Vallda Golf & Country Club

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Vallda Golf & Country Club
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Location in Halland County, Sweden
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Vallda Golf & Country Club (Sweden)
Coordinates 57°28′18″N12°00′27″E / 57.4716°N 12.0075°E / 57.4716; 12.0075
Location Vallda, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden
Established2007 (SGF Member)
2009 (18 holes opened)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted Scandinavian Mixed
Website valldagolf.se
Designed by Martin Hawtree
Caspar Grauballe
Par 72
Length6,490 m

Vallda Golf & Country Club is a golf club located in Kungsbacka 30 km south of Gothenburg in Sweden. It hosted the Scandinavian Mixed in 2021, a joint event on the European Tour and Ladies European Tour. [1]

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History

Plans to create a classic Scottish heathland golf course near Gothenburg were conceived in the mid-1990s and 86 hectares of meadowland surrounded by oak forest was acquired in the Vallda Valley, outside Kungsbacka. Golf course architect Martin Hawtree was commissioned to design the course drawing on inspiration from the legendary British golf courses of the 1920s, and the 18-hole course in open links-style layout was completed in July 2009. [2]

Svensk Golf, official publication of the Swedish Golf Federation, in 2020 ranked the course #7 in Sweden using the Golf Digest methodology. [3] [4]

In 2021 the club hosted its first major event, the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik Stenson and Annika Sörenstam. Sanctioned jointly by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour, the tournament for the first time brought together 78 men and 78 women to compete in the same tournament, playing from different tees, for the same prize money. By dividing the results, Official World Golf Ranking points were offered for both tours, along with points toward the European Tour's and LET's respective season-long Order of Merit competitions. [5]

Tournaments hosted

Professional tournaments

YearTourChampionshipWinner
2021 EUR  · LET Scandinavian Mixed Ulster Banner.svg Jonathan Caldwell

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References

  1. "Scandinavian Mixed – Course". European Tour. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. "History". Vallda Golf & Country Club. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. "Sveriges bästa golfbanor" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. "The Best Golf Courses In Every Country". Golf Digest. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. "Scandinavian Mixed". Scandinavian Mixed. Retrieved 28 February 2021.