Barsebäck Golf & Country Club

Barsebäck Golf & Country Club is a golf club in Barsebäck, northern part of Metropolitan Malmö in Scania, Sweden. The club is one of the premier golf facilities in Sweden and hosted the 2003 Solheim Cup and the Scandinavian Masters ten times between 1992 and 2017.

Barsebäck Golf & Country Club
Club information
Location in Sweden
Coordinates55.795°N 12.949°E / 55.795; 12.949
LocationBarsebäck, Scania, Sweden
Established1969
TypePublic
Owned byErnst Rosén AB
Total holes45
Tournaments hostedScandinavian Masters
Websitebarseback.com
Ocean Course
Designed byTure Bruce
Par73
Pine Course
Designed byDonald Steel
Par71

History

The club, overlooking the Öresund strait, was founded in 1969 on the grounds of Barsebäck Castle by count Ian Hamilton and his wife Marianne. It was purchased in 1974 by Gösta Carlsson who developed the facility into one of the top golfing facilities in Sweden.[1]

The club has two 18-hole courses, the 73-par Ocean Course (formerly Masters Course) finished in 1969 and designed by Ture Bruce, and the 71-par Pine Course (formerly Donald Steel Course) finished in 1989 and designed by Donald Steel, as well as a 9-hole course, Litorina.

In 2007, Annika Sörenstam hosted a Ladies European Tour competition named Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, played on the Masters Course August 9–12. The club first hosted the Scandinavian Masters in 1992. At the tenth installment in 2017 as many as 86,100 visitors saw 20-year-old Renato Paratore win the tournament.[1]

A number of successful golfer have represented the club, including Louise Stahle, Caroline Hedwall and Henrik Stenson. The bag Stenson used when he won both the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the Race to Dubai in 2013 is on display in a glass case in the clubhouse.[2]

In 2019, a 28 years old greenkeeper died after driving his lawn mower into a water hazard.[3]

Gösta Carlsson died in 2018 at the age of 99.[1] In 2020 his descendants sold the facility to Ernst Rosén, owner and operator of Vallda Golf & Country Club.[4][5]

Tournaments hosted

Professional tournaments
YearTourChampionshipWinner
1992EURScandinavian Masters Nick Faldo
1995EURVolvo Scandinavian Masters Jesper Parnevik
1997EURVolvo Scandinavian Masters Joakim Haeggman
1998LETCompaq Open Annika Sörenstam
1999EURVolvo Scandinavian Masters Colin Montgomerie
2000LETCompaq Open Juli Inkster
2001EURVolvo Scandinavian Masters Colin Montgomerie
2003EURScandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters Adam Scott
2003LET · LPGA2003 Solheim Cup Europe
2004EURScandinavian Masters by Carlsberg Luke Donald
2005LETScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Annika Sörenstam
2006EUREnterCard Scandinavian Masters Marc Warren
2007LETScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Catriona Matthew
2009EURSAS Masters Ricardo González
2017EURNordea Masters Renato Paratore

Amateur tournaments
YearOrganizerChampionshipWinner
2014EGASt Andrews Trophy Great Britain & Ireland
2014EGAJacques Léglise Trophy Great Britain & Ireland

See also

References
  1. "Barsebäcks ägare, Gösta Carlsson, är död" (in Swedish). Golfbranchen. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. "Barsebäck stolta" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Startar insamling för sin omkomne kollega" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "Ernst Rosén-koncernen förvärvar Barsebäcks Golf" (in Swedish). Fastighetsvärlden. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. "Barsebäck G&CC byter ägare – fastighetskoncern tar över" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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