC and Flommen GC. [6] The Scandinavian Masters has typically been hosted at Barsebäck G&CC, with stints at Kungsängen GC, Forsgården GC and Arlandastad Golf, before a new rota of Bro Hof Slott GC, PGA Sweden National and Hills GC was established in 2010.
Albatross GC, Delsjö GC, Kristianstad GC, Österåker GC and almost a dozen other courses have hosted Ladies European Tour events, such as the Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika which ran 1996–2008.
In addition, Swedish courses hosted over a hundred Challenge Tour events 1990–2020, and over 40 International Golf Federation or European Golf Association amateur events starting with the 1962 St Andrews Trophy at Halmstad GC.
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Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a major championship.
Per-Ulrik Johansson is a Swedish professional golfer, who won six times on the European Tour and played in two winning European Ryder Cup teams.
Maria Anna McBride is a Swedish professional golfer. She has won five times on the LPGA Tour and twice finished second in major championships.
Catrin Maria Nilsmark is a Swedish professional golfer who played on both the United States–based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She appeared for Europe at the Solheim Cup five times and captained the winning team in 2003.
Ullna Golf & Country Club is a golf club situated 20 km north of Stockholm on the shore of Lake Ullna in the municipality of Österåker, Sweden. The premier championship venue in the region at the time, it hosted the Scandinavian Enterprise Open on the European Tour 1983–1987.
Barsebäck Resort is a golf club in Barsebäck, northern part of Metropolitan Malmö in Scania, Sweden. The club is one of the premier golf facilities in Sweden and hosted the 2003 Solheim Cup and the Scandinavian Masters ten times between 1992 and 2017.
Halmstad Golf Club is a golf club located in Tylösand, Halmstad Municipality in Sweden. It has hosted the 2007 Solheim Cup and the Chrysler Open on the Ladies European Tour and most recently Scandinavian Mixed.
Pia Nilsson is a Swedish professional golfer and coach. She was one of the two players, who were the first female Swedes to play collegiate golf at a University in the United States and the first Swede to captain a European Solheim Cup team.
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The Volvo Open was an invitational golf tournament played in Sweden in 1970 and 1971. It was the first major international golf tournament played in Sweden.
Bro Hof Slott Golf Club is a golf course located in Upplands-Bro, Sweden, northwest of the capital Stockholm.
Karl Niklas Lemke is a Swedish professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour. He has formerly played on the Challenge Tour and the Web.com Tour in the United States.
The Swedish PGA Championship for women is a golf tournament played annually in Sweden since 1997. It has been an event on the Swedish Golf Tour since inception and featured on the LET Access Series since 2012.
Arvid Magnus Sunesson is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour between 1987 and 1994.
Falsterbo Golf Club is a links golf club located in Falsterbo, Skåne County in Sweden. It has hosted the PLM Open on the European Tour.
Flommen Golf Club is a links golf club located in Falsterbo, Skåne County in Sweden. It has hosted the PLM Open on the European Tour.
Jan Olov Lennart Rube is a Swedish former professional golfer, who was one of the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1970s.
Bokskogen Golf Club is a 36-hole golf club located 15 km southeast of Malmö in Skåne County, southern Sweden. It has hosted two tournaments on the European Tour.
The 2015 European Amateur Team Championship took place 7–11 July at Halmstad Golf Club, in Tylösand, Sweden. It was the 32nd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
Jacqueline Ingrid Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer and caddie who played briefly on the Ladies European Tour (LET). As an amateur, she won the Junior Solheim Cup, the European Girls' Team Championship, and the European Ladies' Team Championship (twice) together with her twin sister, Caroline Hedwall.