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SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES

MAIN IMAGE The 18-hole Grafarholt golf course, with sweeping
mountain views BELOW (left to right) Aerial view of a course in
Vifilsstadir; golfers with Vatnajökull Glacier in the background

3 MORE GOLF COURSES TO
RIVAL ST ANDREWS

ANTALYA PGA SULTAN COURSE, TURKEY Until recent years,
nobody would ever have associated golf with Turkey. However,
by 2008, Turkey’s Antalya PGA Sultan Course had hosted the
PGA National Pro-Am Championship, Europe’s largest Pro-Am
for the second year running (www.antalyagolfclub.com.tr).
ROYAL COUNTY DOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND Boasting
a 100-year golfing tradition, this 18-hole facility with gorse-
lined fairways that weave through tussock-faced bunkers is
set in spellbinding scenery along Dundrum Bay’s shores. It is
also one of US golfer Tiger Woods’ favorite courses (www.
royalcountydown.org).
LJUNGHUSEN GOLF CLUB, SWEDEN Jutting out into the
Baltic Sea on the Falsterbo Peninsula, this 40-year-old club’s
course sits within a protected marshland area. Its 27 holes are
blasted by fearsome winds – little wonder several that heroic
coastal holes have earned it a regular ranking in Sweden’s top five.

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