Golf Iceland

12/06/2024

ALL 62 COURSES IN ICELAND NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC!!
NEXT WEEKS BEST FOR MIDNIGHT GOLF!

Next weeks are best weeks to play midnight golf in Iceland.
Our 62 public courses in Iceland are of course open from early morning to late evening or even later... and if you are so lucky to be staying in Iceland now or planning a trip to Iceland in coming days or weeks , you should not have any problem getting a tee time.
You might also be coming on a Cruise and then you can just take some hours to play as we have many courses close to the ports ..

Photo: Cruise Ship arriving Reykjavik and the courses are open...

10/04/2024

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LONGER!!

After rather cold March and beginning of April courses in Iceland are now just starting to open....
First of our courses has already open!!

Westman Islands golf course is now open....

And we expect that most of our other courses will open one by one in May

So plan your golftrip to Iceland and play golf in our unique nature ; in the lava, at the sea,by the river, close to the clacier and even in an old crater, all our 65 courses are differnet and you can do this 24/7 during our brightest summer months, the popular midnight golf...

Photo: Westmann Islands GC

08/11/2023

CNN: HOW ICELAND IS RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF GOLF.

CNN visited Iceland once more lately as a part of their golf and sustainability series.
The latest part of that series can be seen here:

Edwin Roald is a renowned golf course architect in Reykjavik, his ‘Why 18?’ concept explores the idea that golf course design is often problematic from an environmental perspective and from a golfing perspective as designers feel bound to the idea that courses must be 18-holes long, when he beli...

19/09/2023

TWO GOLF HOLES IN ICELAND ON TOP 100 BEST GOLF HOLES IN EUROPE!!!

According to new list from Golf World , Iceland has two holes on that list of 100 best golf holes in Europe!!
Hole 3 at Brautarholt GC and hole 8 at Westmann Islands GC.

You can now plan your golftrip to Iceland for 2024 and play those holes and many more as you can choose from our 722 different holes on our 62 courses...

Photos: 3rd at Brautarholt GC and from Westamann Islanda GC

14/06/2023

ALL 62 COURSES IN ICELAND NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC!!

NEXT WEEKS BEST FOR MIDNIGHT GOLF!

We have got many request about the famous popular midnight golf in Iceland. Best time etc.
Next weeks are best weeks to play midnight golf in Iceland.
Our 62 public courses in Iceland are of course open from early morning to late evening or even later... and if you are so lucky to be staying in Iceland now or planning a trip to Iceland in coming days or weeks , you should not have any problem getting a tee time.

Now is a good time now to plan your round of midnight golf 2023!!

Photo: Midnight golf at Akureyri Golf Course

25/05/2023

MOST COURSES IN ICELAND ARE NOW FINALLY OPEN FOR 2023!!!

Due to unusually difficult weather conditions last winter our courses do generally open later than usual.

But now most courses are open to public and are looking forward to welcome golfers!!
So If you are on the way to Iceland you should pack your golf shoes...!!
You should plan a round of golf before you go or during your stay on one, two, three or more of our 65 different golf courses all open to public.
You can play in the lava, at the Atlantic Ocean, on the riverbanks or even in an old crater... not to mention that in coming weeks you can play 24 hours !!!
Take a look at our web: golficeland.org for all information about our member courses.

Westmann Island´s Golf course. 18 holes in an old crater. Mt. Eldfell in the back,erupted 1973. Photo/GSI/Seth.

14/08/2022

ICELAND HAS FIVE COURSES ON A NEW GOLF WORLD TOP 100: CONTINENTAL EUROPE’S X FACTOR COURSES!!!

On a new list from Golf World for 100 top X factor golf courses in Europe outside UK ,Iceland has five courses!!!! and they are within top 50!!!

No 4: Brautarholt GC
No 8: Westmann Island GC
No 35: Keilir GC
No 42: Vík GC
No 50 : Siglo GC

All those courses and the 60 others in Iceland open to public!!
https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/courses/best/continental-europe-beautiful-x-factor-bucket-list-golf-courses/

Golf World Top 100: Continental Europe’s X Factor courses

11/08/2022

WHY ICELAND IS THE NEXT BIG GOLF DESTINATION.....

