Georg Kittel Swedish Society of Golf Historians Early Milestones in Swedish Golf
1888 First golf course – at Ryfors: 6 holes with square greens 1902 Göteborgs Golf Klubb – 1st golf club 1904 Stockholms Golfklubb Swedish Golf Federation
1909 Falsterbo Golfklubb The Tireless Pioneer
Viktor H Setterberg Started in the 1890’s. Wrote 40,000 pages on Golf. Golf Courses in Sweden since 1902
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Falsterbo. (1911) 1930. Design: Gunnar Bauer
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Halmstad. 1938. Design: Rafael Sundblom The Golf Courses
Kristianstad. 1942/1969. Design: Rafael Sundblom/Douglas Brasier The Golf Courses
Visby. 1959/2009. Design: Nils Sköld/Pierre Fulke The Golf Courses
Frösåker. 1989. Design: Sune Linde The Golf Courses
Idrefjällen. 1990. Design: Bengt Lorichs. The Golf Courses
Sand. 2006. Design: Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest The Golf Courses
PGA of Sweden National, Lakes Course. 2010. Design: Kyle D. Phillips Malmö – Golf ’s Nucleus in Scandinavia
2 hours 140 courses 1 hour 95 courses A Royal & Ancient Game
Prince Gustaf Adolf, later King of Sweden, and Princess Margareta. 1905 Golfers in Sweden 1904-2004
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Flommens Golfklubb, Falsterbo. Founded in 1935 by ex-caddies. The Tireless Enthusiast
Sven Tumba Ice-hockey Legend. Golf Addict. The Golfer of the Century. The Premier Players
Niclas Fasth Anders Forsbrand
Lotta Neumann, Jesper Parnevik European Tour + USPGA Tour
113 tour victories by 31 Swedish players
Robert Karlsson 11 wins Jesper Parnevik 9 wins Henrik Stenson 9 wins Niclas Fasth 6 wins Anders Forsbrand 6 wins Peter Hanson 6 wins Per-Ulrik Johansson 6 wins Carl Pettersson 6 wins Ladies European Tour + LPGA Tour
192 tour victories by 22 Swedish players
Annika Sörenstam 89 wins Liselotte Neumann 24 wins Sophie Gustafson 22 wins Helen Alfredsson 18 wins Maria Hjorth 6 wins Caroline Hedwall 5 wins The Champion
Annika Sörenstam World No 1. Best lady golfer ever. Majors
13 Majors won by 4 Swedish players
Annika Sörenstam 10 titles Liselotte Neumann 1 title Helen Alfredsson 1 title Anna Nordqvist 1 title
Ryder Cup
9 Swedish players 15 times in 9 Ryder Cups
Jesper Parnevik 1997, 1999, 2002 Per-Ulrik Johansson 1995, 1997 Robert Karlsson 2006, 2008 Henrik Stenson 2006, 2008 Peter Hanson 2010, 2012
Solheim Cup
11 Swedish players 49 times in 12 Solheim Cups
Annika Sörenstam 8 Cups Sophie Gustafson 8 Cups Helen Alfredsson 8 Cups Liselotte Neumann 6 Cups Maria Hjorth 5 Cups Catrin Nilsmark 5 Cups
Solheim Cup
Swedish Captains for Team Europe
1998 Pia Nilsson 2003 Catrin Nilsmark 2005 Catrin Nilsmark 2007 Helen Alfredsson 2013 Liselotte Neumann
Solheim Cup 2003 at Barsebäck 2007 at Halmstad
100 000 spectators at Barsebäck in 2003 Golf Players in Sweden 2004-2012
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