off Malmovagen,
Bara, Skane Lan S-233 02
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Joakim Ohrberg (PGA Professional).Academy
PGA Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Inland links-style. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside.
Designer:
Kyle Phillips of California-based Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design.
Above distances are for the Links course. Also at The National is the 18-hole Lakes course (par-72; 6,781 m from back tees) and 9-hole par-3 Short course, which comprises full-length par-3s of similar quality to the Links and Lakes courses; also designed by Kyle Phillips.
55.564002
13.187475
13 km E of Malmo.
The National (Links course) (formerly PGA Sweden National): Home to two excellent championship courses, The National was born, it is said, with a little help from a wee dram or two. That was enough to tip a long-held desire into the realms of a concrete plan. And that plan was to create a top-class golfing facility for its PGA professionals and coaches, as well as members and visitors.
The task of designing The National's Lakes and Links courses was entrusted to renowned golf course architect Kyle Phillips. The highly-acclaimed Scottish-style Links course opened for play in 2009, a year ahead of its equally impressive sibling, the Lakes course.
The Links is designed as a timeless (and treeless) 18-hole layout in the great tradition of Scottish seaside courses, with as little ruffling of nature's feathers as possible. The course has many typical links characteristics with several square-cut tee-boxes, large expansive greens and small deep bunkers with steep edges.
With 20 meters of elevation change in the layout, there is some rolling ebb and flow to several holes, while a natural creek wanders alongside and through the two closing holes on the front-nine loop, and throughout the back-nine. Slightly more compact than the Lakes course, the Links also presents a wonderful test for your overall game.
Stay&Play at The National: onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: 36 per player and 100 per flight.
Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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As The National's literature says, "it started, as great ideas often do, with a bottle of whisky ... and the idea felt just as good the day after". That idea, passionately felt by Michael Sorling, the then CEO of the Swedish PGA, was to create a special venue for Sweden's golf professionals and coaches. The original concept envisaged a complex with three 18-hole courses, which was later revised to two. Thirteen years after the whisky bottle was opened, the first course (the Links) opened for play, soon to be followed by the Lakes course.
The Links course is home to two old mining sites. Legend has it that a young farmer’s son fell into one of these sites, and his father's attempts to rescue him failed. They say his cries for help are still to be heard on long light summer nights.
Links course:
Sweden's 8th best course (Golf Digest, 2022).
Continental Europe's 80th best course (Golf World, 2023).
off Malmovagen, Bara, S-23302 Sweden.
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Visit websiteThe National offers 16 well furnished suites, each accommodating 2–4 people. The suites are elegant and comfortable, offering views over the rolling landscape of the Links course or alternatively the beautiful waterways of the Lakes course.
The National (Lakes and Links courses).
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