The first par-6 hole in Iceland?

The Golf Club in Vík, which actually is the Golf Club closest to the famous Eyjafjallajökull (which erupted and spewed tons of ash in the air and stopped air traffic all over Europe) has plans for enlarging its 1st par-5 hole to a par-6 hole, which would be the first par-6 hole on a golfcourse in Iceland.

The golfcourse is in the little town of Vík í Mýrdal (inhabitants 267 according to the Icelandic Bureau of Statistics as of February 14th 2012), a town one a.o. has to drive through on ones way to East Iceland, for example Kirkjubæjarklaustur or the glacier lagoon, Jökulsárlón.

The 1st fairway of Víkurvöllur in Vík í Mýrdal is to the left driving to the East and can be seen very well from the road. Photo: Golf 1

The golfcourse in Vík, Víkurvöllur is a 9 hole course, but the 1st fairway is one of the longest in all of Iceland or 565 meters/618 yards and can be seen well on the way eastbound to the left.

The Golf Club Vík has plans of enlarging the 1st fairway another 35 meters i.e. 38 yds and apply for it to be registered as the first par-6 hole in Iceland.

Eggert Skúlason, head of marketing at the Golf Club Vík says that in order to be registered as a par-6 hole a fairway has to be at least 600 meters / 656 yards. There hasn´t been a par-6 hole so far in Iceland, but there are a few in Norway.  Such giant holes/fairways are the most common in Japan and in the US, where there are examples of that pars on such holes are 8 strokes.

Wouldn´t it be great to play on a par-6 hole in close vicinity of one of the most infamous volcano in Europe?