Hills Golf Club
  Location in Sweden | |
| 57°37′17″N 12°00′45″E / 57.6214°N 12.0125°E | |
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mölndal, Sweden |
| Established | 2004 |
| Type | Public |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments | Scandinavian Mixed |
| Website | hillsgolfclub.se |
| Hills Course | |
| Designed by | Arthur Hills Steve Forrest Johan Edfors |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6336 m[1] |
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.
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 laid out across a rugged landscape through woodland, marshland, forest ridges and rocky outcrops. It begins and ends in a large 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 |
| 2018 | EUR | Nordea Masters |  Paul Waring |
| 2008 | CHA | Dubliner Challenge |  Mark Haastrup |
| 2007 | SGT | Telia Ladies Finale |  Zuzana Kamasová |
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.