Reflection on what happened in the week May 7th-13th in Golf in Iceland – 4 Icelandic golfers played in tournaments abroad

There were 4 Icelandic golfers that played golf on tournaments abroad last week.

We are all so proud of Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson, GKG, who made the cut at the ALLIANZ Open Côtes d´Armor Bretagne tournament, which took place at the Golf Blue Green Pléneuf Val André Golf Course in Pléneuf, France. The tournament is part of the Challenge Tour in Europe.  Birgir Leifur finished T-26 along with 6 others.  His total score was +9 over par, 289 strokes  (73 69 72 75). The one who won the tournament was Eddie Pepperell from England, who had a combined score of 277 strokes as did Dane Jeppe Huldahl. So there was a playoff which Pepperell won on the 1st hole.

To see the final results of the ALLIANZ Open Côtes d´Armor Bretagne tournament click  HERE: 

Tinna Jóhannsdóttir, GK. Photo: gsimyndir.net

Tinna Jóhannsdóttir, GK took part in the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open,in Sweden, the tournament being part of the LET Access Series. Participants in the tournament were 120.  Unfortunatelly Tinna didn´t make the cut. She had a combined score of +15 over par, 159 strokes (76 83).  The scores were rather high, the best scores after 2 days of play was Melodie Bourdie´s from France, who played on even par, 144 strokes (70 74). She is the sister of Grégory Bourdy who plays on the European Tour.

In the 3rd and final round Norwegian Cecilie Lundgreen won with a score of 77 strokes.

To see the final results of the  Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open click HERE: 

Rúnar Arnórsson, GK. Photo Golf 1

Rúnar Arnórsson, GK, participated in the Irish Amateur Open.  Just as Tinna, he didn´t make the cut. Rúnar finished with a combined score of +15 over par, 159 strokes (79 80) and was 7 strokes from making the cut.

The tournament was held at the links of the Royal Dublin Golf Club, May 11th-13th. You can see pics of the links at the Royal Dublin´s homepage  click  HERE:

To see the final results of the Irish Amateur Open click HERE: 

Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, GR (Golf Club of Reykjavík) and Wake Forest. Photo: Kristinn J. Gíslason

And finally Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, GR and Wake Forest, participated in the NCAA D1 Women´s East Regional at the Golf Course of Penn State in Pennsylvania, US of A.

The Regionals took place May 10th through May 12th.

Ólafía Þórunn finished with a combined score of +14 over par, 230 strokes (77 78 75). She had the 4th best score of her team. Cheyenne Woods, Tiger´s niece had the best score.

The Wake Forest team ended placed 14th of the 24 Colleges that participated.

To see the final results of the  NCAA D1 Women´s East Regional click HERE: