Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir | November. 20. 2012 | 23:59

TPC Sawgrass and Old Course St. Andrews are the favorite golfcourses of Icelanders

We here on Golf 1 have in the approximately 1 year since the website started interviewed over 100 Icelandic golfers and 80 of those interviews have already been published. Among the questions asked were what were the interviewees favorite golfcourse abroad. Now we´ve done a little surrvey and it appears that the „craddle of golf” St. Andrews Old Course along with TPC Sawgrass in Florida are the favorites.

About 80 Icelandic golfers 8 (10%) said that St. Andrews was their favorite and the same percentage (10%) said the Player´s TPC Sawgrass was their favorite. 5 didn´t have an answer, didn´t want to answer, couldn´t make up their mind or refused to answer.

Some mentioned more than 1 favorite golfcourse.

Most Icelanders said their favorite golfcourse abroad was in the US, 38 or approximately 50% of those who answered. The next popular were golfcourses in Scotland 20 said they were their favorites; 12 favorite golfcourses were in Spain; 2 in England; 2 in France; 2 in Ireland; 2 in Portugal; 2 in Thailand; 1 in Brazil; 1 in the Czek Republic; 1 in Denmark, 1 in Germany; 1 in Northern-Ireland; 1 in Norway and 1 in Slovenia.

Other golfcourses aside from St. Andrews Old Course and TPC Sawgrass that are favored among Icelandic golfers are:

5 Carnoustie in Scotland.

3 Gleneagles ín Scotland.

3 Lake Nona, Florida, US.

2 Celebration, Florida, US.

2 Islantilla in Spain.

2 Kingsbarns, St. Andrews, Scotland.

2 Laem Chabang International, Thailand.

2 Villamoura in Portugal

Others and most golfcourses were only mentioned once and here the are arranged according to the countries they´re in:

USA:

1 Augusta National Golf Club.

1 Atlantis, West Palm Beach, Florida.

1 Bethpage Black, New York.

1 Biltmore, Coral Gables, Florida.

1 Carsten Creek, Oklahoma.

1 Champions Gate, Florida.

1 Crandon, Key Biscayne, Florida

1 El Dorado, Florida

1 Great Rock, Long Island, New York.

1 Magnolía, in Disney, Orlando, Florida.

1 Medinah, Chicago.

1 Mystic Dunes, Florida.

1 Old Waverly, Mississippi.

1 Orange Lake courses (Legend, Reserve, Crane Bend), in Florida.

1 A course in Naples, Florida (the Icelandic golfer who answered didn´t remember the golfcourse´s name).

1 Palmer Course Reunion Resort, Florida.

1 Pebble Beach Golf Links, Califorina.

1 Pinehurst no. 4, North-Carolina.

1 Pinehurst no. 6, North-Carolina.

1 Providence, Florida.

1 Shoals Musle, Alabama.

1 Stanford, California.

1 Stoney Brooke, Florida.

1 Tobacco Road, North-Carolina

1 TPC Louisiana.

Brazil :

1 The Icelandic golfer who answered didn´t remember the golfcourse´s name.

Czek Republic:

Prag City.

Denmark:

1 The Icelandic golfer who answered didn´t remember golfcourse´s name.

England:

London GC.

Rye Golf Course, East Sussex.

France:

Golf des Pins, Hardelot.

St. Cloud, Paris.

Germany:

1 Seddiner am See.

Ireland: 

1 The Icelandic golfer who answered didn´t remember the golfcourse´s name., but said it was in Dublin.

1 PGA National, in Dublin.

Northern-Ireland:

Ballybunion.

Norway:

Kristianstad.

Scotland:

1 New Course, St. Andrews.

1 Turnberry.

Slovenia:

1 Bled

Spain: 

1 Aloha.

1 Arcos Gardens.

1 Campoamor – Las Colinas.

1 Condado Alhama.

1 Costa Ballena.

1 El Valle, Murcia.

1 Montecastillo.

1 Parador de Golf.

1 Real Club de Sevilla.

1 Torrequebrada.