Gísli Sveinbergsson, Golf Club Keilir, became Icelandic Junior Champion in Stroke Play 2012 today, in the age group 15-16 yrs. at the White River Golf Course in the South of Iceland.  The course is very difficult yet beautiful and scenic. Gísli played the 3 rounds on a combined score of 220 strokes  (73 71 76). Gísli had the best combined score of all 147 contestants. Birgir Björn Magnússon, Golf Club Keilir, which Golf 1 introduced yesterday, came in 2nd place. He had a combined score of 222 strokes  (73 70 79); and the 2nd best combined score of all 147 contestants. Ernir Sigmundsson, Golf Club of Reykjavík came in 3rd place.   Read more

A young and promising golfer, Birgir Björn Magnússon, from Keilir Golf Club, had the best score at the 2nd round of the Icelandic Junior Championship in Stroke Play.  The Championship is taking place on 20th-22nd of July 2012 at the hard, trying, White River Golf Course in the South of Iceland.  The Golf Course is 5429 meters (5937 yards) from the yellow tees and par-71. Birgir Björn had a magnificent round of 1 under par, 70 strokes. His feat is in particular brilliant, taking into account that his age group of boys 15-16 yrs. caught the worst weather today, it rained and was rather windy. Birgir Björn is the Icelandic Read more

Today the 4th of 6  Arion bank sponsored Junior Golf tournaments took place at the beautiful and extremely scenic White River Golf Course in South Iceland. This 4th tournament is actually the Icelandic Junior Championship in Stroke Play. The defending champion in the age group of 17-18 year old girls is Guðrún Brá Björgvinsdóttir from the Golf Club Keilir in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. She pulled a magnificent round of 69 in this first of three rounds of the Junior Championship and set a new course record from the blue tees at the White River Golf Course.  There are 147 youngsters competing and Guðrún Brá has the best score after the 1st Read more

We Icelanders have for a long time, ever since the days of our ancestors, the old Wikings entertained our neighbour nations with music and lyrics since Iceland (the country) and its folk have ever since the most ancient of ancient times been extremely creative. Today the 141st Open Championship started at Royal Lytham & St Annes, in Lancashire, England and of course the golfstruck Icelandic nation is glued infront of the TV following the latest achievements of her favorite stars. Golf is the 2nd most popular sport in Iceland. This morning the BBC played  an accoustic version of „Little Talks”, a song by the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men Read more

Valdís Þóra is one of about 15 Icelanders that studies in the US and plays golf collegically.  Valdis Þóra studies and plays golf with the Texas State University golfteam.  She is a multiple Icelandic Champion in golf and Athlete of the Year in her hometown Akranes 4 years in a row, 2007-2010. On July 11th – 14th 2012 there were Club Championships in Valdís´s Golf Club in Akranes, i.e. Leynir GC.  Valdís was the defending Champion and defending the title she did. She´s the Golf Club Leyni´s (GL´s) Club Champion 2011 and 2012 and in many of the former years too. Golf 1 interviewed Valdís Þóra and here goes the Read more

One of the Icelanders most beloved travel destination is Ásbyrgi in the North of Iceland. People have long since loved to camp in Ásbyrgi. Ásbyrgi is one of the wonders of nature, with cliff faces rising up to 100 m at the inner end of a horseshoe-shaped canyon.. It is 3.5 km long and over 1 km wide. At its innermost end lies Botnstjörn, a small pond surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. A distinctive rock formation rises up from the centre of Ásbyrgi, up to 250 m wide, known as Eyjan. The area is covered in woodland consisting mainly of birch, willow and mountain ash. Several thousand recently planted pines also Read more

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 Read more

Sunna Víðisdóttir from the Golf Club Reykjavík (GR) participates along with 5 other girls, Anna Sólveig Snorradóttir, GK; Guðrún Brá Björvinsdóttir, GK;  Guðrún Pétursdóttir, GR; Högna Kristbjörg Knútsdóttir  GK and Særós Eva Óskarsdóttir GKG, in the European Girls Team Championship, which is being held at the St. Leon Rot golfcourse in Germany.  She is doing best of the Icelandic team, is now  T-14 out of 120 contestants, from 20 different countries. Team Iceland is in 18th place. To see the results at the Eurpean Girls Team Championship after the 1st day CLICK HERE:  Two of our pro´s, Stefán Már Stefánsson and Þórður Rafn Gissurarson, both from Golf Club Reykjavík (GR) are Read more

Elsa Valgeirsdóttir is the manager of the Westman Islands Golf Club, where one of Iceland´s most beloved golfcourses is situated. Yesterday the Icelandair Volcano Open, which is one of the main events of the Club  came to an end and the only consolation today is that we´re one day nearer to the next Volcano Open then yesterday, but this annual tournament will be held again in approximately 1 yrs. time – July 2013.  Golf 1 took a short interview with Elsa: What is your name:  Elsa  Valgeirsdóttir. Which Club are you a member of :   The Westman Islands Golf Club. Where and when wee you born?   In Keflavík, September 27th Read more

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! 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 Read more