According to a newly published article Iceland is one of the 10 happiest countries in the world. You can see the article by CLICKING HERE:  The reasons given are debatable: low income tax? In Iceland? Free Health Care and University Education? Not so! Health Care is paid for by the Tax Payers and it´s PAID for – Well but virtually free University Education and in comparison to Universities and Colleges f.x. in the US it´s definately free albeit a minor admissions fee has to be paid to most of Icelands 10 Universities or Schools that teach at University level. Reason that are rightly mentioned in the article are that Iceland Read more

Golf 1 wishes golfers near and far a happy Easter with lots of fun filled golf rounds in the spring and the coming summer 2016! May you all reach your goals in golf  and have many fantastic rounds of golf!!! Furthermore, Golf 1 thanks all its English speaking readers for their warm reception over these past years and all the interest you´ve shown in Icelandic golfcourses and questions about Icelandic Golf , which we´ve done our best to answer. Golf 1 has now been operating for 4 1/2 years and during that time, nearly 15,000 golf articles, both in English, German and Icelandic have been published, an average of approximately Read more

No. 11 in the world rankings Adam Scott met 23 year old Iris Katla Guðmundsdóttir, from the Golf Club of Reykjavík (GR) and the accompanying picture was taken on that occasion: The photo was taken on a practice round of PGA Tour players who are competing in the Wells Fargo Championship this week, which as usual takes place at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. Iris Katla just graduated from Queens University in Charlotte, where she played for three years with the women´s golf team, “The Royals.” Iris Katla was with her family, who are all avid golfers and came especially from Iceland to attend her graduation, watching the PGA Tour Read more

Icelandic pros Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir of The Golf Club of Reykjavík (abbr. GR) and Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir, from the Golf Club Leynir in Akranes (abbr. GL) had a great finish ath the ASGI Championship which concluded in Switzerland on May 9th 2015. The tournament was a part of the 2nd tier developmental Women´s Golf Series in Europe, LET Access. Ólafía Þórunn who had the lead after the 2nd round, ended in fifth place, with a total of 5 under par, 211 strokes (70 66 75).  This is Ólafía´s best performance in the 4 tournaments she has played in the LET Access Series. You can read a short interview with Ólafía Read more

The 2014 Icelandic Champion in stroke play, Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson, GKG, and Ólafur Björn Loftsson, GKG took part in the NorthSide Charity Challenge which is part of the Nordic Golf League, the biggest Scandinavian Tournament Series. The tournament took place on the Lyngbygaard Golf Course in Brabrand, Denmark on May 6th-8th 2015. There were 156 participants. Unfortunatelly Ólafur Björn didn´t make the cut this time but Birgir Leifur on the other hand excelled. Birgir Leifur played a total of 2 under par 214 strokes (68 75 71) and ended up T-8. The winner was the Finn Tapio Pulkkanen, who played at te total of 7 under par, 209 strokes which got him Read more

Íris Katla Guðmundsdóttir, from the Golf Club Reykjavík (GR) has been studying at Queens University, in Charlotte, North-Carolina for the past 3 years. During her stay she has played golf with the women´s golf team „The Royals” which she is now leaving. She has graduated and is returning to Iceland. Íris Katla is born on February 10th 1992. She majored in Environmental Science. Congratulation from Golf 1 on your graduation Íris Katla and all the best for the future!

Golf 1 became aware of a strange lorry which drove through Hafnarfjörður. On one side of the vehicle there was a huge and beautiful advertisement for Park course (Icelandic: Garðavöllur) in Akranes (in the western part of Iceland).  What a wonderful way to promote golf and the beautiful and good golf course Garðavöllur is! Now there was this great chase around Hafnarfjörð; Golf 1 waiting for a chance to take a photo of the ad once the lorry with the beautiful Park course (Garðavöllur) ad made a stop. At one point Golf 1 lost sight of the vehicle and what was there to do? It could have made the exit to Keflavík airport; Read more

Íris Katla Guðmundsdóttir, GR (Golf Club of Reykjavík Iceland) who has been studying and playing golf with The Royals, the women´s golfteam of Queen University in Charlotte, N-Carolina, is saying farewell to her team and teammates after 3 years  in the States. In a statement she wrote the following: “It is now official that the Conference Championship was my last golf tournament as a student athlete here at Queens. The decision was not an easy one but after taking everything into consideration and graduation being just around the corner, my heart tells me to go home. These three years have taught me so much not only academically but physically, mentally Read more

Here you can see a great video clip about 100 amazing things you can see and do in Iceland. Golf is one of them! You can see the video clip by CLICKING HERE: 

Golf 1 wishes golfers near and far a happy Easter with lots of fun filled golf rounds in the spring and the coming summer 2015! May you all reach your goals and visit Iceland to play a couple of our 65 golfcourses! Furthermore, Golf 1 thanks all its English speaking readers for a warm reception over these past years and all the interest you´ve shown in Icelandic golfcourses and questions about Icelandic Golf , which we´ve done our best to answer. Golf 1 has now been operating for 3 1/2 years and during that time, nearly 12,000 golf articles, both in English, German and Icelandic have been published, an average of Read more