Tornaryd,
Bankeryd, Småland S-564 91
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Visit websiteGolf pro
Terry Burgoyne (PGA, Golf Professional).The Course:
18 holes. Inland links-style. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland, open rural countryside, and main Jönköping-Falköping highway (Riksväg 47).
Designer:
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest.
57.850551
14.038896
9 km W of Bankeryd / 14 km NW of Jönköping.
Sand GC, Sweden
Sand Golf Club, located just outside Jönköping, is home to a bold, dramatic, inland links-style course. The acclaimed Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest design takes its inspiration from the seaside courses of Britain and Ireland.
Sometimes referred to as the "Tobacco Road of Sweden", the course acknowledges Mike Stranz's dramatic layout in North Carolina. However, rather than a tobacco plantation, Sand occupies a former potato farm, and benefits from the areas distinctive sand-based soil.
With a rippling dunescape separating the good-width holes, and plenty of ever-threatening bunkers and sandy waste areas, the course lays down an excellent golfing challenge. The well-crafted design, predominantly natural setting and usually good upkeep all contribute to the popularity and appeal of this course.
Stay&Play at Sand GC: 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.
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
Excellent
Founders of the Hills GC in Göteborg, Swedish entrepreneur Claes-Göran Wibreus and former tour professional Martin Sternberg, started the Sand GC project in the early 2000s. As at Hills, they brought onboard the design skills of world renowned golf architects Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest, to create the course at Sand.
The nearby city of Jönköping is located at the southern end of Vättern, Sweden's second largest lake and the fifth largest in Europe. Until recently the city was the centre of the country's match-making industry, and was the birthplace of the safety match.
Sweden's 10th best course (Golf Digest, 2022).
Continental Europe's 74th best course (Golf World, 2025).
Tornaryd 564 91 Bankeryd.
+46 (0)36 308 308
Visit websiteGolfers now have the opportunity to stay and play at Sand Golf Club, either in hotel rooms or onsite cottages. Newly refurbished, the accommodation offers 30 rooms with a total of 64 beds.
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