Royal Drottningholm Golf Club

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Royal Drottningholm Golf Club
Club information
Sweden relief location map.jpg
Icona golf.svg
Location in Sweden
Coordinates 59°19′19.3″N17°51′33.1″E / 59.322028°N 17.859194°E / 59.322028; 17.859194
Location Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
EstablishedRoyal charter 1959 by
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted HP Open  · Volvo Open  · Scandinavian Enterprise Open
Website kdrgk.se
Tournament Course
Designed by Rafael Sundblom
Nils Sköld
Johan Benestam (2012)
Par 72

Royal Drottningholm Golf Club is a golf club located in Drottningholm, Stockholm County in Sweden. It has hosted tournaments both on the European Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

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History

The club was established in 1959 and received a royal charter from king Gustaf VI Adolf the same year. It is situated on the island Lovön in lake Mälaren in the outskirts of Stockholm adjacent to Drottningholm Palace, the residence of the Swedish royal family. [1]

The course was designed by Rafael Sundblom and his associate Nils Sköld, and the king himself inaugurated the course 26 September 1959. [2] The course was renovated 2010–2012 by Johan Benestam and the remodeled course was inaugurated by Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland in June 2012. [3]

The club has hosted the Scandinavian Enterprise Open and Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour and as well as the HP Open on the Ladies European Tour. Prior to the establishment of the European Tour it hosted the Volvo Open in 1970, where Jean Garaïalde beat runner-up Jack Nicklaus by one stroke. [4]

At the first edition of the Scandinavian Masters in 1991, Fred Couples scored a European Tour record 12 birdies in his second 18-hole round, shouting 61.

It has also hosted many amateur tournaments such as the 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2018 Annika Invitational Europe. [5]

Tournaments hosted

Pre-European Tour

European Tour

Ladies European Tour

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. "Royal Drottningholm Golf Club". planetgolf.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. "Club History". Royal Drottningholm Golf Club. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. "Kunglig Glans" (PDF) (in Swedish). Golf Digest. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. "Garaialde wins by a stroke". The Glasgow Herald . 5 October 1970. p. 5.
  5. "Seventh-Annual ANNIKA Invitational Europe Coming to Sweden's Royal Drottningholm Golf Club". Annika Foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.