There is an absolutely great article about foreigners visiting Iceland by Nanna Gunnarsdóttir on the website Guide to Iceland. You can read her great article by CLICKING HERE: This article has stirred up some conversation;  even among Icelanders; some of who think the article is belittling to the tourists visiting Iceland; some who say they could endlessly add  to Nanna´s list. One of the things she doesn´t meantion is to GOLF IN ICELAND. Since that is not dumb. It´s probably one of the SMARTEST choices you could make – Go play all 65 golfcourses of Iceland – They´re not only different and intrigueing but also facinating and beautiful – You´re Read more

Guðmundur Ágúst Kristjánsson from the Golf Club Reykjavík in Iceland, who´s studying and playing golf at the  East Tennessee State University´s golfteam,  was the individiual medalist in the Seminole Intercollegiate,. The tournament took place in the South Wood Golf Club in Tallahassee, Florida on March 13th-15th 2015. There were 90 participants from 17 universities. Guðmundur Ágúst put together 3 fabuous rounds under  70; played a total of 17 under par, 199 strokes (63 67 69) !!!! We here in Iceland are all tremendously proud of him! ETSU placed 2nd in the team part of the tournament. Here you can see a.o. an interview with Guðmundur Ágúst at the ETSU Men´s golf Read more

Oliver Horovitz is the venerated author of the book „An American Caddie in St. Andrews”  If you haven´t already read it you should – Check it out by CLICKING HERE:  It tells the story of an American working amongst Scottish caddies in „the craddle of Golf.” Oliver came to Iceland in November 2013 and signed his book and read from a few chapters and on his stay here he made lots of friends in Iceland. He knew a group of Icelanders berfore coming to Iceland, since many Icelanders love the Scottish linkses and thus it was inevitable they would meet Ollie. Oliver visited Iceland again in the summer of 2014 Read more

There are 4 Icelandic pariticipants in the Portuguese International Amateur Championship which takes place in Montado in Portugal, February 11th through February 14th: Axel Bóasson,GK;  Bjarki Pétursson, GB; Gísli Sveinbergsson, GK and Kristján Þór Einarsson, GM. Yesterday the choice was made to shorten the tournament to a 54 hole event due to a 5 hr delay caused by fog. Furthermore the decision was made that only the top-40 players would play the final round today, Valentinesday, February 14th 2015. Of the Icelanders Bjarki Pétursson, GB who has played 2 under par, 142 strokes (74 68) and Gísli Sveinbergsson, GK, who has played even par, 144 strokes (74 70) will be amongst Read more

It´s not every day that an Icelandic band makes a song about golf. The Bronz band has a song out that´s called „I will miss her” racounting the ever so critical choice a husband/or for that matter anyoune in a relationship, has to make now and then between spending time with his wife or playing golf. That song will probably be played at the Bulls Boys Night Out, which is to be held in about a weeks time i.e. on February 20th 2015. The Bulls (Tuddarnir in Icelandic) have their own Golf Club here in Iceland. You can see the video clip with the sone „I will miss her” by Read more

The 2015 Masters major will be held during the week of Monday, April 6 through Sunday, April 12. It´s probably the dream of every golfer to, at least once in their lifetime, to visit Augusta National and watch the brilliant golf magic of the world´s best…. and eat a pimiento cheese sandwich while there. For golfers on the mainland in Europe a good choice is to travel with Icelandair to one of their destinations, for example to Orlando and then fly up to Augusta or New York and fly down south. And why not make a Northern Lights stop in Iceland and/or bathe in the Blue Lagoon before heading to Read more

Here is a great video clip of the Top-10 Icelandic Waterfalls CLICK HERE TO SEE:  Among them, of course,  is the beautiful Golden Waterfall, which everyone should make a point to see at least once in their life. The good thing about these waterfalls you can play golf and find some great golf courses in the vicinity of each of these waterfalls. Only a 10 minutes drive from the Golden Waterfall for example is the great Geysir golfcourse, a very demanding 9 hole course. If you´re not on the fairway, but out in the rough, you´re lost. If you go to see the power-waterfall Dettifoss in the North of Iceland Read more

Now the spring season for Iceland´s golf elite is starting … and most are playing golf on golfteams in North America. Golf 1 is currently following 16 Icelandic golfers, who are playing golf collegically in the States in the 2014-2015 golfseason. Icelanders are only 325.671 by the end of 2014 so 16 playing golf at such a high level is really a remarkable ratio, which only reflects the fact that golf is the 2nd most popular sport in Iceland. The dream of many young Icelandic golfers is to play golf in an American College or Universtiy golfteam, so the following golfers are living their dream. It might be added here Read more

In the latest Iceland Times there is an interesting article about the „Ugly Food Festival” in Iceland; in Icelandic called Þorrablót.  Þorri being the old Icelandic word for winter – að the noun blót meaning festival so actually instead of the insulting „Ugly Food Festival” – Þorrablót should be referred to as the Winter Food Festival in Iceland. The food served on a Þorrablót isn´t perhaps very appetizing to foreigners – but it reminds us Icelanders what we had to eat while under the control of another nation, when we weren´t free … and that is an ugly situation to be in.   What is being servered at the Winter Food Read more

In The Business Newspaper (Icelandic: Viðskiptablaðið) on January 13th, 2015 the following article could be read: Headline: Hotel in Hveragerði won an international award at The World Golf Awards. It was also nominated as one of the best golf hotels in Europe. Hotel Örk Hveragerði won an international awards at the World Golf Awards, where it was chosen as the winner of the “best golf hotels in Iceland” (e. Iceland’s Best Golf Hotel).  ClICK HERE TO SEE:  The prize was awarded for the first time this year, but t is part of the World Travel Awards which have been awarded the past 21 years. Hotel Örk also received a nomination Read more