We had a visit this summer from a journalist from Golf World
His first article was published last week ......
https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/courses/best/golf-courses-in-iceland/

Why Iceland is the next big golf destination

10/05/2022

COURSES IN ICELAND OPEN FOR 2022!!!

If you are on the way to Iceland you should pack your golf shoes...as all our member courses are now already open for the summer or will open soon!!

You should plan a round of golf before you go or during your stay on one, two, three or more of our 65 different golf courses open to public.
You can play in the lava, at the Atlantic Ocean, on the riverbanks or even in an old crater... not to mention that in coming weeks you can play 24 hours !!!

Take a look at our web: golficeland.org for all information about our member courses.

Photo: Brautarholt GC. Hole 1 (Par 5) Green at the Atlantic Ocean

24/03/2022

SVENSK GOLF: BRAUTARHOLT GC IN ICELAND ONE OF 10 M0ST SPECTACULAR GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD!!

The media Svensk Golf has chosen Brautarholt GC in Iceland on their list of 10 most spectacular golf courses in the world.

Brautarholt GC is a golf course close to Reykjavik open to public so you can book your tee time there and on over 60 courses in Iceland.

https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/banor-och-resor/20220323/varldens-10-mest-spektakulara-golfbanor/?fbclid=IwAR3KYCNnKoIVk_-x73lUmGy9sVU7dOz1gZojgLoNH7vsl_JcU5-RaSwDcIA

Photo: Brautarholt GC

01/03/2022

NEW GOLF ICELAND´S MEMBER; GOLF EXPEDITIONS

Golf Expeditions are specialized in creating and managing unprecedented luxury golf tours in Iceland, as well as arranging many different types of golf tours to suit all budgets and group sizes.

They provide a range of high-quality services in the areas of accommodation, transportation, guided tours, sightseeings and activities. The team is ready to help plan your special expedition to Iceland, tailor-made to your personal preferences.

For further information www.golfexpeditions.is

24/02/2022

ALL COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IN ICELAND WILL BE LIFTED FRIDAY MORNING!

All COVID-19 restrictions in Iceland will be lifted Friday morning domestically, as well as at the border.

This is of course very good news for Icelandic Tourism as for the first time in a very long time there will be no restrictions at the border. Iceland is again open for business!!
Many golfers abroad have been awaiting ...so this summer we hope to welcome them again after two almost closed summers.

PhotO: Oddur GC 8th green

22/02/2022

BRAUTARHOLT GC IS ON TOP 100 OF BEST GOLFCOURSES IN EUROPE

Golf World Top 100 Courses Continental Europe 2022.

Brautarholt is now ranked no 78th at Golf World list of the best golf courses in Europe.
Brautarholt improves its position, was in 89th place last.

See further coverage in Today´s Golfer magazine https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/…/golf-courses-in-europe/

02/12/2021

HOW ICELAND COULD RESHAPE THE WORLD OF GOLF

More from CNN:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/04/golf/iceland-reshape-living-golf-spt-intl/index.html

Iceland may seem like an unlikely golfing power.

27/09/2021

LIVING GOLF ON CNN VISITS ICELAND.

We had a visit from from Living golf on CNN now in September.

This famous golf show visited some of our courses and the result has now been broadcasted on CNN.

This is a very good promotion for golf in Iceland and after the visit at the end of the show Sean Coppack says:

"Iceland is truly developing into one of the most unique and magnificiant golf destination on the planet"

https://f.io/kzqjDSPS

20/05/2021

COURSES IN ICELAND OPEN FOR 2021!!!

If you are on the way to Iceland you should pack your golf shoes...as all our member courses are now open and ready to welcome you.
You should plan a round of golf before you go or during your stay on one, two, three of our 65 different golf courses where you can play in the lava, at the Atlantic Ocean, on the riverbanks or even in an old crater... not to mention that in coming weeks you can play 24 hours!!!
Take a look at our web: golficeland.org for all information about our member courses.
When you are not playing you can take a look at our newest volcano close to The Blue Lagoon, that started 2 months ago.

Or you can combine it: Play golf and have a view to the volcano!!

What about playing golf at 1 AM and see the volcano from the golfcourse???

Photo: On 2nd green around midnight at Keilir GC. 20 min. drive from Reykjavik center.