From the golfcourse at the Westman Islands. The Icelandair Volcano Open tournament 2012
One of the most popular open tournaments in Iceland, The Icelandair Volcano Open came to an end today, July 8th 2012, on the beautiful Westmanna Islands golfcourse. The course is a favorite among many of Iceland´s best golfers aswell as among those who aren´t as skillful in the art of golf. The tournament was being held July 5th – July 8th. The Westmanna Islands golfcourse is a course golfers of all skills enjoy and the view from the golfcourse is both unique and breathtaking!
GV is the abbreviation for Golfklúbbur Vestmannaeyja or Golf Club of the Westmanna Islands as you may have guessed. It´s Iceland´s 3rd oldest Golf Club, founded 1938, only the Clubs in Akureyri and Reykjavík are older. It´s one of Iceland´s most loved golfcourses and you´ll sense the reason once you play golf on the course. It´s a unique experience which can hardly be compared to any other! Photo: Golf 1
Thursday, July 5th was a practice round and then the two tournament rounds of 18 holes were played on Friday and Saturday. This was Stableford points competition and the competitors were devided into two groups hcp:. 0-14.4 and hcp. 14.5-28.
Yesterday, Saturdaynight, there was a big party as you´ll find nowhere else in the world except in the Westmanna Islands and those who played best got their rewards. Earlier today. those who still were in shape and wanted to play an extra round could do so.
The Club House of GV. Photo: Golf 1.
The Icelandair Volcano Open is an experience every golfer dreams of and the only bad part about it is that there´s a whole year until the next tournament will be held in July 2013. You should most definately put the Icelandair Volcano Open on you TO DO LIST aswell as visiting Iceland and the Westmanna Islands.
Please follow Golf 1 tomorrow since there will be an interesting interview with the Westmanna Islands Golf Club´s manager, Elsa Valgeirsdóttir.
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