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 2022, the number of golf clubs organized by the Swedish Golf Federation was 451. [2] [3]
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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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.
Ullna Golf 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.
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.
Alexander Norén is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the European Tour, including the BMW PGA Championship, the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, the British Masters, HNA Open de France and the Nedbank Golf Challenge. He was a member of the winning 2018 European Ryder Cup team.
Jonas Blixt is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
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.
The Defence Act of 2000 was a defence act passed by the Swedish Riksdag on 30 March 2000, and the largest reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces since the Defence Act of 1925. The act was a continuation of the policies set in motion by the Defence Act of 1996: shifting the military's focus from the defence of Swedish territory to a more flexible "operational defence* for smaller-scale peacekeeping operations in foreign nations. Many military formations were disbanded as a result.
Hans Göran Hedjerson is a Swedish professional golfer, who was one of the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s.
Charlotte Montgomery is a Swedish professional golfer. 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 she was the first Swede to qualify for one of the main golf tours in the U.S.
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.
Arlandastad Golf is a 36-hole golfing complex situated near Arlanda Airport 35 km north of Stockholm, Sweden. It has hosted the Scandinavian Masters and SAS Masters on the European Tour.
The 2001 European Amateur Team Championship took place 3–7 July at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Höllviken, Sweden. It was the 22nd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship.
The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.
Vincent Oliver Norrman is a Swedish professional golfer. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship.
Sara Cecilia Kjellker is a Swedish amateur golfer. She has won twice on the Swedish Golf Tour and won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2018 and 2019.
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