Golf in Sweden
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125 Years of Golf in Sweden 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 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1902 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 The Golf Courses Falsterbo. (1911) 1930. Design: Gunnar Bauer The Golf Courses 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 700000 600000 500000 400000 300000 200000 100000 0 1904 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 A Working Man’s Game 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 600000 - 13 % 500000 400000 Juniors 300000 Ladies Men 200000 100000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Sunset or Sunrise? .