Hills Golf Club is a golf club located in Mölndal near Gothenburg, Sweden. It hosted the Nordea Masters in August 2018, a European Tour event.
| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in Sweden | |
| Coordinates | 57°37′17″N 12°00′45″E / 57.6214°N 12.0125°E |
| Location | Mölndal, Sweden |
| Established | 2004 |
| Type | Public |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | Scandinavian Mixed |
| Website | hillsgolfclub.se |
| Hills Course | |
| Designed by | Arthur Hills Steve Forrest Johan Edfors |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6336 m[1] |
History edit
Situated ten kilometers south of central Gothenburg, the 18-hole course, designed by Arthur Hills, opened in 2004. At a cost of SEK 175 million it is one of the most ambitions golf projects in the Gothenburg Metropolitan Area, only rivaled by Vallda Golf & Country Club, opened in 2009.[2]
A victim of the European debt crisis, in 2012 a consortium fronted by former European Tour player Johan Edfors from nearby Varberg bought the club.[3][4] Edfors redesigned six of the holes and the new course was inaugurated in June 2014.[5]
The Hills course is true to its name and laid out across a rugged landscape through woodland, marshland, forest ridges and rocky outcrops. It begins and ends in an enormous, natural amphitheater, with the 1st and 10th tees and the clubhouse all sitting on a huge rocky promontory overlooking the 9th and 18th holes, which are played on either side of a lake.[6]
Golfers Beatrice Wallin, Sofie Bringner, Hanna-Sofia Leijon, Carin Hjalmarsson, Joel Sjöholm, Niclas Fasth and Denmark's Thomas Bjørn have all been attached to the club in various capacities.[7][8]
Tournaments hosted edit
Professional tournaments edit
| Year | Tour | Championship | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EUR | Scandinavian Invitation |  Erik van Rooyen
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| 2018 | EUR | Nordea Masters |  Paul Waring
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| 2008 | CHA | Dubliner Challenge |  Mark Haastrup
|
| 2007 | SGT | Telia Ladies Finale |  Zuzana Kamasová
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Amateur tournaments edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Course - Nordea Masters". European Tour. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Carin tillbaka i Göteborg" (in Swedish). Idrottens Affärer. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Edfors group buys bankrupt Hils". Golf Course Architecture. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Edfors tar över Hills" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Om golfbanan" (in Swedish). Hills Golf Club. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Hills Golf Club". Top 100 Golf Courses. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Teamet på Hills" (in Swedish). Hills Golf Club. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Bjørn hittade lusten – i Göteborg" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 9 March 2022.