Keilir Golf Club will host the European Men´s Challenge Trophy held July 12th-14th
Keilir Golf Club has the great honour of hosting the European Men’s Challenge Trophy, held in Iceland 12th-14th July, 2012. Keilir Golf Club would like to thank the European Golf Association for presenting the Club with this trust.
Keilir Golf Club is located in Hafnarfjörður, a 25-minute drive from the international airport and 10 kilometres south west of Reykjavik. The club first opened in 1967, first as a 6 hole golf course, but today consists of an 18 hole championship layout, plus a 9 hole practice course.
The new front nine were constructed over the lava fields “Kapelluhraun”, so if you stray off the fairway you are bound to have a difficult recovery shot. The back nine holes – part of the original course – were built on an old farmland by the sea so water comes into play at many of these holes.
A beautiful new clubhouse was built in 1993 overlooking the property with spectacular views out over the Atlantic Ocean across the bay to “Snæfellsjökull” the glacier where Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” took place. You will find all the necessary information regarding the tournament on the official championship website (see below)
A fairly new driving range called Hraunkot is only about 300 m from the club house. In the driving range you can practice your short game both inside „Hvalalaugin”, a house which used to be an aquarium and house whales, thus the name Hvalalaug in Icelandic, which actually means Whale= Hvala pool=laug i.e. Whalepool. Of course you can also practice your short game outdoors around the “Whalepool” where you´ll a.o. will find putting green and an area to practice your wedge- and other short game. Your irons you can practice under roof hitting the ball up to 250 m. The 9 hole golf course Sveinskotsvöllur is a par 31 course located along the back nine of the main course on the Hvaleyri peninsula. It is an interesting 9 hole golf course and also a convenient par-3 &4 practice ground.
Here you can view a video made by Golfing World on KEILIR GOLF CLUB
Source of this article: The offical webpage of the tournament: http://emcht.golficeland.org/
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