Golf1 wishes all golfers near and far a heartfelt merry Christmas with thanks for the incredible receptions Golf 1 has received this past year! May the future hold many eagles, birdies and georgeous putts for you!!! Golf 1 óskar öllum kylfingum nær og fjær innilega gleðlegra jóla með þakklæti fyrir góðar viðtökur á Golf 1 á árinu.  Megi framtíðin færa okkur erni og fugla og mörg glæsileg pútt á nýja árinu!!! Golf 1 ønsker alle golf spillere nær og fjern glædelig jul med mange tak for den enestående modtagelse av Golf 1 i det passerende år.   Må fremtiden bringe alle birdies og eagles og mange pragtfulde putt í det nye år!!! Golf Read more

Earlier this month, November 11th-16th the International Golf Travel Mart  was held in Portugal. This is an annual event, which has drawn attention to Iceland as a golf destination. This time around there were 1000 participants and 600 therof had introductions of golfdestinations, be it nations, or certain areas in the world or even particular golf courses which were presented to 300 specialized sales persons and 100 representatives of the media that visited the International Golf Travel Mart.  This year there were all sorts of introduction on golf and tourism and different types of statistics being presented. Golf Iceland had a booth at the International Golf Travel Mart and there Read more

A year ago at one of the largest Golf-Travel Fairs, which was held in Turkey, Iceland was chosen one of 6 „hidden pearls” when it comes to golf travel destinations. IAGTO (The Global Golf Tourism Organisation) was the one that presented the award, and 160 golfwriters from 33 countries comprised the panel of judges. The other hidden golf travel destination gems along with Iceland were Colombia, The State of Mississippi, India, Galicia in Spain and Bulgaria. Bulgaria receiven the title „THE Hidden Pearl” and no doubt the great golf resort of Thracian Cliffs, designed by Gary Player, plays a part there in. Tourists coming to Iceland have doubled in amount Read more

Nökkvi Gunnarsson, (from Golf Club Nes in Iceland) participated in The Davenport Classic, which is a tournament on the Florida Professional Golf Tour.  He claimed a T-7 result in the tournament with an excellent performance. Congrats Nökkvi!!!!  Nökkvi was one of the first golfers Golf1 interviewed   CLICK HERE:  This was a 2 day tournament, held November 20th-21st 2012 at the Ridgewood Lakes golfcourse in Florida. Golf Digest has a.o. chosen the course the best golfcourse in the US. To see the Ridgewood Lake´s homepage  CLICK HERE: Nökkvi had a combined score of 3 under par, 141 strokes  (70 71) and was in the money got $ 650 (about 82.000 Icelandic kronas) for Read more

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 Read more

In the week May 28th-June 3rd 2012 the golfsummer in Iceland was starting and most Golf Clubs, which close during the winter time had by now opened anew.  There are many open golf tournaments in Iceland during the summer in which everyone, who has handicap 36  (unless otherwise mentioned) and pays the rather low tournament fee in most cases, can participate. Foreign golfers are welcome – and if you come to Iceland you should at least try to participate in 1 tournament, just to get the experience of having played in an Icelandic golf tournament. Only a few of the huge variety of the golf flora tournaments in 2012 in Read more

Berglind Björnsdóttir is one of about twenty Icelanders who study and play golf on US College golfteams. In Iceland Berglind plays golf for Iceland´s largest Golf Club – The Golf Club of Reykjavík (abbrev. GR).  She also studies and plays golf with the ladies golfteam of UNCG  (short for the  University of North Carolina, Greensboro), It was remarkable how much her game had improved when she returned to Iceland this past summer – she had lowered her handicap drastically in a short amount of time. She won on the 2. tournament of the Eimskip Series here in Iceland, in the Westmanna Islands with a combined score of 11 over par, 221 strokes Read more

After a dissapointing first round of 5 over par, 77 strokes Þórður Rafn Gissurarson, GR (i.e. the Golf Club of Reykjavík), withdrew himself from the 4th tournament of the NGA Pro Tour – Bridgestone Winter Series, which was held November 13th through November 15th 2012 at the Harmony Golf Preserve, í Harmony, Florida. Participants were 88. After a round of 77 it was clear that it would be hard to make the cut.  The cutting line was at an acummulated score of 4 under par after the 2nd day of the tournament. The next tournment of the Bridgestone Winter Series is in two weeks time in the Southern Dunes Golf Club, Read more

The Icelandic golf professional Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson, took part in the 2nd stage of Q-school at the Plantation Preserve Golf Course & Club, in Plantation,  Broward County, in South-Florida.   You can see Plantation´s homepage by CLICKING HERE: Golf 1´s first introductions of Icelandic golf players in English was one of Birgir Leifur and you can see it by CLICKING HERE: Q-school at Plantation was held the 13th through 16th of November 2012. Only the top 19 and ties made it to the final stage. Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson finished at a combined score of 3 over par, 286 strokes ((70 73 70 73) and finished in 70th place of 74 contestants. Rob Read more

Þórður Rafn Gissurarson is one of Iceland´s most talented golfers. At the time being he is participating in the NGA Pro Tour – Bridgestone Winter Series in Florida. He played a.o. in the German EPD Series this past year and also on the Eimskip series, here in Iceland this past summer. The EPD Series venues were a.o. in Turkey, Marocco, in Germany and Austria. The Eimskip series comprises 6 tournaments, where the best in Iceland compete. Þórður Rafn won on the 2nd tournament 2012, the Egils Gull tournament, which was held in the Westmanna Islands. He also received a stipend from the newly founded Fund for outstanding golfers in Iceland, Read more