Vasatorps GK

Vasatorps GK is a golf club located near Helsingborg, in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden, just across the Öresund strait from Denmark.

Vasatorps Golfklubb
Club information
Location in Sweden
Coordinates56.057718°N 12.7864453°E / 56.057718; 12.7864453
LocationHelsingborg, Scania, Sweden
Established1973
TypePrivate
Tournaments hostedScandinavian Enterprise Open
Helsingborg Open
Compaq Open
Websitewww.vasastorpsgk.se
Tournament Course
Designed byArthur Hills/Steve Forrest & Associates
Par72
Classic Course
Designed byTure Bruce/Steve Forrest
Par72
Allébanan
Designed byStefan Nilsson, Hans Fock
Par36
Västra 9:an
Designed byOve Sellberg
Par36

The club has two 18-hole courses, the 72-par Tournament Course finished in 2008 and designed by Arthur Hills, and the 72-par Classic Course finished in 1974 and redesigned in 2013, as well as two 9-hole courses. With 3,300 members it is one of the largest in Sweden.[1]

The club has hosted the Compaq Open and Helsingborg Open on the Ladies European Tour as well as the Scandinavian Enterprise Open on the PGA European Tour in 1978, 1979 and 1980, where winners were Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle and Greg Norman. The club was awarded Swedish Golf Club of the Year by the Swedish Golf Federation in 1978 and the club has won the Swedish Team Championship in 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011 and 2017, and the Swedish Women's Team Championships in 2014.[1] The club was voted the best golf club in Sweden in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by golfers in the World Golf Awards.[2]

Successful players that have represented the club include Kalle Brink, Steven Jeppesen,[3] Joakim Bäckström,[4] Mikael Lundberg,[5] Gabriel Hjertstedt,[6] and Mikael Krantz.[7]

Tournaments hosted

YearChampionshipWinner
1978Scandinavian Enterprise Open Seve Ballesteros
1979Scandinavian Enterprise Open Sandy Lyle
1980Scandinavian Enterprise Open Greg Norman
1991Ramlösa Open Fredrik Larsson
1993Ramlösa Open Olle Karlsson
2002Compaq Open Annika Sörenstam
2013Helsingborg Open Rebecca Artis
2014Helsingborg Open Dewi Claire Schreefel
2015Helsingborg Open Nicole Broch Larsen

References

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